Thesis Project Offers

Project offers are updated continuously, so please check regularly. In case of interest, please contact the responsible scientist and/or the contact person for the research cluster (listed below and in project offers).

Please note that the PGSB is currently only offering funding for BSc. and MSc. projects. The next deadline for student applications is 31 March 2023.

Thesis Project Offers in the Agricultural Sustainability Research Cluster

• Heavy metals adsorption and transport in light-expanded clays aggregates (LECA)
• Nutrient cycling towards a better bioeconomy by means of biochar-ammended fertilization

For more information please contact Dr. Silvia Schrey (s.schrey@fz-juelich.de) or Prof. Rami Arafeh (arafeh@ppu.edu)

Thesis Project Offers in the Energy Materials Research Cluster

• Elucidation of the charge order of Lu3Fe4O10
• Evaluation of angle-resolved circular-dichroic photoemission data on novel Kagome compounds
• Effect of deuteration on caloric effects in spin-crossover compounds
• THz spintronics

For more information please contact Dr. Sabreen Hammouda (s.hammouda@fz-juelich.de) or Dr. Husein Alsamamra (hsamamra@staff.alquds.edu)

Thesis Project Offers in the Nanoscience Research Cluster

• Developing qNMR metabolomics assays for diagnostics of psychiatric disorders from biological fluids
• Molecular mechanisms controlling insulin signalling: Molecular, computational and bioinformatic approaches
• Characterization of structure, dynamics and flux of self-propelled particles in channels
• Investigation of the importance of various aspects on fusion efficiency via analytical calculations and computer simulations
• Molecular modeling and NMR Investigation of Protein Corona Formation and ist Interactions with Liposome

For more information please contact Dr. Asmaa Qdemat (a.qdemat@fz-juelich.de) or Dr. Rana Samara (r.samara@ptuk.edu.ps)

Thesis Project Offers in the Neuroscience Research Cluster

• Deep learning-based analysis in functional neuroimaging

For more information please contact Dr. Jürgen Dammers (j.dammers@fz-juelich.de) or Dr. Ahmad Hasasneh@aaup.edu)

Thesis Project Offers in the Structural Biology Research Cluster

Currently not offering any positions in this round

For more information, please contact Prof. Jörg Labahn (joerg-labahn@cssb-hamburg.de) or Prof. Hilal Zaid (hilal.zaid@aaup.edu)

Thesis Project Offers in the Sustainable Mobility Research Cluster

• Performance Analysis of YOLO and RetinaNet Algorithms for Human Head Detection in Highly Dense Crowds
• Behavior Analysis in Crowds based on Pose Estimation of the Upper Body

For more information please contact Dr. Mohcine Chraibi (m.chraibi@fz-juelich.de), Dr. Mohammed Maree (mohammed.maree@aaup.edu), Dr. Wilhelm Kuckshinrichs (w.kuckshinrichs@fz-juelich.de) or Prof. Sameer Abu-Eisheh (sameeraa@najah.edu)