Post doctoral researcher in Optical Design and Biophotonics

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Client: Tyndall National Institute

Location: Cork, Ireland

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 083132293fe0

Job Views: 133

Posted: 21.01.2025

Expiry Date: 07.03.2025

SAE-21 Post doctoral Researcher in Optical Design and Biophotonics (Raydiant)

Contract: Full Time/Fixed Term

The programme was established two years ago as a collaborative research initiative based at the Tyndall National Institute led by Professor Stefan Andersson-Engels. The Group's focus is to form close collaborations with clinicians, research centers, 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) professorship award.

An additional industrial project has been secured for the team, devoted to fetal monitoring during labor based on pulse oximetry. The present role is primarily for this project and working with an industry partner, but will be fully integrated into the biophotonics team at Tyndall.

The candidate is expected to be creative, self-motivated, and help create an efficient 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 center for biophotonics with the potential to become a key player in the field.

Reporting to Stefan Andersson-Engels, the Researcher will conduct specified pieces of research as directed. The role of the Researcher will mainly provide optical design and algorithm development support to the biophotonics team and carry out strategic research activities as planned in a detailed project plan for specific industry projects, particularly in fetal pulse oximetry. The Researcher will also act as a translator in a multidisciplinary research field of research questions as well as industry and academic research needs and capabilities, ensuring that well-defined research projects can be devised, set up, and executed. The candidate will have a lead role in an industry collaboration project and will be a key person for the optical design and the biophotonics-based algorithms. The researcher will be expected to participate fully in collaborative projects.

Key responsibilities

• Work on all aspects of the proposed project, including hardware development, optical design, software development, data acquisition and analysis, communication, and collaboration with industrial and clinical partners.
• Conduct specified programs of research and participate in developing future research initiatives within the group.
• Interact closely with postgraduate research students in support of their research in conjunction with an academic supervisor.
• Work with industry academic partners to develop calls for proposals for research projects.
• Contribute to grant proposal writing for EU and other funding streams.
• Engage in the dissemination of the results of the research in which they are engaged, as directed.
• Engage in the wider research and scholarly activities of the research group.
• Carry out administrative work to support the programme of research.
• Contribute to costing research grant proposals and assist in the financial management of research projects.
• Ensure all activities are compliant with the Tyndall Quality Management system.
• Ensure all activities are compliant with the required Health and Safety standards.
• Carry out any additional duties as may reasonably be required within the general scope and level of the post.
• The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in one of the following disciplines: Physics, Applied Physics, or Biomedical Engineering with a strong and proven background in photonics.
• A good understanding of biophotonics and optical imaging systems. The candidate must demonstrate an academic record of scientific excellence and independent research.
• Strong theoretical and experimental skills and hands-on experience with optical systems are essential.
• Good communication, writing, organization, and interpersonal skills.
• Appropriate research experience.
• Appropriate technical competence and accomplishment.
• Highly self-motivated and able to demonstrate initiative.
• A capability of working within a project team to achieve results.
• A commitment to personal development.
• Experience relevant to the fields of biomedical optics, imaging, spectroscopy, and/or system integration is highly desired.

Appointment may be made on the post-doctorate researcher scale €41,207 - €47,477 per annum. Salary placement on appointment will be in accordance with public sector pay policy.