Accepting applications until position is filled
We are seeking a highly qualified Research Fellow to explore topological superconductivity in van-der-Waals materials, heterostructures, and devices. The Research Fellow will be part of a collaborative effort across NTU and A*Star for the scalable design of novel materials and heterostructures, and to explore their potential for applications in topological quantum devices.
The successful candidate will work with FLEET Associate Investigator Asst. Bent Weber at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The hire is part of a recent major grant award for the realization of topological quantum devices in van-der-Waals materials and devices, with funding available over the next five years. Materials and devices will be characterised in complementary local probe and transport spectroscopies, down to milliKelvin temperatures and in strong magnetic fields.
Central of the project will be a state-of-the-art low-vibration laboratory, hosting a milliKelvin scanning probe microscope, equipped with radio-frequency wiring and vectorized magnetic field, for local probe spectroscopy at <200mK.
Please see the Position Description for the full scope of this opportunity.
We are looking for:
- A Ph.D. degree in Physics or related disciplines
- Proven track record in quantitative scanning probe spectroscopy at cryogenic temperatures of 4.2K and below
- Proven expertise in setting up laboratories and equipment
APPLY NOW: Interested applicants, please submit the full CV, with the names and contacts (including email addresses) of 3 character referees, all relevant academic certificates and transcripts and email to Asst./Prof Bent Weber. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Asst/Prof Weber has nearly 15 years of experience in scanning probe microscopy, local probe spectroscopy, and electron transport spectroscopies of material systems relevant to quantum technologies. He obtained his PhD from the Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology at The University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, where he developed a scanning probe based fabrication scheme for atomically small silicon quantum bits. He later worked as an Australian Research Council (ARC) DECRA Fellow at the Centre for Atomically Thin Materials (MCATM), Monash University, and remains an Associate Investigator within the ARC Centre for Future Low Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET).
Weber recently moved to Nanyang Technological University as a Nanyang Assistant Professor (NAP) and Singapore National Research Foundation (NRF) Fellow to establishing state-of-the-art local probe and transport spectroscopy facilities for the study of quantum materials for their application in future topological and quantum information devices. Weber’s laboratories include capability for UHV low-temperature (4.5K) scanning probe microscopy, molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), as well as a dilution cryostat for transport spectroscopy at milliKelvin temperatures. A custom-designed vibration-isolation laboratory is currently being constructed that will host a commercial milliKelvin scanning tunnelling microscope (mK-STM) with vector magnetic field.