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Applications are invited for 4 year PhD positions within the Doctoral Training Programme in Atomic and Molecular Control, hosted by UCL Chemistry and Physics Departments. BACKGROUND The chemical, physical, biological and bulk properties of matter are determined at the atomic and molecular level. Recent developments at the interface between chemistry and physics have enabled us to begin to monitor and manipulate many key aspects of atomic and molecular behaviour. The development of more sophisticated methods to monitor and control the behaviour of atoms, molecules and biomolecules is a major challenge for the physical sciences for the 21st century. This control technology will allow us to develop functioning molecule-sized devices (nanotechnology), reduce inefficient energy losses in organic semiconductors (materials), and probe living cell function (biology). One of the biggest challenges in the development of the fundamental science underpinning atomic and molecular control is its multidisciplinary and highly technical nature. CURRENT RESEARCH THEMES The ~30 research groups aligned with this programme have a wide range of experimental and theoretical backgrounds and uniquely combine experience in controlling the behaviour of species ranging from electrons, positrons and atoms to large molecules in the gas-phase and the condensed phase. Keywords and phrases: Astrochemistry; Catalysis; Coherent control; Computational chemistry; Femtosecond molecular dynamics; Gas-phase electrochemistry and bioelectrochemistry; Gas-phase spectroscopy, dynamics and reactivity of atoms, molecules and biomolecules; Scattering theory; Soft matter and interfaces; Surface adsorption and reactions; Positron physics; Quantum computation; Quantum magnetism; Ultracold atoms and molecules DOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAMME This Doctoral Training Programme will provide bespoke training for young scientists in the field of atomic and molecular control. Key aims of the programme are: 1. To train a cohort of exceptionally talented PhD students in atomic and molecular control. 2. To support this training by providing customized specialist and transferable skills courses. 3. To stimulate the development of an interconnected network of research projects that generates a supportive and sustainable multidisciplinary community across the chemistry and physics departments at UCL. The major part of the teaching and training will be provided in the first year. Students will attend lecture courses and techniques training workshops with assessed assignments. In the first term, as well as attending lectures, the students will undertake a literature project on the topic of their MRes and PhD research. In the second term they will, in addition to taking further non-examinable courses, begin a self-contained research project which will be examined at the end of the first year. The main body of PhD research will be carried out during years 2-4. HOW TO APPLY There are vacancies to work with groups based in Physical Chemistry (http://www.chem.ucl.ac.uk/research/physical.html). If you are interested, please contact members of staff directly and copy your email to Dr Daren Caruana [log in to unmask], who is coordinating all applications for the Doctoral Training Programme starting in October 2009. Applicants must expect to achieve a first or upper second class degree in Chemistry, Physics or other relevant subject and should satisfy the standard EPSRC UK residency requirements. The stipend is the standard EPSRC PhD student stipend plus London Allowance. Helen Fielding Department of Chemistry University College London 20 Gordon Street London WC1H 0AJ, UK Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 5575 www.chem.ucl.ac.uk/hhf To join or leave the molecular-dynamics-news email list, go to: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/molecular-dynamics-news.html