Research Associate in Cell Biophysics & Biological Matter

Responsibilities

The position offers a structured career development path within an active and ambitious research group and department. The postdoc will be involved in the supervision of students and contribute to the mentoring of junior researchers (including planning and delivering seminars), and play an active role in developing fellowship applications and research grant proposals.

The successful candidate will have (or expect to soon be awarded) a PhD in physics, engineering, biology, or a related field, and will have:

• Hands-on experience with confocal and/or fluorescence microscopy
• Strong skills in image processing and quantitative data analysis
• Strong background in theory of soft/active/biological matter
• Familiarity with theoretical or computational approaches from statistical physics
• A track record of original research
• An ability to communicate material of a technical nature and build internal and external contacts

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

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