DTU Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Solid-State and Molecular Quantum Emitters as Open Quantum Systems – DTU Electro

Explore the cutting-edge field of quantum photonics with DTU Electro. We are seeking an Assistant Professor with expertise in the theory of open quantum systems to advance research on quantum emitters in solid-state materials and molecules.
Are you passionate about advancing the field of open quantum system theory? The Quantum Photonics in Low Dimensional Systems Group at DTU Electro is looking for an enthusiastic Assistant Professor to explore the fascinating world of solid-state and molecular quantum emitters coupled to phononic and photonic environments.

Quantum emitters (QE) hosted in solid-state materials and molecules play an important role in quantum applications such as quantum sensing and metrology, as well as quantum information processing. Their quantum optical properties are impacted by their coupling to the environment. Understanding the dynamics of QEs coupled to vibrations in the surrounding material—the phonons, and with the electromagnetic field are crucial for the design of new efficient quantum light sources for future quantum applications.

Responsibilities and qualifications
You will participate in a project team with several Postdocs and PhD students, which will design, fabricate, and characterize QEs. You will design and analyse realistic models of the QEs explored in our group. You will use master-equation methods and develop methods going beyond the master-equation approach, treating non-Markovian QE-environment interaction dynamics with Matrix Product Operator-based (MPO) methods. You will also work closely with our long-time collaborator Dr. Jake Iles-Smith from the University of Sheffield.

Your overall responsibility is to set up the numerical simulations framework to be used in the analysis of QEs coupled to both electromagnetic and phononic environments. In a collaborative effort, the team will analyse and expand our existing models treating the dynamics of phonon-induced decoherence in solid-state and molecular QEs. These models will also help and guide the experimental efforts in our team. Additional responsibility includes the supervision of the PhD students working on the theory and the designs, and of MSc and BSc students associated with the project. You will be required to take courses to develop your teaching skills and to eventually be responsible for one or more full courses. Finally, you are expected to prepare research grant applications and attract external funding.

Desired qualifications include:

• Knowledge of quantum optics, cavity quantum electrodynamics and of quantum emitters in nanophotonic structures.
• Knowledge of decoherence processes in solids and their modeling
• Experience with numerical simulations of the electromagnetic field.
• Experience with Matlab, Python and/or a similar scientific programming language.
• Willingness to work in close collaboration with an internal project team consisting both of theoreticians and experimentalists. Willingness to supervise PhD, MSc and BSc students, to teach full courses and to write and submit research grant applications.

You must be responsible for the teaching of courses. DTU employs two working languages: Danish and English. You are expected to be fluent in at least one of these languages, and in time are expected to master both.

As formal qualification you must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent).

You will be assessed against the responsibilities and qualifications stated above and the following general criteria:

• Experience and quality of teaching
• Research experience
• Research vision and potential
• International impact and experience
• Societal impact
• Innovativeness, including commercialization and collaboration with industry
• Leadership, collaboration, and interdisciplinary skills
• Communication skills

Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union.

Th starting date is 1 September 2025 (or according to mutual agreement). The position is a full-time position.

The position is part of DTU’s Tenure Track program. Read more about the program and the recruitment process here.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.

Further information
Further information may be obtained from Associate Professor Nicolas Stenger (niste@dtu.dk) and Professor Martijn Wubs (mwubs@dtu.dk).

You can read more about DTU Electro at electro.dtu.dk.

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark.

Application procedure
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than 14 April 2025 (23:59 Danish time). Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply now", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)
• Vision for teaching and research for the tenure track period
• CV including employment history, list of publications, H-index and ORCID (see http://orcid.org/)
• Teaching portfolio including documentation of teaching experience
• Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD)

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. As DTU works with research in critical technology, which is subject to special rules for security and export control, open-source background checks may be conducted on qualified candidates for the position.

DTU Electro employs more than 300 skilled researchers with competencies in electrical and photonics engineering. As a department we strive towards creating sustainable energy and a greener internet, as well as strengthening cyber security and health technology. Working with industry and public organizations is one of our top priorities to find and implement new solutions to our society. We aim to offer education, research, and innovation of the highest standard, and our focus on application-oriented research enables us to work across many engineering disciplines and research areas, such as IT and the medical and health sciences. We have a close collaboration with researchers from all over the world, just as we collaborate with industry and public authorities about the dissemination of solutions based on electrical and photonics engineering as their key enabling technologies.

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DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.

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