I am a post-doctoral researcher in the PDOS group at MIT CSAIL under the supervision of Frans Kaashoek and Nickolai Zeldovich.
-Previously, I completed my PhD at MPI-SWS and Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany; my advisor was Derek Dreyer.
I am assistant professor at ETH Zürich as part of the Institute for Programming Languages and Systems. +Previously, I completed my PhD at MPI-SWS and Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany; my advisor was Derek Dreyer. +I also did a post-doc in the PDOS group at MIT CSAIL. +
-I will start my position as assistant professor at ETH Zürich on November 1st. -If you are interested in doing a PhD or post-doc working on programming language foundations, and in particular formal foundations for Rust, or if you are an ETH student interested in a Master Thesis in that area -- please [reach out](https://research.ralfj.de/contact.html)!
+I am offering up to two fully funded PhD positions in my newly founded research group at ETH Zürich, with flexible start date. +I am looking for strong students that want to do research at the foundations of programming language theory, in program verification and separation logic, with a focus on Rust and Iris. +Knowledge of Coq is greatly appreciated. Interested candidates can contact me directly. +Please explain why you are interested in a PhD in this field and what your prior experience is. Also include a CV and possible contacts for recommendation letters. +Note that doing a PhD at ETH Zürich generally requires a Master's degree, but there is a direct doctorate program that you can enter with a Bachelor's degree (application deadline December 15th).
My two main lines of work are about Rust and Iris.
On the Rust side, I am working (also in collaboration with the Rust language team) towards a solid formal foundation for the language, including in particular the unsafe parts.