The research programme in Soft and biomolecular matter is based in Department of Science, Systems and Models and is collaborating with several other universities and research institutions in the Greater Copenhagen area.

The PhD programme has as its goal to train students with a master’s degree in relevant fields to become researchers in an area within the broad field of soft and biomolecular matter. These goals are reached through individual research projects and participation in a number of courses covering various theoretical and experimental aspects of soft materials.

• Dynamics and structures of polymer molecules

• Gel-forming synthetic and biological systems

• Thermo-dynamical analysis of complex systems

• Structural studies of biological systems

• Structural studies of ordered systems by polarised spectroscopy

• Statistical mechanical analysis of driven diffusive systems

• Computer simulations of chemical reactions

• Thermo-mechanical properties of viscous liquids

• Frequency-dependent properties of systems near the glass transition

• Development of new instrumentation for studies of soft materials

• Computer simulations of relaxation phenomena in extremely disordered systems

• Development of theories for the dynamics of viscous liquids

• Small angle X-ray scattering on systems, block copolymers, micro emulsions and biological systems

The program organises a Ph.D. course every second year titled: "Methods in soft materials
science". Next time in the autumn of 2012.

Department at Roskilde University

Department of Science, Systems and Models  

Participating institutions outside Roskilde University

The University of Copenhagen  
The Technical University of Denmark  

Further information

Leader of Ph.D. school

Professor Poul Erik Hansen
Department of Science, Systems and Models
Roskilde University, Building 18.2
PO Box 260
DK-4000 Roskilde
Tel + 45 4674 2432
Email: poulerik(at)ruc.dk

Webwsite: http://akira.ruc.dk/~poulerik/

Professor Jeppe Dyre
Director of “Glass and Time” – Danish National Research Foundation Centre for Viscous Liquid Dynamics,
Department of Science, Systems and Models
Roskilde University, Building 27
PO Box 260
DK-4000 Roskilde
Tel + 45 4674 2284
Email: dyre(at)ruc.dk  
Website: http://milne.ruc.dk/~dyre/