IQS, a founding member of Universitat Ramon Llull, is made up of two university faculties: IQS School of Engineering and IQS School of Management; IQS Executive Education which offers specialized training to professionals and companies; the IQS Tech Transfer division which carries out research, innovation and technology transfer for industry and companies; and by IQS Tech Factory which promotes entrepreneurship and supports the creation of new scientific-technological companies.

With more than 100 years of teaching experience, IQS is a benchmark university center, committed to responding to the continuous challenges that the social, economic, technological and industrial context poses.

Our vocation and commitment is the comprehensive training of people with attitudes, knowledge and skills that drive them towards their personal and professional development.

We promote scientific and technological knowledge, business transformation and the progress of society.

At IQS we are looking for professionals committed to these values.

We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with a PhD degree in Optics, Physics, Soft Materials, or related areas.

The postdoctoral researcher must show experience in optical microscopy, data analysis, programming languages (Matlab), and dielectrophoresis.

The researcher must show strong interest in research in science in the context of the EIC Pathfinder funded project FASTCOMET by the European Innovation Council (EIC), and within the following two objectives:

1) Identification of nanoparticles to categorize them into a set of particles with opposite dielectrophoretic characteristics in the same frequency window for selective writing.

2) Development of visualization techniques to track the position and motion of individual nanoparticles as well as their trapping behavior in individual nanocapillaries.

The candidate will work in an interdisciplinary and international environment with leading groups in the field. It is foreseen that the candidate will perform some research stays in our collaborator laboratories. The candidate will apply for other postdoctoral fellowships such as Juan de la Cierva (Spanish Government) or MSCA program (European Commission), as well as other similar Fellowships from other agencies.

Eligibility criteria

• Academic Degree, speciality and background
• Match between demonstrated experience and position requirements
• English Level

Benefits

• You will be part of a European H2020 project.
• You will work in a multidisciplinary environment.
• A remuneration package competitive with academic standards in Spain, a country with a high quality of life and excellent health care system.
• Ample occasions to develop yourself in a scientific and/or an industrial direction. Besides opportunities offered by the research group, further doctoral training for PhD candidates is provided in the framework of the IQS-URL PhD program in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Additional comments

IQS has adhered and is implementing the Successful candidates will be subject to pre-employment screening by our Human Resources office, based on our Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R), in agreement with the recommendations and principles established by the European Commission in the European Charter for Researchers & the Code of Conduct for their Recruitment. The offer of employment will be dependent on the successful candidate passing that screening. By continuing with your application, you acknowledge that you are aware that such screening will take place and agree to take part in the process.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex, or sexual orientation.