PhD Students – Biophotonics

Biophotonics@Tyndall is a newly established collaborative research programme based at the Tyndall National Institute led by Professor Stefan Andersson-Engels. The Group’s focus will be to form close collaborations with clinicians, research centres and companies to accelerate biophotonics technology and rapidly deliver breakthrough technologies into the hands of health-care providers. Using photonics as a driver for the faster development and deployment of more accurate, less invasive diagnostic and treatment methods for cancer and other diseases.  The new programme has been formed by the Tyndall National Institute, the Irish Photonic Integration Centre (IPIC) and University College Cork, under a €5M award from Science Foundation Ireland (SFI).

The projects are divided into application- and fundamental-research driven tasks, and are briefly described at www.ipic.ie/team/stefan-andersson-engels/. Four or more PhD-students will be recruited now.   Each of these positions will primarily work on two projects and to work together with other students, a postdoc and collaborators in advancing biophotonics science.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The candidate is expected to be creative, self-motivated, and should help create an efficiently and friendly atmosphere within the Biophotonics team and beyond to all teams at IPIC and Tyndall. These positions will offer great opportunities for learning and to become internationally visible as the successful candidates will be part of building a new centre for biophotonics with a potential to become a key player in the field and with excellent infrastructure support.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

  • The successful candidate must have an MSc. in one of the following disciplines: physics, biomedical engineering, biomedicine, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field.
  • The candidate must demonstrate a high motivation; have an academic record of excellence, and good writing and communication skills.
  • Strong theoretical and experimental skills and documented ability in handling optical systems and/or biomedical samples are essential.
  • Experiences of relevance for the fields of biomedical optics, biomedical diagnostics, imaging, spectroscopy, the ultrasound-optical interaction for waveguide engineering project and/or within system integration are desired.
  • Highly self-motivated and able to demonstrate initiative.
  • A capability of working within a project team to achieve results.
  • A commitment to personal development.

Questions to fill in with the application (required, maximum one page total)

  • Describe the main advantages and challenges with upconverting nanoparticles for bioimaging and photoactivation.
  • Describe how wavefront engineering can be useful for deep tissue imaging and manipulation.

Please apply via http://www.tyndall.ie/career/search, selecting reference number SAE-4 and following the instructions to complete the associated application form, attaching your cv, motivation letter and answers to the required questions as outlined in job description.

At this time, Tyndall National Institute does not require the assistance of recruitment agencies.