The Barnes laboratory at ETH Zürich is seeking to fill three positions for graduate studies.
We are seeking passionate and creative scientists to carry out challenging, high-impact projects. A background in NMR, electricity and magnetism, or instrumentation would be favorable, yet any candidate who is ambitious and excited to tackle new challenges and skills is strongly encouraged to apply. Graduate students will work closely with a team of staff scientists, experienced postdocs, fellow students, engineers, machinists, and Professor Barnes. The three projects center on developing cutting edge technology and are listed below:
1) Instrumentation and methods development for pulsed MAS DNP in record-breaking magnetic fields including; fabricating and testing magnets targeting 60 Tesla, design and construction of kilowatt gyrotrons for pulsed DNP, design and fabrication of cryogenic NMR probes based on MAS spheres, spin physics and implementation of pulsed DNP.
2) In-cell structural biology of protein kinase C with MAS DNP including; in-human-cell determination of membrane topology of PKC ligands with solid state NMR and DNP, protein expression and chemistry for targeted fluorescent DNP polarizing agents in cells, operation of DNP spectrometer with MAS < 10 Kelvin, pulsed DNP, and electron decoupling.
3) Gyrotron physics and technology development including; gyrotron theory to significantly improve power output and efficiency of gyrotrons, building and implementing gyrotrons for DNP, design of gyrotrons for fusion tokamak reactors.
The position has a rolling start date. Graduate students at ETH Zürich benefit from a first- class educational environment including taking classes from world-leading experts. Zürich is ranked as one of the top cities to live worldwide, featuring close access to the mountains and exciting outdoor activities.
Interested students should contact Professor Barnes directly: abarnes@ethz.ch