Research Fellow in Acoustofluidics

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK 

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,636 to £46,049, with potential progression once in post to £48,822. As this vacancy has limited funding the maximum salary that can be offered is £42,254.

Fixed Term Contract for up to 12 months    

Description of the Group

We are seeking applications for a 12-month research fellow position to support all activities in Dr Ruchi Gupta’s group, and specifically to develop systems for droplet generation, levitation and manipulation in 3D by shaping of ultrasound waves. Successful delivery of such systems will have revolutionary impact on drug discovery, disease diagnosis, and industrial biotechnology. 

The postholder will undertake the following activities:

• To undertake research into acoustic levitation systems including their design, finite element modelling, construction, characterisation, integration with optical detection, and application.
• To analyse and interpret research findings and results.
• To produce regular written and oral reports pertaining to the projects as requested; attend regular project and group meetings; give regular presentations to the group and collaborators; write papers for publication in peer reviewed scientific journals, proof reading of papers and reports and present at appropriate national and international conferences.
• To supervise research students, be responsible for installation and maintenance of equipment and training of personnel on equipment.

Person Specification

• Completed a PhD in Engineering, or equivalent qualifications.
• Ability to design, build, and use ultrasonic and high voltage systems particularly, those for generation, manipulation and levitation of droplets and/or particles is required.
• Experience in modelling acoustics using finite element modelling packages such as COMSOL Multiphysics is highly desirable.
• Ability to design, build, and use optical and electronics instrumentation, and analytical systems is highly desirable.
• Interest in interdisciplinary research and willingness to learn new techniques.

Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Ruchi Gupta (r.gupta.3@bham.ac.uk) 

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