Photonics Workshop at the Lichtwerkstatt Jena.

PhD Registration

Once you have started your PhD work here in Jena, this is how to engage in and profit from our doctoral program.
Photonics Workshop at the Lichtwerkstatt Jena.
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)

First step: Register via Doc-In

Dr. Silke Keiner und Ms. Twinkle Vohra working at the laser scanning microscope.
Dr. Silke Keiner und Ms. Twinkle Vohra working at the laser scanning microscope.
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)

Like any doctoral student at the Friedrich Schiller University, you only need to register once using the central registration tool Doc-In. Please follow the instructions given there.External link

If you are supervised by one of the principal scientists of the Abbe Center of Photonics, your supervisor will make sure that you are registered in our program. In case of any doubt, please select Abbe School of Photonics as your graduate school affiliation during the doc-in registration or refer to your supervisor.

Teaching to Master students: PhD Supervisors for the Experimental Optics Course are always wanted

Prof. Gerhard Paulus preparing for an experimental physics lecture
Prof. Gerhard Paulus preparing for an experimental physics lecture
Picture: MPSP

The hands-on course "Experimental Optics"  is always looking for supervisors! This is an opportunity for English speaking PhD students to fulfill their teaching duties which are also mandatory to receive a Dr. rer. nat PhD from the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy (see also www.physik.uni-jena.de/en/promotion --> PhD. regulations) .

The courses will be hold as a block courses such that the workload is concentrated on two or three weeks only. You first have to familiarize with the experiments and will then supervise 1st semester M.Sc. Photonics students in small groups. As a special feature, when supporting this Course you may also get engaged in and learn about modern teaching methods like digitally or remotely controllable experimental setups.

If you are interested in this offer, please contact roland.ackermann@uni-jena.de.

Equal gender opportunities and family friendliness

Students in the university's public gardens.
Students in the university's public gardens.
Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)

ASP strongly and actively pursues gender mainstreaming and family-friendly working conditions. In particular, the competitive support instruments which aim to maximally link the doctoral student and postdoctoral career stages are considered to be optimally designed for promoting gender equality and for balancing disadvantages for female candidates. To further promote equal opportunity and family-friendly conditions, Dr. Isabelle Staude has been appointed as coordinator and contact person for gender issues. On request, she will provide advice and support for equal opportunity or family-related topics within the ASP. The support of young female scientists is a cross-sectional task for both the ASP and the Friedrich Schiller University and is taken seriously by both. It creates and secures conditions of equal opportunity for all its members independent of gender and background.

General information for doctoral students

Ultrashort pulse laser lab.
Ultrashort pulse laser lab.
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)

Further information

Adjustment of the high-power JETI200 laser system.
Adjustment of the high-power JETI200 laser system.
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
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