Light & Materials

A profile area at Lund University

Call for Young Investigator Synergy Award – Deadline 6 November

Light and Materials have opened a call for Young Investigator Synergy Award.

In this call PhD students, postdoctoral fellows/researchers and associate senior lecturers (biträdande universitetslektor, BUL) within the LU profile area Light and Materials are invited to propose a collaborative project and obtain funding to try out a new research idea combining light and materials. Each proposal should have two applicants who combine their respective research areas in light and materials to suggest a new project that may lead to new capabilities or new research directions within the Lund University profile area Light and Materials.

Eligibility: The proposers need to be PhD students, postdoctoral fellows/researchers or BULs employed by Lund University at least until 30 October 2024. The PhD degree should not be received more than 7 years before the deadline for the application.
Number of applicants: At least two applicants, one representing light, the other materials. The division of light/materials is topical, not administrative.
Amount: Up to 250,000 kronor per project.
Project duration. The project can start at any time during 2024.
Deadline for application submission: November 6 (Monday), 2023

More information about the call and information for applicants is found in the call text: Call for Young Investigator Synergy Award

25 September 2023

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Light Meets Materials – a popular day!

The registration for the Light & Materials Synergy day on the theme Light Meets Materials is now closed. The event has proven to be very popular and all seats are filled up!

As there is a high demand for places for the event, we appreciate if you will inform us if there are any changes to your registration. Please contact Mirja if you have any questions about your registration.

If you wish to be put on the waiting list in case places become available, please send an e-mail to Mirja.

Read more about the Synergy day: Light Meets Materials 10 October.

18 September 2023

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Updated list of courses relevant to Light & Materials

Thank you to all who have contributed with information concerning education in Light and Materials over summer. Based on what we have learned we have compiled a list of the courses which in one or the other way are relevant for the profile area: Updated list of courses relevant to the Profile area Light & Materials.

Feel free to spread it and please send the comments/additions/corrections to Mirja Carlsson Möller.

What’s next? If you have any thoughts how to improve light and materials related education and how the profile area can contribute to that, let us know.

15 September 2023

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Registration to Light & Materials Synergy Day is open!

Welcome to our first Synergy Day!
10 October 2021 at AF-Borgen and Palaestra in central Lund on the theme ‘Light meets Materials’.

The program includes plenary talks, parallel topical sessions on Medicine & Light, Energy, Climate & Environment, and Quantum Technology – and poster pitches and presentations by our young researchers. We round up by concluding the day with dinner at the Grand Hotel.

Registration is now open!

Please register before 10 September, please note that places are limited and reserved on a ‘first come first served’-basis.

24 August 2023

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List of courses relevant to Light and Materials

We ask for your help to compile a list of all courses relevant to education within our profile area. Please send names and course codes of courses and/or programs you think can be relevant for the area of Light and Materials, undergraduate to PhD and commissioned courses. We would also like you to comment on why you believe the course fits on the list/ the profile area and what the students learn in the course.

The aim of the final list is to make an inventory and to expose what courses already exist within the area of Light and Materials, and from there decide what steps need to be taken next. Please send your input to Tönu Pullerits and Mirja Carlsson Möller.

At the below link you can find an updated list of courses that was included in the original application to become profile area. The purpose of this list was to show that there are already a bulk of courses that are of interest to the profile area. The list is regularly updated as we receive input on it. If you have comments on any of the courses listed here (if it fits or not and why), we’d be happy if you’d like to share them with us.

Updated list of courses from Profile area application

28 June 2023

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Light Meets Materials

Tuesday 10 October Light and Materials will arrange its first all profile area meeting. All members will be invited to a full day of exiting talks by speakers representing the entire area. There will also be a poster session. The meeting takes place at Palaestra and AF-borgen and will finish with dinner at Grand Hotel.

More information with the event poster and preliminary program can be found here:

Light Meets Materials event page

Registration will open in the end of August.

23 June 2023

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Education in Light & Materials – a first step

Within the topics of our profile area there is already today a strong connection and exchange between research and education, with many researchers involved in teaching courses directly related to light and materials.

To explore the possibilities to integrate and coordinate education initiatives within the profile area Light & Materials, representatives from many fields of education met at a workshop last week. The participants discussed courses and programs that are relevant for students in Light & Materials, ways for how these can be coordinated, how students can be attracted and the role of the Profile area in education initiatives.

The next step is to make an inventory of courses and programs that are relevant for education in Light & Materials and to find out how they relate to each other. The Profile area will investigate how to best promote and highlight these courses and education programs. This workshop was a first step to examining possibilities and potential for education within Light & Materials, it will be followed up by further discussions and activities to maximise the potential for future generations within our fields.

7 June 2023

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Save the date: Light and Materials Science Day

The planning for the day is in full swing and will be published here as it is finalised.

3 May 2023

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About Light & Materials

Two parallel pillars through three platforms

Light and Materials is one of five profile areas at Lund University.

Light and Materials will harness the recent dramatic progress in our ability to measure and control light and materials. This substantially improves our understanding of the natural world, and enables new technological developments that addresses societal challenges in the fields of health, energy and environment.

Expertise and research infrastructure available in NanoLund, Lund Laser Centre (LLC) and MAX IV allows scientists to gain insights into light-induced processes and functionalities of materials that were previously impossible to study.