Research Associate to develop graphene-aluminium nitride biosensors
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Job Reference: ENG00042
Location: Department of Materials at Imperial College, London
Salary: 36,800 GBP to 37,760 Plus Benefits
Job Description
This post holder will be situated in the Department of Materials at Imperial College (http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/materials), one of the world leading Materials departments in the world. The research is part of strategic topics within the Functional Materials, Biomaterials and Theory and Simulation departmental research themes. The project is funded by the EPSRC https://www.epsrc.ac.uk and is led by Professor Norbert Klein, together with Dr Iain Dunlop and Dr Johannes Lischner.
Duties and Responsibilities
The interdisciplinary team within Imperial's Department of Materials together with co-investigators within Imperial's Departments of Bioengineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Physics and Medicine is world leading in Electromagnetic Biosensor development based on Microwave and Terahertz radiation (Prof Klein is founder and director of Imperial's Centre for Terahertz Science and Engineering (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/terahertz) and has significantly contributed to the development of graphene sensor devices and graphene oxide and nitride multilayers. Advanced thin film deposition and characterization techniques as well as wet chemical laboratories and laboratories for advanced electromagnetic characterization including impedance spectroscopy and micro- and millimetre wave network analysers and Raman spectroscopy, as well as facilities for cell biology like FACS are available. The EPRSC project is of interdisciplinary nature comprising thin film deposition techniques, sensor development and characterization. The research will be supported by PhD and Master students. There will be one more full time PDRAs and experienced researcher involved in the graphene-nitride heterostructure development. As external project partner, the National Physical Laboratory is engaged with the metrological aspect of sensor and thin film analysis.
Essential Requirements
• Have substantial experience in cleanroom techniques including photolithography
• Have substantial experience in wet chemistry processes for surface functionalization
• Good understanding of microfabrication techniques
• Good understanding of surface chemistry
• Good knowledge of sensor metrology
• Proven ability to write high quality scientific publications
• Proven ability to communicate well in a team
• Excellent presentation skills
• Proven ability to develop and apply new concepts
• Proven ability to conduct a detailed review of recent literature