Are you a master’s student in Physics, Chemistry or a related field, and are you looking for an interesting master’s project?
The NWO-Institute AMOLF, located at Science Park Amsterdam, has master’s projects available in eight research groups in Nanophotonics and Nanophotovoltaics. All projects are described below. AMOLF is a research laboratory with 75 PhD students, 20 postdocs, and over 30 master’s students from many different universities.
On Friday May 9, 2025 14.00-17.00 hrs. AMOLF holds a workshop to present and discuss the master’s projects we have available in the Photovoltaics and Nanophotonics programs.
NEW: AMOLF Energy Internship Academy; AMOLF offers a special program for research internships in sustainable energy science. It is composed of a research project in one of AMOLF’s research groups (see below), combined with a series of dedicated tutorials on fundamental aspects of the science behind sustainability technology. Admission to this Academy is for a limited number of students. See here for more information. A short motivation statement (200-300 words) is required to apply.
The planning:
14.00-14.15 Welcome, general introduction about internships at AMOLF
14.15-14.45 The group leaders will introduce themselves and briefly present the available projects.
14.45-14.55 Introduction to AMOLF Energy Internship Academy
14.55-15.10 Break
15.15-15.35 Breakout session 1: discuss one project that you signed up for.
15.40-16.00 Breakout session 2: discuss second project that you signed up for.
16.05-16.25 Breakout session 3: discuss potential third project opportunity.
16.30-17.00 Drinks + snacks while meeting present Msc & PhD students and ask them questions about their projects and working at AMOLF.
17.00 End
After the Workshop, you can apply for a project.
You can register for the Master Project Workshop by filling in the form below, indicating 2 projects you are most interested in (this helps us plan). Of course, you can get information about all projects during the Workshop. The deadline for registration is May 2nd, 23:59hrs.
Due to immigration regulations, we can only offer projects to students that are EU citizens or enlisted at a Dutch University.
If you have questions about the workshop, please contact Ethan Kensett at kensett@amolf.nl
These AMOLF research groups will present master’s projects:
Prof. Ewold Verhagen – Photonic Forces Group – Project Descriptions
[1]-Thermal infrared sensing with ultrahigh-quality membrane resonators
[2]-Inverse design of nano-optomechanical resonators with high quantum cooperativity
[3]-Acoustic waveguides for coupling spin qubits in silicon
Dr. Wiebke Albrecht – Hybrid Nanosystems Group – Project Descriptions
[4]-Measuring strain through 4D-STEM on gold plasmonic nanoparticles under laser excitation
[5]-Laser induced crystallization of Titania in Au-TiO2 core shell structure
[6]-Cathodoluminescence spectroscopy of coupled plasmonic nanoparticles
Prof. Femius Koenderink – Resonant Nanophotonics – Project Descriptions
[7]-Exploring nonlinear metasurfaces in Fourier space
[8]-Chiral nanoantennas hybridizing with their own mirror image
[9]-Optics that is trained to do math based on rewritable metasurfaces
Prof. Bruno Ehrler – Hybrid Solar Cells Group – Project Descriptions
[10]-High-efficiency perovskite solar cells
[11]-Building Self-Powered Perovskite Detectors for In-Sensor Computing
[12]-2D Perovskites to Enable Stable Solar Cells
Prof. Esther Alarcon-Llado – 3D Photovoltaics Group – Project Descriptions
[13]-Imaging the activity of plasmonic electrocatalysts
[14]-Imaging chemical reactions in an optical fiber
Prof. Albert Polman – Photonic Materials Group – Project Descriptions
[15]-Studying perovskite (in)stability using cathodoluminescence spectroscopy
[16]-Quantum-controlled electron wavepackets in the scanning electron microscope
[17]-Resonant nanostructures for colored photovoltaics
Dr. Said Rodriguez – Interacting Photons– Project Descriptions
[18]-Prethermalization of light
[19]-Self-organized phase transitions of light