Research Doctoral Education

Doctoral supervisors

Physics and materials science

  • Frederic ADDIEGO

    Polymer and composite mechanics
    Polymer and composite structural analysis
    Composite interface science and engineering
    in-situ material analysis (SAXS/WAXS/tomography/SEM) Polymer and composite processing Electrical properties of polymer and composite

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Jean-Nicolas AUDINOT

    Material Science, Microscopy, Correlative Microscopy, SIMS, Analytic

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Jörg BALLER

    Applied Physics. Flow behaviour, mechanical and thermal properties of complex materials. Rheology, Calorimetry, Light scattering

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • Emanuele BARBORINI

    Atomic clusters and nanostructured materials, experimental. Devices based on nanostructured functional layers

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Matteo BARBORINI

    Physics, Computational Chemistry, Solid State Physics, Quantum Monte Carlo

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • Salim BELOUETTAR

    Composites Materials Processing Engineering Materials Engineering Automotive Engineering

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Josh BERRYMAN

    Molecular biophysics, molecular dynamics simulation, amyloid formation, amyloid-related neurodegenerative disease

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • Nicolas BOSCHER

    Chemical Engineering; Materials Engineering; Thin Films; Chemical Vapour Deposition; Polymer Science; Surface Modification

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Daniele BRIDA

    Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
    Ultrafast processes in condensed matter by means of advanced optical technology

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • AurĂ©lia CHENU

    Quantum dynamics, quantum chaos, quantum optics

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • Phillip DALE

    Physical chemistry or chemical physics, solar cells, inkjet printing, electrochemistry, thin film deposition and characterisation, alternative lithography processes

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • Emmanuel DEFAY

    Ferroelectric materials; piezoelectricity; caloric materials

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Adolfo DEL CAMPO ECHEVARRIA

    Theoretical condensed matter physics

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • Massimiliano ESPOSITO

    Statistical Physics, Complex Systems, Thermodynamics

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • Santhana ESWARA MOORTHY

    Materials Science, Electron Microscopy, Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Etienne FODOR

    Physics of Active Matter

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • Carlos FUENTES

    Material Characterization Mechanical Properties Materials Engineering Natural Fiber Composites Wetting and Interfaces

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Alexandros GERAKIS

    Plasma physics; experimental physics

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Sebastjan GLINSEK

    Ferroelectrics; Piezoelectrics; Processing of thin films; Inkjet and aerosol jet printing; Piezoelectric devices

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Joamin GONZALEZ-GUTIERREZ

    Polymer and composites

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Torsten GRANZOW

    Polar oxide materials; Ferroelectrics; Piezoelectrics; Non-linear optics; Dielectric spectroscopy of solids

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Mael GUENNOU

    Experimental solid state physics, ferroic phase transitions

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • Jorge IĂ‘IGUEZ

    Condensed matter physics, materials science, computational physics

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM and Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Florian KAISER

    • Quantum physics
    • Spintronics
    • Nanophotonics

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Sivashankar KRISHNAMOORTHY

    Thin Films and Nanotechnology Nanobiotechnology Nanofabrication Nanoparticles Plasmonics

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Abdelghani LAACHACHI

    Polymer-based nanocomposites; formulation, processing, characterisation of polymers

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Jan LAGERWALL

    Soft matter physics; liquid crystals; polymers; colloids

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • Renaud LETURCQ

    Solid state physics; electronics; optics

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Petru LUNCA POPA

    Transparent and conductive thin films. Fabrication and characterization.

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Ahmed MAKRADI

    Polymer Composites Liquid Metals and Alloys Carbon Nanotubes Polymers Micromechanics

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Massimo MALVETTI

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • Diego MARTINEZ MARTINEZ

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Marc MICHEL

    Fuel Cells Electrocatalysis Materials Cyclic Voltammetry Nanomaterials

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Andreas MICHELS

    Condensed Matter Physics, Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Materials Science, Micromagnetic Simulations, Nd-Fe-B Permanent Magnets, Neutron Scattering, Neutron and x-ray Scattering, Small-Angle Scattering

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • Cesar PASCUAL GARCĂŤA

    Raman Spectroscopy Raman Scattering Low Temperature Superconductivity and Superconductors Nanofabrication

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Jerome POLESEL

    Microfabrication, ALD thin film processing, sensors, MEMS, energy harvesters, autonomous IoT, instrumentation

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Igor POLTAVSKYI

    Condensed matter physics; Theoretical physics; computational physics

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • Roberto QUINTANA VICENTE

    Polymer chemistry; Nanotechnology; Surface Chemistry, Plastics; Polymer Science; Polymer characterisation; AFM

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Alex REDINGER

    Thin film solar cells such as Cu(In,Ga)Se2 , kesterites and hybrid perovskites, Scanning Probe microscopy methods (STM, STS, KPFM)

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • David RUCH

    Composite Material Material Characterization Advanced Materials PolymersFilms

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Matthias RUPP

    Machine learning for molecules and materials, atomistic machine learning, machine-learning inter-atomic potentials, Bayesian optimization for materials and process optimization

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Giusy SCALIA

    Liquid Crystals Carbon Nanotubes Graphene Raman Spectroscopy Materials

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • Daniel SCHMIDT

    Polymeric materials, composites, nanocomposites, thermosets, polymer networks, vitrimers, materials chemistry, materials characterization, sustainable materials, porous materials, sol-gel chemistry, thermoplastics, plastics processing

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Thomas SCHMIDT

    • Topological quantum systems
    • Mesoscopic physics
    • Quantum transport

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • Anupam SENGUPTA

    Colloids; Liquid Crystals; Optofluidics; Microfluidics; Transmission Microscopy; Soft Lithography; Polarization Microscopy; Complex Fluids; Liquids; marine microbes; Phytoplankton; Gravitaxis; bacterial motility; Viscoelastic Substances; Active Transport; Morphogenesis; Soft Materials; Biophysics; Condensed Matter Physics

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • Alexander SHAPLOV

    Polymer synthesis, polymerization, polycondensation, polyaddition, ionic liquids, polyelectrolytes, polymer electrolytes, Li batteries, ionic conductivity

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Susanne SIEBENTRITT

    Physics, Solar Cells, Semiconductors

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • Jean-SĂ©bastien THOMANN

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Alexandre TKATCHENKO

    Condensed Matter Physics, Chemical Physics, Collective Phenomena

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM

  • Pierre VERGE

    Bio-based polymers, Sustainability, Vitrimers

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Stephan WESTERMANN

    Polymer science, Polymer physics, Polymer composites, Elastomers and rubbers, Contact mechanics, Structure-Property Relationships of polymeric materials, Characterization and testing of polymeric materials

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Robin WHITE

    Energy, Materials, Hydrogen, CO2 Conversion, PtX, CCU

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Tom WIRTZ

    Nano-analytics, charged particle optics, ion microscopy, electron microscopy, ion-matter interactions, secondary ion mass spectrometry

    Entity: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology – LIST

  • Ludger WIRTZ

    Materials Science, Theoretical and Computational Solid-State Physics, 2D Materials, Theoretical Spectroscopy, Exciton-Phonon coupling

    Entity: Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine – FSTM