Post-Doc: Carbon Nanostructures

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) -Laboratory for Carbon Nanostructures

Competitive Tax-free Salary
Job description:One Postdoctoral Research Fellow position is available immediately in the Laboratory for Carbon Nanostructures (LCN) at the Physical Sciences and Engineering Division of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST).

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Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher: Foam Interactions

Loughborough University -Department of Chemical Engineering

Ref: REQ13664
Salary: 51,073 Euros per annum
Closing Date: Monday 25th November
Department of Chemical Engineering, Interaction of Foams with a Porous Support
Funded by the European Science Foundation, this is a Marie Curie Initial Training Networks CoWet project. The Researcher is required to undertake research into the modelling of the foam drainage in the presence of surfactants and/or polymers, interaction of foams with a porous support and adsorption of desired amounts of a solute from the foam in a contact with a porous substrate to the pores.

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Ph.D: Electron Spin Control in Highly Spin-Orbit Coupled Devices

University of Surrey -Advanced Technology Institute, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Lead Supervisors Name: Dr Steven Clowes
Funding Status: Directly Funded Project (Due to funding restrictions, UK students only)
Application Deadline: 31st December 2013

Project Description:
The Advanced Technology Institute at the University of Surrey hosts researchers using fundamental and applied research for the design, manipulation and fabrication of optical and electronic devices/systems utilising the smallest building blocks available: atoms and molecules.

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Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher/PhD: Optics/Photonics

Ultrawide bandwidth photonics devices, sources and application

University of Kent -Physics School of Physical Sciences

Closing Date: 15 November 2014

Two Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher/PhD positions for 36 months starting from 1st February 2014 are available within the Applied Optics Group, School of Physical Sciences. These are supported by an EU funded Marie Curie Initial Training Network European Industrial Doctorate, jointly organized with NKT Photonics Denmark. Students will spend half of their time in Kent and half at NKT in Denmark.

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Post-Doc: Experimental Chemical Physics

Experimental Chemical Physics at Northwestern University

Job Description

We are seeking to recruit talented and enthusiastic young scientists who are highly motivated in the areas of experimental physical chemistry, chemical physics, biophysics, and condensed-matter physics.
The successful candidates will be integrated in a dynamic group working in the field of optical spectroscopy and microscopy (multi-dimensional spectroscopy, ultrafast nonlinear spectroscopy, nonlinear microscopy, confocal microscopy) with an emphasis on studying excitonic materials including semiconductors and light-harvesting proteins.
The call will remain open until the position is filled.

To Apply

Candidates are requested to submit:
- a presentation letter with declaration of interests and description of past achievements (max. 1 page)
- a Curriculum Vitae, including a fully referenced list of publications
- contact email of three potential referees
Applications should be submitted by email to: elharel@northwestern.edu.
More information about the group can be found at
http://chemgroups.northwestern.edu/harel/
The call will remain open until the position is filled

 

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Post-Doc: Graphene Research

Graphene Research Institute at Sejong University, South Korea

Salary: 30,000,000 KRW per year
Hours: Full-time

 Job Description

We are looking for an outstanding candidate to work in the area of spintronics and graphene devices in the research group of Prof. Jonghwa Eom (http://dasan.sejong.ac.kr/~eom/) in Graphene Research Institute (http://graphene.sejong.ac.kr/xe/) and the Department of Physics of Sejong University in Seoul Korea. The research will be focused on nanotechnology with an opportunity to gain experience in advanced materials, devices fabrication and their system applications. The research work involves e-beam lithography, cleanroom nanofabrication, low temperature transport measurement, Raman spectroscopy, device design and modeling. The qualified applicant is highly encouraged to send his/her CV/Resume to Prof. Eom (eom@sejong.ac.kr). The position may be renewed annually for up to three years, contingent upon performance and funding. The salary will start at 2,500,000 KRW per month including National Health Insurance.

To Apply

To apply, send your CV/Resume with cover letter and arrange a recommendation letter to eom@sejong.ac.kr. Please use “Postdoc Application” as the title.

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Post-Doc/Research Assoc: Zoology/Physics

University of Cambridge -Department of Zoology

(Fixed Term)
Salary: £27,854-£36,298
Reference: PF01869
Closing date: 11 November 2013
The position is available for up to twelve months, starting 1 December 2013 in the Insect Biomechanics Group (laboratory of Walter Federle: (www2.zoo.cam.ac.uk/federle/ ) in the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

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Senior Post-Doc./Research Assoc.,: Synthetic Organometallic Chemistry

Faculty of Science, School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia
Ref: RA1006
£30,424 to £36,298 per annum
Synthetic Organometallic Chemistry: Gold(III) Chemistry: Structure, Bonding and Reactivity

Applications are invited for a senior postdoctoral research position in organometallic chemistry funded by the European Research Council. 

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Research Assist./Associates in Nanotechnology

University of Cambridge -Department of Engineering

2 Posts
(Fixed Term)
Salary: £24,049-£36,298
Reference: NM01887
Closing date: 15 November 2013

Applications are invited for two Research Assistants/Research Associates in the Department of Engineering, to work in the field of nanotechnology. The post holder will be located in West Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK.

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Toshiba Fellowship Programme 2014

Toshiba Research Europe Limited

The Toshiba Fellowship Programme (TFP) offers outstanding scientists an annual opportunity to apply to join Toshiba's research and development laboratories in Japan, initially for one year, on a Research Fellowship for PhD level scientists, mainly from science, computing and mathematics disciplines.

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PhD: Scholarship - Science and Engineering

Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia -Department of Petroleum Engineering

3 years, fixed term, full-time, Annual stipend ($31,000 tuition fees + $25,000 living allowance)
Be part of a world-leading research team focusing on CO2 multi-phase flow behaviour in rock studies and carbon geo-sequestration.

As one of several 3-year PhD recipients you will have the opportunity to work with Dr. Stefan Iglauer a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Petroleum Engineering and leader of the Multi-Phase Flow through Porous Media group.

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Post-Doc: Stem Cell Bioinformatics

Job Description

A post-doctoral position is available in the lab of Dr. Bouhassira at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. The successful candidate will have experience in bioinformatics and will help us study genetic and epigenetic differences in human pluripotent and hematopoietic stem cells.
Ph.D. strongly preferred but not required. Preference will be given for candidates with training in computer sciences or bioinformatics. Candidates with a Master degree will be considered, and if successful, appointed to a position appropriate to their experience.

To Apply

Please send a complete CV and names and contact information of three references to:
Eric Bouhassira, Ph.D.
Leon-Rennert Professor of Stem Cell Biology
Department of Cell Biology
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Ullmann 903
1300 Morris Park Ave
Bronx, New York, 10461
Eric.bouhassira@einstein.yu.edu EOE

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Post-Doctoral: Biomedical Engineering

Job Description

The Whiting School of Engineering, Divisions of Cardiac Surgery and of Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins University are seeking a candidate for postdoctoral fellowship to conduct collaborative research aimed at the development of novel cardiac support systems. We seek candidates with expertise in design of biomedical devices, and/or systems operating at the interface between engineering and physiology. Early phases of the project involve development of concepts through interactions with medical and engineering faculty members with diverse background and expertise.

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Research awards at the Graduate, Post-Doctoral and Senior Research levels

SALARY: $45,000 to $80,000 per year
HOURS: Full-time

Job Description

Research Associateship Program Research Opportunities.  The National Research Council of the National Academies is accepting applications for competitive awards for independent graduate, postdoctoral and senior scientific research to be conducted at participating US federal laboratories and affiliated institutions.  Awards are offered in all fields of science and engineering.  These awards provide the opportunity to devote full time to research in state-of-the-art facilities often unique to the federal research enterprise.  Applicants design their own research projects to be compatible with the interests of the sponsoring laboratory.  Many opportunities are open to non-US as well as US citizens. 

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Post-Doc: Optical Spectroscopy

Institute of Technology, Sligo

Closing Date: Friday, 25th October 2013 at 12 Noon
Description of PostFollowing success in 2013 ‘Research for the Benefit of SMEs’ call from the EU 7th Framework Programme, an opportunity exists for a researcher to join the Precision Engineering & Manufacturing (PEM) research team at IT Sligo under the ‘Bio-PolyTec’ project. IT Sligo are the coordinating partner of a consortium of EU SMEs and research institutes on the project.

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Marie Curie Experienced Researcher: Sub-millikelvin Technology

Leiden Cryogenics, Leiden, Netherlands

Contract Type: Fixed term for 24 months
Closing Date: 4 November 2013
Send application to: giorgio@leidencryogenics.com

Applications are invited for a new research post with a world-leading inventor and manufacturer of cryogenic equipment Leiden Cryogenics, who recently pioneered new sub-millikelvin technology.

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PhD or Post-Doc: Cancer Bioinformatics

The Laboratory for Disease Mechanisms in Cancer has a position for a motivated PhD student or postdoc interested in cancer bioinformatics, Center for Human Genetics - KU Leuven
Project
We recently discovered somatic mutations in the ribosome in T-cell leukemia. However, the extent to which somatic ribosome mutations are occurring in other cancer types, the mechaisms by which the ribosome defects we identified contribute to carcinogenesis and the therapeutic implications of our findings are currently unknown.

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Postdoc: Simulations of the Properties and Morphology of Polymers at Interfaces

Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Post doctoral position is available at the Division Polymer Chemistry and Materials of the Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences of the KU Leuven to participate in the project "Simulations of the properties and morphology of polymers at interfaces". The position is part of the interuniversity collaboration program H-INT-S, sponsored by the Strategic Initiative Materials (SIM) of the Flemish Government, focussing on molecular understanding by simulation of interfacial properties in polymer based composites.

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Post-Doc.: Food Nanostructure

University of Leeds -Mathematics & Physical Sciences

Job Summary 
Re-advertisement of MAPFS0027 - previous applicants need not apply 
Fixed term for 36 months 
Food Nanostructure: Role of Molecular Arrangement on Phase Stability and Phase Transitions in Food Processing.  
The post is available immediately for a fixed period of 36 months and supports the Lipid Biophysics Research activities at the School of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Leeds. You will assist Professor Michael Rappolt in designing and carrying out Small and Wide Angle X-ray Scattering (SWAXS) experiments in the Lab as well as at synchrotron sites (Diamond, DESY, Elettra).

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Post-Doc/Associate: Computational Physics of Ferroelectrics

Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington

 
The Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, seeks applications for a postdoctoral position with Ronald Cohen in the field of materials by design and the fundamental physics of ferroelectrics.  The position will focus on first-principles computational predictions of new materials and simulations of existing materials electromechanical properties under applied electric fields.

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PhD: Theoretical Physics, Quantum Chemistry, Materials Science and Scientific Computing

International Max Planck Research School for Dynamical Processes in Atoms, Molecules and Solids, Dresden, Germany.

The school offers research opportunities for young scientists who wish to obtain a doctorate degree in theoretical physics, quantum- and computational chemistry, materials science or scientific computing. The focus is on the dynamics in matter, covering a wide spectrum ranging from finite atomic and molecular systems up to infinite surfaces and solids.
The working language is English.

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Ph.D-Simulations of Polymer nanocomposites

Recruiter: Bangor University
Application deadline: 30 Nov 2013

£Competitive | Wales 
Department: School of Electronic Engineering

Position Description
The Laboratory for Matter Dynamics is recruiting a Ph.D. student to work on Fujitsu-High Power Computing Wales (HPCW) funded research activities starting October 2013.  The research will apply density functional theory (DFT) to understand bonding dynamics at polymer-carbon nanotube interfaces. Simulations will link to experimental data collected at the National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory and will make extensive use of HPCW facilities.

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PhD in Fusion Energy: Materials and Plasma Scientists

Recruiter: University Of York
Application deadline: 01 Mar 2014

£Competitive | North East England | 
The Universities of Durham, Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford and York, with Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, the Central Laser Facility and AWE have formed the Fusion Doctoral Training Network: an EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training.

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PhD: Geology or Geophysics

University of Southampton -Ocean and Earth Science

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship supported by a Mayflower Scholarship in Ocean and Earth Science at the University of Southampton. Mayflower Scholarships provide full support of fees, student grant and some research support. Due to funding restrictions the scholarship is available only to United Kingdom and European Union citizens.

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PhD: Bio-inspired Nanosensors

University of Southampton -Nano Group

Location: Highfield Campus
Closing Date:  Thursday 31 October 2013
Interview Date:  
Reference:  267613FP

Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship to be filled by November 2013. This scholarship will fund students for their tuition fees, a bursary to cover living expenses (£13,726 per year) and a Research Training Support Grant for research consumables and conference attendance. This role will be based at the Nano Group within the Electronics and Computer Science Department and will use state-of-the-art facilities at the Southampton Nanofabrication Centre. SNC is one of the premiere cleanrooms in Europe, facilitating a uniquely broad range of technologies by combining traditional and novel top down fabrication with state-of-the-art bottom up fabrication.

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Ph.D : Marie Curie MAGIC Early Researcher

The University of Manchester -Manchester Institute of Biotechnology and Photon Sciences Institute

Closing date : 05/12/2013
Reference : LSX-03394
Faculty / Organisational unit : Life Sciences
School / Directorate : Life Sciences
Division : School of Life Sciences Research
Employment type : Fixed Term
Duration : Available until 30 September 2017
Location : Oxford Road, Manchester
Salary : £40,178 per annum
Hours per week : Full Time

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Research Associate-Smart Polymers

University of Sheffield -Department of Chemistry

Contract Type: Fixed Term from the 1st November 2013 or shortly thereafter for 36 months
Working Pattern: Full Time, 35 Hours per week
Salary: Grade 7, £28,685 to £31,331
Job Reference Number: UOS007261

Summary:
Applications are invited for a 36 month fixed-term graduate Research Associate, tenable from 1st November 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter to conduct research on smart polymers for the detection of bacteria. The programme is funded by the Wellcome Trust.

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