We’re always excited to welcome new team members.

Postdoctoral opportunities

Want to be hosted by the SPMQT Lab for an ARC DECRA project? See information from UQ here or contact Peter.

The ARC DECRA scheme has a ~20% success rate, projects run for 3 years, and the grant pays your salary plus about $50k AUD/year research funding. UQ also has a program ‘UQ Amplify’, which offers to extend your contract by an additional 2 years (5 years total), in exchange for doing some teaching.

Sponsorship for Feodor Lynen Research Fellowships from the Humboldt Foundation is available. Open to German PhD holders.

PhD / Higher degrees by research (HDR) positions
PhD positions are officially advertised through UQ Jobs. If you are interested in pursuing a PhD in the group, please contact Peter or submit an application.

Sept 2025: A fully PhD position will be advertised soon, link up when advertised.

Domestic PhD / HDR positions
If you’ve completed Honours at an Australian university, you are likely eligible for funding via the Research Training Program. Please contact Peter to lodge your interest.

Honours/Masters positions
Looking to make your first steps in the research world? Honours/Masters students will be trained by our expert team with the aim of independently operating the STM/AFM. Previous students have published their Honours work in peer-reviewed journals. Semester 1 or 2 starts are possible.

Current UQ students
If you are at UQ and interested in summer or winter research projects, see this page for details. These projects would have you shadow a team member and get a feel for a real research environment.

Capstone students: These are short research projects as part of PHYS3900. Similar to the Summer/Winter Projects, you would shadow a team member.

If you want to learn more about what we do, contact Peter to join the SPMQT journal club.