Research Associate in Innovative Biomaterials - South Kensington, United Kingdom - Imperial College London

Imperial College London

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South Kensington, United Kingdom

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Tom O´Connor

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Duties and responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities:

Research Duties:

Use stateoftheart materials characterisation techniques to analyse cellmaterial interfaces.
Undertake the associated data analysis and interpretation of data.
To take initiatives in the planning of research
To direct the work of small research teams
To identify and develop suitable techniques, and apparatus, for the collection and analysis of data
To ensure the validity and reliability of data at all times
To maintain accurate and complete records of all findings
To write reports for submission to research sponsors
To present findings to colleagues and at conferences
To submit publications to refereed journals
To provide guidance to staff and students

Essential requirements:

Post holders will be expected to demonstrate the following:

Hold a PhD in Materials Science, Chemistry, Bioengineering or a closely related discipline, or equivalent research, industrial or commercial experience
Experience in microfabrication strategies (e.g. reactive ion etching, LbL, 3D bioprinting, photolithography, etc.)
Experience in nanoparticle synthesis and microfabrication strategies (e.g. polymer synthesis, selfassembly)
Experience in materials structure and biointerface characterisation techniques (e.g. FIB-SEM, SEM and/or AFM, Raman microspectroscopy).
Experience in a wide range of synthetic skills (e.g. experimental design, wet chemistry, purification, etc.).
Experience in spectral data analysis (e.g. multivariate analysis)
Experience of working in a cleanroom
Experience in cell biology techniques (e.g. cell culture, viability, cytotoxicity, etc.)
Experience in writing papers focusing on biosensing and diagnostics, including a number of firstauthored papers in wellrespected journals.
Knowledge of biosensing and detection of disease biomarkers.
Knowledge of microfluidic device engineering.