LightDyNAmics provided 15 ESRs with unique multidisciplinary scientific training by teaching them key techniques, technologies and theories from both computational and experimental approaches to the study light/soft-matter interaction as well as transferable and business skills training.

The main training elements included: 

• Lab-based research in some of Europe’s leading and well-equipped labs for quantum/molecular mechanical calculations, molecular dynamic simulations, chemometrics, pump-probe spectroscopy, mass-spectrometry, non-linear electronic spectroscopy and click chemistry.
• Network-wide events such as the annual LightDyNAmics Weeks with 5 modules and the Technology Training Camps, including scientific, technological and transferable skills training elements.
• Transferable skills, including complementary technical skills and generic skills, such as IP and innovation management, tailored to the specific needs of the ESRs.
• Wider Horizon Days at the annual LightDyNAmics Weeks which encouraged ESRs to apply technologies, techniques and theories learned during their PhD programmes to other fields.
• Industry-academia collaboration through business focussed workshops and intersectoral secondments.
• International exposure at conferences and Wider Horizon Days facilitated networking and exchange of knowledge beyond the consortium.