Dear colleagues, There is an open PhD position in Mineralogy at the University of Hamburg, Germany, within the framework of the Cluster of Excellence "Understanding written artefacts", financially supported by  the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.  The link with the announcement is below. https://www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenangebote/ausschreibung.html?jobID=de59065db7ec35d77ab6b51d14dd82d0968b0b7b The project will deal with thermally activated structural and chemical changes in phyllosilicates typical of clays, with the idea to develop a strategy for tracing the firing history and initial phase composition of cuneiform clay tablets (the earliest written artifacts in human civilizations). The main analytical method will be Raman spectroscopy, but also FTIR, XRF, EMPA, XRD, including collaboration with DESY, and TGA. I would appreciate if you inform suitable candidates about the open position. Many thanks in advance and best wishes, Boriana Mihailova -- ----------------- Prof. Dr. Boriana Mihailova Universität Hamburg Department of Earth System Sciences / Mineralogy Grindelallee 48 D-20146 Hamburg Germany phone: +49(0)40 42838-2052 Raman lab: +49(0)40 42838-6644 IR lab: +49(0)40 42838-6645 e-mail: boriana.mihailova@uni-hamburg.de