Senior Research Associate

We wish to appoint a talented researcher to undertake research in the field of biosensor development for real-time personal health monitoring in collaboration with ULTRA-PCS in a project funded by the EPSRC Impact Acceleration Award. This is a 12-month full-time appointment with 1.0 FTE.

This project aims to develop sensors that can non-invasively monitor an individual’s health. These biomedical sensors will be capable of monitoring key physiological parameters (lactate and ions in sweat, for instance) that together may indicate stress, dehydration, shock, etc. To ensure the trustworthiness of the data being used in decision-making, the sensors will be developed to incorporate biomorphic principles, that is the ability to monitor the performance/degradation of the sensor itself and adapt accordingly.

Much of the sensor development will be conducted using the facilities within the Chemistry Department and the School of Engineering at Lancaster University, with the industrial partner supporting this activity and leading on sensor integration. Your required tasks include:

1. Conducting research into biomedical sensors for detecting key physiological parameters, and identifying potential biomorphic capabilities, such as co-sensitivities.
2. Developing prototype biomedical sensors using a range of chemical techniques, and supporting their integration into communication and complementary sensor systems.
3. Participation in project meetings; preparation and presentation of talks, posters and reports to disseminate the results of these studies.
4. Preparation of progress reports for describing the results of the project.
5. Participation in national and international conferences and workshops to present the results of the project to a wider audience and to learn about current advances in the field.
6. Preparation of journal papers for publication of project findings.
7. Participation in writing new research proposals that build on the expertise developed in this project.

The Chemistry Department and the School of Engineering at Lancaster University has excellent research laboratories and associated research facilities to support the experimental development of the sensors, their integration and demonstration of the technology.

You must hold a PhD or have equivalent experience in electronic or mechatronics engineering, chemistry or equivalent. The position is available to engineers/scientists with experience of developing sensors.

This is a fixed term, full time post.

We welcome applications from people in all diversity groups; we are committed to family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis, as well as the Athena SWAN Charter, which recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in higher education and research.

Informal enquiries can be made to: Dr David Cheneler, email: d.cheneler@lancaster.ac.uk, Prof. Andrew Richardson, email: a.richardson@lancaster.ac.uk, or Dr John Hardy, email: j.g.hardy@lancaster.ac.uk.

Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, all advertised roles are UK based.   The University provides an environment that strongly supports the individual needs of each employee, whilst promoting the importance of wellbeing for all our colleagues. We have a range of support networks available for our employees, and more information on these can be found on the ‘Working at Lancaster’ information page.   We are committed to family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis. The University recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address all inequality in higher education.   We warmly welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their age, religion, gender identity or expression, race, disability or sexual orientation, and are committed to promoting diversity, and equality of opportunity.

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