Postdoc for ultrafast surface spectroscopy

at  Aarhus Universitet

SurfLab at Aarhus University seeks to hire a postdoc to study the structure and dynamics of proteins at particle surfaces using ultrafast spectroscopy. Proteins at particle surfaces play an important role in biomedical applications, toxicity, micro- and nanoplastics and food science. In this project you will use femtosecond laser spectroscopy to follow how proteins bind, move and fold at nanoparticle interfaces.
The starting date is 15th. June 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter and the duration of the employment will be 24 months.

JOB DESCRIPTION/RESEARCH PROJECT/RESEARCH AREA

A postdoc in our team will follow how proteins bind nanoparticles using surface spectroscopy. We have recently developed methods to use sum frequency generation spectroscopy and two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy to follow how proteins interact with nanoparticles. Now we can address questions such as: How is the nanointerphase affecting protein folding? How are proteins and surrounding water molecules moving at interfaces? Can particles induce the refolding of proteins into toxic aggregates? Answers to these questions will help understand the toxicity of environmental nanoplastics, design new medical approches and provide clues to food scientists and materials chemists about engineering biocompatible particle systems. Researchers in our group benefit from several new femtosecond laser systems and the strong community of laser experts, biochemists and computer modeling experts at Aarhus University, who are supporting the project. Join a truly interdisciplinary environment and with close collaboration with our partners in the United States, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Germany.

Please refer the Job description for details