Marie Curie Research Fellow
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Employer: Aston University |
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Job location: Birmingham UK |
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Apply before: 01 Mar 2019 |
Summary
The successful candidate will develop the first reliable technology to reproducibly and specifically identify and quantify individual nanoplastic particles. It will then be used, in collaboration with end-users, to accumulate data for various water, beverage and food samples, adding it to a virtually empty current database due to a lack of suitable techniques. To do so the ESR will develop metallic porous membranes, of various thicknesses and pore sizes for combination within a polarimetry setup.
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Location: Aston University Main Campus
Salary: £36,000 to £37,500 per annum
Contract Type: Fixed Term (36 months)
Basis: Full Time
Closing Date: 23.59 hours GMT on Saturday 29 February 2020
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: R200006
Release Date: Monday 13 January 2020
Applications are invited for a three-year Postgraduate fellowship, supported by the EC, to be undertaken within the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies https://www2.aston.ac.uk/eas/research/groups/photonics) at Aston University. The successful applicant will join an established experimental group working on photonic sensing and further to their training and research at Aston will undertake network based training and secondments in the EC Initial Training Network (ITN) MONPLAS project (www.monplas.eu). MONPLAS is a prestigious and highly multi/inter-disciplinary doctoral-level European training network that brings together expertise from different sectors to enhance detection methods for micro and nanoplastics in water (and beyond) and therefore to map their origins and potential public health threat.
The successful candidate will develop the first reliable technology to reproducibly and specifically identify and quantify individual nanoplastic particles. It will then be used, in collaboration with end-users, to accumulate data for various water, beverage and food samples, adding it to a virtually empty current database due to a lack of suitable techniques. To do so the ESR will develop metallic porous membranes, of various thicknesses and pore sizes for combination within a polarimetry setup.
The successful applicant should have a strong academic background and exceptional grades, and have been awarded, or expect to get before the project starts, a Master of Science degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Optical Engineering, Photonics, Physics, or equivalent. In exceptional cases outstanding candidates with a BEng or BSc in an appropriate discipline will also be considered at Aston University. Preferred skill requirements include knowledge/experience of photonics, optics and microfluidics.
For applicants from non-English speaking countries, it is necessary to have taken either the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the British Council IELTS test (taken no more than two years before the start date of your course). Minimum requirements are:
• TOEFL IBT: 93 (23 in Writing, 19 in Speaking, 18 in Reading and 19 in Listening)
• IELTS: 6.5 (6.0 in Writing Speaking, Reading and Listening).
• Pearsons English language test: 63 with no less than 57 in each band
Further information can be found at http://www.aston.ac.uk/eas/research/prospective-research-students/how-to-apply/
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