THESIS OFFERS
The PhLAM research unit is seeking physicists or physical chemists currently pursuing a Master’s degree in research to prepare a doctoral thesis in the field of light-matter interactions, starting in September–October 2026.
Applications, including a resume and a cover letter, must be submitted to the researchers in charge of the proposed topics.
The application form is available on the website of ED SMRE.
| Thesis topics available for the 2026 academic year | Director / Supervisor | contact email |
Exploring entanglement and coherences with anyons | Alexandre Feller | contact |
Anderson’s metal-insulator transition: a non-perturbative approach using functional renormalization groups | Adam Rançon | contact |
Exploration of topological phases in dynamic systems using ultracold quantum gases | Radu Chicireanu | contact |
Quantum transport in a 1D Bose–Einstein condensate with controllable interactions | Radu Chicireanu | contact |
| Thesis topics available for the 2026 academic year | Director / Supervisor | contact email |
Exploring ammonia adsorption at air–water and air–ice interfaces on the molecular level | Céline Toubin / Denis Duflot | contact |
Development of force fields using machine learning: the case of actinides | Florent Réal / Alejandro Rivero Santamaria | contact |
Protactinium(V) in a non-complexing medium and in the presence of a ligand of environmental interest | Claire Le Naour (IJCLab) / Mélody Maloubier (IJCLab) / Florent Réal / Valérie Vallet | contact |
| Thesis topics available for the 2026 academic year | Director / Supervisor | contact email |
Thermodynamic efficiency and trade-offs in cellular metabolism | Benjamin Pfeuty / Pierre Millard (TBI, Toulouse) | contact |
Single-shot ultrafast measurements, associating nonlinear optics and novel data analysis concepts | Christophe Szwaj / Serge Bielawski | contact |
Streamlined Genomic Editing Platform for Marine Microalgae: Development of a Chemo-biological (Click Chemistry) Strategy for Imaging-Based Quantification of CRISPR-Cas9 Complex Photoporation | Emmanuel Courtade / Christophe Colleoni (UGSF) / Corentin Spriet (PLBS) / Christophe Biot (UGSF) | contact |
Quantum simulation using quantum emitters coupled to a photonic network | Alberto Amo / Clément Hainaut | contact |
Integration of theoretical and experimental physics approaches for the multiscale study of the emergent properties of microtumors | Stefano Giordano (IEMN) / François Anquez / Chann Lagadec (CANTHER, Lille) | contact |
Manipulation of Optical Solitons and Generalized Hydrodynamics | François Copie | contact |
Synchronization and Nonlinear Dynamics in an Optical Network | Alberto Amo / Clément Hainaut | contact |
Stochastic turbulence and Superfluidity in quantum fluid of light | Clément Hainaut / Alberto Amo | contact |
| Thesis topics available for the 2026 academic year | Director / Supervisor | contact email |
Millimeter-wave Fourier transform spectroscopy of pulsed laser photolysis products for atmospheric and astrophysical applications | Brian Hays | contact |
Spectroscopic characterization of gaseous mixtures of key molecules in Earth’s and planetary atmospheres | Elias Neeman / Alberto Lessari (Université de Valladolid) | contact |
| Thesis topics available for the 2026 academic year | Director / Supervisor | contact email |
Theoretical Study of the Generation of Multi-Frequency Combs in N-Dimensional Resonators | Matteo Conforti / Saliya Coulibaly / Arnaud Mussot | contact |
Mamyshev fiber-optic oscillators | Olivier Vanvincq / Simon Boivinet | contact |
Additive Manufacturing of original photonic devices by 2 photons polymerization | Yves Quiquempois / Hicham El Hamzaoui | contact |
Physical modeling of signal degradation and digital signal processing for data transmission over multi-core optical fibers | Ghaya Rekaya (Télécom Paris) / Esben Ravn Andresen | contact |