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Postdoc position - Long wavelength lasers for gas sensors

After the age of steam (19th century) and the age of electronics (20th century) the 21st century is becoming the age of photonics. Lasers for all kinds of applications, solar cells, LED lighting, displays and many other photonic devices are already exceeding the market for microelectronics and growing faster.       Photonic Integration The breakthrough of electronics to all domains of our society has been enabled by microelectronic integration technology, which enables low-c...

Postdoc in Multi-Object Spectroscopy on the E-ELT

This postdoc position is intended to perform astronomical and technical trade-offs for E-ELT instrumentation in general and OPTIMOS-EVE in particular, in preparation for phase B. The functional description is comparable to that of instrument scientist.   The postdoc should be the NL liaison for the ESO E-ELT project office and carry out simulations in support of the E-ELT and OPTIMOS-EVE science case, in collaboration with Eline Tolstoy, Scott Trager, Marc Verheijen (Groningen), and Pau...

Postdoc position in Plant Breeding

The chair of Plant Breeding invites applications for a Postdoc (German gov. salary TV-L 13) position for 3 years starting now. Research in our group is focused on the development of molecular and statistical tools for plant breeding and genome analysis.   The candidates will work in an interdisciplinary team of plant breeders, biologists, bioinformaticians and statisticians. The position is set within the DFG funded CRC (SFB) 924 on “Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Yield and Yield...

Postdoc or Scientist Tuneable Diode Laser Spectroscopy for Industrial Applications

Empa is the interdisciplinary research and services institution for material sciences and technology development within the ETH-Domain. The Laboratory for Air Pollutionand Environmental Technology has an opening for a research fellow for industrial developments based on diode laser spectroscopy.   Postdoc or Scientist Tuneable Diode Laser Spectroscopy for Industrial Applications Together with our team at Empa, the ETH spin-off Phocone and a Swiss SME you will develop an optical setup...

Postdoc vacancy Climate science and ecohydrology

The Amsterdam Global Change Institute (AGCI) is a new institute at VU University Amsterdam which aims to encourage excellence and innovation in interdisciplinary research on the environment, global change and sustainability.   It brings together five existing institutes and departments across the three Faculties of Earth and Life Sciences, Economics and Social Sciences at the university. Six new post-doctoral positions are being created in the first phase of the institute to develop nov...

Postdoc in circadian neurobiology

Dept. Neurosc. & Pharmacol, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen is seeking a postdoc from July 1st, 2011. The Department of Neurosc. & Pharmacology, Circadian Research Group, the Protein Laboratory, is seeking a motivated postdoctoral fellow to study the function of the non-image forming system of the brain and the influence of this system on circadian rhythms.   The goal is to characterize the involvement of the different photoreceptors in the regulation of ...

PHD/POSTDOC POSITION AT RWTH AACHEN, GERMANY

The development and analysis of numerical methods along with the relevant theoretical foundations for a wide range of problem classes is a central research area at the IGPM (Institut for Geometrie und Praktische Mathematik). These activities are closely intertwined with current interdisciplinary research projects with partners from engineering sciences, e.g., Collaborative Research Center CRC540 "Model-based experimental analysis of kinetic phenomena in fluid multi-phase reactive systems...

Two Postdoc Positions in Plasma Light Source Research

Two postdoc positions are available in the group Elementary Processes in Gas Disharges at Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. The candidates will work on the numerical simulation of radiation transport and the chemical composition of high-pressure plasma light sources with varying degress of departure from euilibrium. To this end, the candidates will familiarize themselves with the in-house developed plasma modelling platform Plasimo and design, implement and test the extens...

PhD-Postdoc position in biophysics

A PhD/Postdoc position in biophysics is available at the Biology Department of the Heinrich-Heine-Universitt Dsseldorf within the newly established Centre for Quantitative Biology. Applicants with background in biophysics, microbiology or molecular biology and with interest to work in a highly interdisciplinary environment are strongly encouraged to apply.       A focus of the biophysics section is to use a combined theoretical and experimental approach to gain fundamental un...

A full-time PhD-PostDoc position (E13 TV-L) in the field of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)

A full-time PhD/PostDoc position (E13 TV-L) in the field of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is available at the Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT) at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences (CUAS). Your tasks: - Desktop research for preparation of classes and projects related to Integrated Water Resources Management in particular in support of the master course www.iwrm-master.de - Development of teaching concepts und impl...

2 Postdoc positions in evolutionary microbial (meta-)genomics

Universitt Basel, Zoologisches Institut, SWITZERLAND   2 Postdoc positions in evolutionary microbial (meta-) genomics are available in the research group of Dieter Ebert (University of Basel, Switzerland). The research group has an emphasis on the evolution and genetics of host-symbiont interactions. The positions are funded to work on the population structure and functional aspects of host-microbiome interactions in Daphnia. The suggested methodology includes metagenome approaches, com...

Ph.D./PostDoc Position Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, Netherlands

The Delft Center for Systems and Control of the Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, announces a Ph.D. / PostDoc position ‘Fast and high-performance Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes’. Adaptive optics (AO) is used in large telescopes to compensate for disturbances in the atmosphere as well as vibrations of the telescope optical components. With the increasing dimensions of telescopes, up to 42m for the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), the di...

PostDoc Positions in Robotics and Biomechanics Toulouse and Heidelberg

The Optimization in Robotics & Biomechanics group at the Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR) at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, and the Gepetto Group at LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France, are seeking two PostDoc candidates for a joint European project. One PostDoc will be located in Toulouse, the other one in Heidelberg. The goal of the project is the development of numerical algorithms for the generation and control of optimal paths in complex changing environments ...

POSTDOC FELLOWSHIP IN GERMANY

The Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) University of Mannheim offers a Postdoc Fellowship (up to 5 years) for Sociologists in Research Area “European Societies and their Integration”. The MZES is an interdisciplinary research institute of the University of Mannheim, dedicated to comparative European social research and the analysis of European integration processes. The CHE Rankings of sociology over the last years and the German Science Council (Wissenschaftsrat...

Postdoc in Characterisation of Steel

The Materials Research Division at Ris DTU, Technical University of Denmark, is seeking candidates for a postdoctoral position in the field of defect characterisation in steel. Job description The position is part of a research project funded by the Danish Council for Strategic Research aiming at increasing the fundamental knowledge of steel used in gears and bearings in wind turbines. The position involves the following tasks:   - Microstructural characterisation of different types ...

Postdoc in Proteomic investigations of redox-regulation and post-translational modifications

Applications are invited for a position as Postdoctoral fellow for 18 months to work on proteomics of barley seed tissues with emphasis on redox regulation and post-translational modifications at Enzyme and Protein Chemistry (EPC), Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The position is available as soon as possible and is funded by the Carlsberg Foundation. EPC has 5 senior and 5 junior faculty/post-doctoral fellows and 16 PhD students. Job description The ...

Postdoc in Ultrafast Semiconductor Spectroscopy

An experimental postdoctoral position within the field of ultrafast semiconductor spectroscopy is available in the Nanophotonics cluster at DTU Fotonik.   In particular, the candidate is expected to contribute to research activities within the area of quantum dot and quantum well carrier dynamics and light-matter interactions in active photonic crystal waveguides. The position is partly financed by the VKR Centre of Excellence NATEC (“Nanophotonics for Terabit Communications&rdq...

Postdoc position at the University of Alberta-AICML-text mining

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Fellowship position to work on research projects on information extraction from textual data at the University of Alberta, Canada. The Alberta Innovates Centre of Machine Learning [AICML], will be making a two year appointment for an energetic capable and responsible Post Doctoral Fellow, to work with us in Edmonton on a variety of information extraction projects.   The successful candidate will take over the project management task from a pre...

Postdoc Fellowship-Peer Relations Research Group-project Bullying Networks across Classrooms

A Postdoctoral research position for 2 years (with possible renewal for another 2 years) is available in the Peer Relations Research Group at the University of Turku, Finland (Department of Behavioral Sciences and Philosophy, Division of Psychology).   The postdoctoral researcher will be working in the project "Bullying Networks across Classrooms" which is part of the European Collaborative Research Project (ECRP) entitled "Social Influence in Dynamic Networks". Other...

Postdoc in Bioinformatics-Statistical Genetics

The Bioinformatics Research Center (BiRC), Aarhus University, has an opening for a Bioinformatician/Statistician to work on an EU-funded project, NextGene, which is conducted in collaboration with partners at deCODE Genetics, Iceland.   Next-generation disease mapping calls for methods that can handle complete genetic information and relate it to complex biological information on the disease phenotypes. In NextGene, research will be done on new methods that can find more variants...

Chemistry (PhD)

Programme Description The School of Chemistry is a one of the largest in the UK and an internationally recognised centre of teaching and research. Currently there are over 220 postgraduate and postdoctoral...

Anatomy (PhD)

Programme Description The Department has many academic staff whose research is considered to be internationally competitive and is funded by Research Councils (eg MRC, BBSRC) and charities such as the Wellcome...