Post Doctoral Fellow - Biopohotonics & Nanobiophotonics

Department: Electrical Engineering Salary: Commensurate with Experience/Education

Possesses, understands, and applies a comprehensive knowledge in area of specialization. Develops understanding and skills to allow for completion of assignments that cross fields of specialization. Develops leadership and management skills.

• Receives/Reviews progress and evaluates results of experiments or projects under control or supervisory responsibility.
• Recommends changes in research, testing or experimental procedures.
• May be responsible for a single highly technical and complex piece of research equipment.
• May review and evaluate the effectiveness of personnel.
• May plan for and assign personnel to projects under control.
• Operates with latitude for unreviewed action.
• May receive general supervision conferring with higher level(s) only in unusual situations.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.

Seeking a highly qualified candidate with a specialization in optical imaging and image system instrument development. Candidates should have experience working on sponsored projects in the areas of biophotonics and non-biophotonics for imaging and sensing, measurement techniques development, microscopy and spectroscopy instrumentation and automation. Candidate should possess advanced knowledge of microscopy imaging and instrumentation, precision control and automation of both software and hardware-based auto-focusing and sample stage motion control.

All qualified candidates with a proven record of expertise should apply.

MQ: Requires singular knowledge of a specialized advanced professional discipline or the highest level of general business knowledge, normally acquired through attainment of a directly job-related terminal degree or equivalent formal training in a recognized field of specialization that is directly related to the type of work being performed. No experience is required.

All positions at the University of Houston-System are security-sensitive and will require a criminal history check.

The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.