Organisation/Company CNR Department IFN Research Field Physics » Applied physics Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Application Deadline 31 Aug 2026 - 18:00 (Europe/Rome) Country Italy Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Offer Starting Date 1 Nov 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe - MSCA Marie Curie Grant Agreement Number 101226887 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network TRILOGY, an international training programme in ultrafast science, attosecond physics, and photonics.

TRILOGY trains 14 doctoral candidates across leading European universities, research institutes, and industrial partners. The programme provides an interdisciplinary research environment combining advanced experimental research, theoretical collaboration, international secondments, and structured training in transferable skills.



The candidate will be enrolled in a recognized PhD programme and supervised by internationally leading researchers.

The TRILOGY network focuses on ultrafast chirality and attosecond electron dynamics, aiming to develop new methods for probing and controlling chiral light–matter interactions with applications in photonics, biosensing, and materials science.

Project title: Generation of chiral light in nano-devices for optical probes of chiral biomarkers (WP3)

This PhD project focuses on the development of integrated photonic and waveguide–microfluidic devices for generating and controlling ultrafast structured chiral light.

The goal is to enable sensitive all-optical detection of chiral molecules and biomarkers using nonlinear optical spectroscopy. The research combines ultrafast laser physics, nanophotonic device development, and high-order harmonic generation/XUV spectroscopy.

The project is part of Work Package 3 of TRILO

📌 PhD Position in Ultrafast Photonics and Chiral Light Generation (Italia)
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📍 Italia