New job ad

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     - text: "📢 Abstract submission SoR 2026"
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-    - text: "🎉 Congratulations on Graduation"
-      url: "/post/2026/26-02-16-eva_graduation/"
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-    - text: "🚨 New Member alert"
-      url: "/post/2026/26-03-05-zhibo_welcome/"
+    #- text: "🎉 Congratulations on Graduation"
+    #  url: "/post/2026/26-02-16-eva_graduation/"
+    #  newtab: true
+    - text: "🚨 Now hiring - PhD"
+      url: "/post/2026/26-04-29-job-ad/"
       newtab: true
     #- text: "📜 New preprint: ShearView"
     #  url: "https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08951"

content/post/2026/26-04-29-job-ad/index.md

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+---
+title: Now hiring! - 1 PhD
+summary: <span style="color:#4284EB;">Read more</span>
+authors:
+#  - Mohandas
+date: 2026-04-29
+image:
+  focal_point: 'center'
+# Show this page in the Featured widget?
+featured: true
+text-align: justify
+---
+
+<!--more-->
+<div style="text-align: justify;">
+
+**PhD student (University Assistant prae-doc, 4 years)**
+
+---
+
+**About the project:** 
+
+The successful candidate will develop an original doctoral project at the interface of soft matter physics, biophysics and methodological innovation, taking advantage of our integrated experimental environment: advanced optical microscopy (spinning disk, high-speed imaging, optical tweezers, DDM), custom and commercial rheology and rheomicroscopy (e.g. based our open-source ShearView linear rheometer and an Anton Paar MCR 702e Space rheomicroscope), wet-lab facilities for chemistry and cell culture, and an active international collaboration network across Europe and beyond. 
+
+To get a sense of who we are, what we work on and the style of science we like to do, please have a look at our [website](https://somexlab.github.io/) and [recent publications](https://somexlab.github.io/publication/).
+
+<div style="border: 1px solid #ddd; padding: 20px; border-radius: 6px;text-align: justify;">
+
+📃<strong>Mock research proposal:</strong>
+
+The candidate should use the above pages as a starting point for the mock research proposal that is part of the application (see below): 
+
+The candidate shall pick one of our research lines (e.g., rheology, advanced microscopy, colloids, active/biological matter, mechanobiology) and sketch a question they would find exciting to address with us.
+
+</div>
+
+---
+
+📅**Deadline for applications:** 31.05.2026\
+📅**Starting date:** > 01.09.2026\
+🔔**Status:** Open
+
+---
+
+📢[Job advertisement (University job portal)](https://jobs.univie.ac.at/job/University-assistant-predoctoral/1388724733/)
+
+**Our commitment to Diversity:**
+{{< callout note >}}
+<div style="font-size: 0.85rem;">
+We strongly believe that excellent science comes from a diverse and inclusive group, and we are genuinely committed to building one. We warmly encourage applications from candidates of any gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationality, socio-economic background, age, disability, family situation or career path, including people whose CV is non-linear (career breaks, parental leave, change of field, studies in less internationally visible institutions). If you are unsure whether your background "fits" the call, please apply: we would rather read your application and decide together than miss you because of self-selection. In line with University of Vienna policy, women and members of under-represented groups are particularly encouraged to apply, and preference will be given to female candidates at equal qualifications.
+</div>
+{{< /callout >}}
+
+</div>