Postdoctoral Researcher in Electrochemical Sensor or Microfluidic chip

at  Oulun Yliopisto

The University of Oulu is a multidisciplinary, international research university, with about 3,600 employees who produce new knowledge based on high-standards research and provide research based education to build a more sustainable, smarter, and more humane world. The University of Oulu community has about 17,000 people in total. Our northern scientific community operates globally and creates conditions for the emergence of innovations.
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ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for ambitious, highly motivated candidate with a strong background in the field of nanofabrication, microfluidic chip, and electrochemical sensors. The main duties of the selected applicant will be:
1. Design and fabrication of microfluidic chip and Microelectrode array.
2. Familiar with the microfluidic techniques in bio-nano interaction and cells sorting. Experience in magnetophoretic chip and magnetophoresis is considered a plus. Experience in microfluidics encapsulation, bottom-up fabrication methods (nanoparticle assembly, nanosphere lithography, solution-based etching technologies), experimental optics and/or electronics will be considered a plus.
3. Strong experience in top-down fabrication approaches and clean room technologies (such as optical and electron beam lithography, physical vapor deposition of metals and dielectrics, Reactive Ion Etch, Focused Ion Beam, Atomic Layer Deposition) are essential for the microelectrode array development
4. In addition, the applicant will be involved in lab management, including purchase of silicon wafers, microfluidic chip, chemical agents, consumables, and making photolithography masks for specific applications.
We provide access to state-of-the-art micro- and nanofabrication facilities, characterization facilities and biological facilities at Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology, the Centre for Material Analysis and the Biocenter Oulu.

Please refer the Job description for details