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The Institute of Photonics and Electronics v. v. i. in accordance with the Act No.283/1992 of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, as amended by the Act No. 420/2005, and in accordance with the Statute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, announces an open position for postdoctoral research fellow or scientist.

Do you want to work on exciting projects at the interface of nanotechnology and electromagnetics? Do you love microwave technology and micro/nanofabrication technologies? Then apply for this position!

Job description:

At the Bioelectrodynamics research team (Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences), we are looking for a highly motivated researcher for leveraging advanced electromagnetics approaches (bandgap, metamaterial, topological, etc.) in bionanotechnology. To that end, you will design, fabricate and characterize microfluidic microwave and subTHz chip and planar devices. Your chips will be the corner stones of cutting-edge experiments to verify the predictions of the molecular dynamics simulations of your colleagues. This position is offered within the project funded by national excellent fundamental research program EXPRO. The grand goal of the project is to probe and control biological components (protein nanostructures) using ultrashort microwave and subTHz pulses. Your results will contribute to the development of novel electromagnetic technologies for gentler and more effective biomedicine and bionanotechnology of the future.

Requirements: 

• PhD in applied physics, electromagnetic physics, electrical, electromagnetic, radio-frequency engineering, high-frequency electronics, or similar
• Very good communication skills and the ability to work in a team-focused environment.

We offer:

The Czech Academy of Sciences is internationally highly ranked research institution with exceptional quality growth. At the Institute of Photonics and Electronics of CAS, we offer interesting and challenging job in an international environment, work in a multidisciplinary research team and excellent research infrastructure. We ensure a strong support of career growth towards professional and scientific independence.

Above that we offer: 

• 5 weeks of vacation + 3 sick days benefit
• Flexible working hours
• Annual performance bonus
• Friendly team of supporting colleagues 
• Modern educational courses and trainings for continuous professional and scientific development
• Sport allowance -  MultiSport card, catering and pension contribution, team building events, fully automatic coffee machine in the team

Application procedure

Please apply through the application link and instructions therein. 

Deadline for application: 30^th November 2020

Starting date of the position: as soon as possible

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The Institute of Photonics and Electronics v. v. i., in accordance with the Act No. 283/1992 of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, as amended by the Act No. 420/2005, and in accordance with the Statutes of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow position focusing on the development of functional coatings for affinity optical biosensors.

Our research team Optical Biosensors (team leader Prof. Jiří Homola) is currently looking for postdoc research fellow focusing on the development of functional coatings for optical affinity biosensors.

Do you want to use your knowledge and experience in the preparation of functional materials and coatings? Do you want to develop advanced surfaces for investigation of molecular systems, medical diagnostics or environmental monitoring? Are you enthusiastic about multidisciplinary projects in which you can work closely with experts from various disciplines (chemistry, biology, photonics, or microfluidics) and develop new optical biosensors? If your answer is yes, you should apply for this position!

Job description 

The selected candidate will carry out research and development of functional coatings for optical affinity biosensors. 

Specific tasks include: 

• development of advanced functional surfaces (e.g. based on zwitterionic polymers or photoactivatable systems) for affinity biosensors based on photonic micro- and nano-structures,
• preparation and characterization of developed functional surfaces,
• use of functional surfaces for the study of biomolecular interactions and detection of biomolecules related to medical diagnostics and environmental monitoring.

Requirements 

• Ph. D. in organic chemistry, macromolecular chemistry, physical chemistry, chemical engineering or similar,
• publication record in relevant field of material sciences,
• experience in research and development of functional coatings for affinity biosensing is of advantage,
• experience with the development and characterization of nanomaterials and nanostructures is of advantage.

We offer

• interesting and challenging work in an international research team,
• work on multidisciplinary scientific projects with real-world impact,
• excellent research infrastructure,
• language and professional training courses,
• 5 weeks of vacations,
• sport allowance (Multisport card).

Terms of employment

Full-time employment contract for 2 years (with the possibility of an extension) starting from January 2021 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Application procedure

In order to apply, please, respond to Mrs. Jana Petrlova (e-mail petrlova@ufe.cz) with the following documents: 

• cover letter,
• CV,
• list of publications.

In the subject line of your email, please, state that you apply for Postdoctoral research fellow position in functional coatings for affinity optical biosensors.

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