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Marie Curie Research Fellow

		Employer: Aston University
		Job location: Birmingham UK
		Apply before: 01 Mar 2019

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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).

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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: R200007
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 a portable Photoluminescence (PL) absorption spectrometer. Information on optical signatures for different types and nano/micron plastics obtained from microfluidics knowhow will be used to determine the most effective components for portable spectrometers such as the PL excitation laser, the type of USB spectrometers and the detection system, which will tune to the specific areas of resonant absorption/transmission and luminescence of plastic nanoparticles. These systems will be tested for the monitoring of water on site (Wessling).

The successful candidate 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.

English language - 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/

MSCA Eligibility - Applicants must at the first day of their MONPLAS employment contract, be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research career and have not been awarded a doctoral degree. This research experience is measured FROM the date when they obtain the degree which formally entitles them to embark on a doctorate (either in the country in which the degree was obtained or in the country in which the researcher is recruited, even if a doctorate was never started or envisaged). Research Experience is measured TO the first day of the MONPLAS employment contract of the researcher.