Industrial Process Monitoring

Agri-Food Analysis

Environmental Sensing

European Double Doctorate Programme on

Optical Sensing Using

Advanced Photo-Induced Effects

Developing Optical Sensors for:

A European Postgraduate Training Network

combining optics (lasers) and spectroscopy (gas and liquid sensing)

The OPTAPHI Ph.D. Students will:

  • Be a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow (Early Stage Researcher)
  • with accompanying status and benefits
  • Study in 2 European countries
  • (Ireland / Italy / Austria / France)
  • Get a Ph.D. degree awarded from 2 institutions
  • (Double Doctorate/Co-tutelle)
  • Undertake an exciting, multi-disciplinary research project
  • combining spectroscopy with laser design and fabrication
  • Be part of a diverse team of 14 ESR Fellows
  • working towards common goals, with network-wide training events
Under the MSCA Eligibility Rules:

  • Researchers may be of any nationality. However, they must undertake physical, trans-national mobility (i.e. move from one country to another) when taking up their appointment.
  • The researcher must not have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of his/her host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to his/her recruitment.*
  • ESRs shall, at the date of recruitment, be in the first four years** of their research careers, and must not have been awarded a doctoral degree.

*Short stays, such as holidays, are not taken into account
**Measured from the date when he/she obtained the degree which would formally entitle him/her to embark on a doctorate

The OPTAPHI Ph.D. Stundents will:

  • Be a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow (Early Stage Researcher)
  • with accompanying status and benefits
  • Study in 2 European countries
  • (Ireland / Italy / Austria / France)
  • Get a Ph.D. degree awarded from 2 institutions
  • (Double Doctorate/Co-tutelle)
  • Undertake an exciting, multi-disciplinary research project
  • combining spectroscopy with laser design and fabrication
  • Be part of a diverse team of 14 ESR Fellows
  • working towards common goals, with network-wide training events
Under the MSCA Eligibility Rules:

  • Researchers may be of any nationality. However, they must undertake physical, trans-national mobility (i.e. move from one country to another) when taking up their appointment.
  • The researcher must not have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of his/her host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to his/her recruitment.*
  • ESRs shall, at the date of recruitment, be in the first four years** of their research careers, and must not have been awarded a doctoral degree.

*Short stays, such as holidays, are not taken into account
**Measured from the date when he/she obtained the degree which would formally entitle him/her to embark on a doctorate

The OPTAPHI Network is:

Munster Technological University

Cork, Ireland

Université de Montpellier

Montpellier, France

Technische Universität Wien

Vienna, Austria

Politecnico di Bari

Bari, Italy

Università degli studi di Bari

Bari, Italy

European Institutions

EU Countries

Year Fellowship Duration

Degrees/Fellow (co-tutelle)

Integrated Training Network

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