Postdoctoral Research physicist or engineer for development of biomedical instrumentation

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH STAY

Two-years contract for a PhD graduate at the Institute of Physical and Information Technologies 

(CSIC), Spain.

-Scientific cooperation CSIC (Spain)-Ukraine

The following job offer belongs to the CSIC International Scientific Cooperation Programme with Ukraine.

-Profile of the contract

We are looking for a Ukrainian researcher with PhD degree, who will participate in the development and fine 

tuning of a high-resolution ultrasound imaging system and will carry out the experimental work related to the 

use of such technology. The ideal professional profile of the candidate is:

• Physicist, mechanical, electrical or biomedical engineer with PhD degree.

• Skills on instrumentation development, mechanical characterization of materials and 

programming (experience with MATLAB will be welcome).

• Open mind to acquire the multidisciplinary formation needed to combine instrumentation 

development, signal treatment and biological sample handling skills

-Contract conditions

Two year contract (Gross salary 39.133,63€/year).

Incorporation between september and december 2022.

-Project Scope

Biomedical imaging instrumentation plays a foundamental role in the investigation and diagnosis of 

biological processes and diseases. Among different biomedical imaging techniques, ultrasound 

technologies are able to provide non-invasive and compact devices which can be used to obtain both 

qualitative and quantitative information of tissues. Recent advances on quantitative ultrasound are focused 

on the developement of new signal treatment algorithms which are providing quantitative biomarkers for

different pathologies. More concretely, the mechanical properties of biological fluids and tissues can be 

interrogated through the analysis of tissue reflectivity, absorption spectrum and texture parameters. These 

are basic characteristics for cellular interaction processes and disease development.The present project 

aims to investigate biological formations constituted by eukaryotic cells through the development of an

ultrasound scanning probe based on a wideband (15-70MHz) focalized transducer. The development of 

such analysis techniques would be applied as diagnostic tools and also as a quality control technique for 

tissue engineering science. The person hired would be involved in the following tasks:

1. Development of a high frequency (15-70MHz) ultrasound portable probe based on a 2D scanning 

micromechanism.

2. Characterization of cell formations using the probe. (Cell monolayers and dilute cell suspensions).

-Contact

Interested researchers, please send an e-mail as soon as possible explaining your motivation for the job 

and enclosing your curriculum vitae to Dr. Luis Elvira ([email protected]