Open positions

  • Postdoc positions.
    A new postdoc position will be open from 2025/2026 for the ERC project SPOT.
    Experience with cryogenic STM, magnetic fields or combining STM with ligh is advantage
    Salary 2500-3000 EUR/month
    Please contact us if you are interested.
    (martin.setvin@matfyz.cuni.cz)

  • PhD positions.
    There will be two postions openings focused on polarons (ERC SPOT).
    One position starting from October 2025 (applications by April 2025), one starting in March 2026.
    Studying polarons in real space by nc-AFM, growth of polaronic materials in desired composition and morphology.
    Please contact us for more details (martin.setvin@matfyz.cuni.cz).

  • Master/bachelor/project students.
    Undergraduate students are always welcome.
    Possibility to get financial support from our projects.
    We can negotiate an Erasmus stay in one of our friendly groups abroad (see "Collaborations").

Funding

The research in our group is funded from different sources depending on various ongoing research projects.

  • Ferroelectric perovskites for energy conversion (M. Setvin, P. Kocan, J. Myslivecek).
    ERC consolidator SPOT - excellence in fundamental research.
    2 M EUR for 5 years (2025-2030).
    The project SPOT (Single Polaron Trapping) focuses on charges self-trapped in ionic lattices.
    We have developed a method to see single polarons directly in real space, using nc-AFM.
    Polarons affect many materials properties and stand behind exotic phenomena.

  • Polaron Tracking (M. Setvin, P. Kocan).
    ERC CZ - project funded by MSMT.
    0.6 M EUR for 2 years (2023-2024).
    MSMT partially funds projects that passesd to the second round of evaluation in ERC, but did not receive the funding.
    The task of this project is to prove that noncontact AFM is capable of imaging polarons in real space.

  • Quantum Materials for Sustainable Technologies, QM4ST (M. Setvin, P. Sobotik).
    Provided by MSMT under the programme OP JAK, Excellent Research.
    20M EUR for 5 years provided to 4 research institutes in Pilsen, Prague and Brno.
    5 research groups from Charles University are involved, the total funding for CU is 4M EUR.
    The project is focused on designing new materials with tailored properties.

  • POLAR_PEC (Jesus Redondo).
    GACR postdoc project.
    240 k EUR for 3 years (1.1.2022-31.12.2024).
    2 years abroad (San Sebastian, Spain) and 1 year in Prague.
    Focused on hematite Fe2O3 and alumina Al2O3.