New PhD student wanted for CREATE project

2017-07-28

We encourage applicants for a position of a PhD student in the Physical Optics and Biophotonics Group – the successful candidate will carry out PhD studies under International Doctoral Studies at the Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS, Warsaw, Poland.

Research activities, in which the selected person will be involved are:

In-vivo microscopic imaging in optically inhomogeneous media.

The main objective of the research is to broaden the knowledge about the image formation process in the presence of highly distortive media like biological samples.

The candidates should have:

a university degree in physics, engineering (optics, automatics, informatics, electronics);
initial experience in experimental work in the field of optics;
skills in C++, Python, LabView or MatLab;
good command of English.

The successful candidate will be given:

the opportunity to carry out PhD studies under the supervision of worldwide reputable scientist selected and contracted as the ERA Chair Holder – Professor Maciej Wojtkowski, a physicist specializing in optical applications in biology and medicine
the opportunity of close cooperation with the ERA Chair holder’s team
participation in research studies of the statistical properties of the light propagation through non-transparent or turbid media – in particular through biological systems
middle-term employment contract (4 years, supported by ERA Chair grant) – full time position (attractive salary)
possibility of fellowship in other leading EU university or institute
private medical care package.

More details here.