Post-doctorat thermodynamique stochastique (H/F)

Eighteen-month postdoctoral position at the Laboratoire de Physique of ENS de Lyon on the thermodynamics of micromechanical resonators interacting with a thermal bath and an external control potential such as an electrostatic force. Within stochastic thermodynamics, the work will quantify energy exchanges (work and heat), understand how the resonator’s temperature evolves, and interpret the role of information when the system is under feedback, with both theoretical and experimental components.

Main tasks are optimising the real-time feedback coupling between resonator and external force, measurement campaigns with a very low-noise optical detector, analysis within stochastic thermodynamics and information theory, modelling the experiments and computing maximal theoretical efficiencies, and writing reports and articles. The fundamental research is expected to inform topics such as the stability of micromechanical systems, the energy consumption of logic gates and efficient feedback-based energy extraction.

Start date 1 February 2027; gross monthly salary from €3,071 depending on experience.

In-depth theoretical knowledge of stochastic thermodynamics, statistical physics, Brownian motion and information; skills in very low-noise measurements; data analysis in Matlab or Python.