The labex SERENADE is offering a 24 months post-doctoral position at the LAN on the "Development of Quantum Dots with reduced toxic impact", in collaboration with LEMOH, LBM and L2N, CEA Grenoble ; ISTERRE (Grenoble) ; CEREGE (Aix‐en‐Provence) and IMBE (Marseille).
Full description of the position is posted here, (starting date : december 2014).
Applications should be sent to Marie Carrière.
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