Applications are invited for up to two experimental postdoctoral positions available from October 2014 for 24 months within a UK- and EU-funded centre exploring nanostructured materials for photonics- and bio-applications. Working in several teams with over 40 researchers across 4 departments, you will be developing nano-optics studies of nanoparticles and nanostructures to explore and control chemical processes operating at the nanoscale.

Candidates will hold a strong physics or chemistry PhD, with experience in optical measurements on the nanoscale and/or chemistry of nano-assembly and nano-systems. In addition to proven experimental skills candidates should ideally have experience in working across disciplinary boundaries. They should expect to be involved in both construction of new high precision optical spectroscopy rigs using lasers as well as a variety of chemical sample preparations or synthesis. Experience in the field of plasmonics or metamaterials or soft materials would be helpful, as well as with surface-enhanced Raman scattering.

The UK NanoPhotonics Centre (http://www.np.phy.cam.ac.uk) collaborates widely across the University of Cambridge including the Departments of Chemistry, Engineering, Physics of Medicine, Cancer Research UK, Chemical Engineering, Materials as well as many international partners, industry, with several major EU programmes. Recent publications can be seen on our website. Prof. Baumberg, FRS, is an acknowledged leader in discovering and assembling nanomaterials for novel photonics.

Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 24 months in the first instance.

To apply online for this vacancy, please click on the 'Apply' button below. This will route you to the University's Web Recruitment System, where you will need to register an account (if you have not already) and log in before completing the online application form.

Informal enquires may be addressed to Prof. Jeremy Baumberg (jjb12@cam.ac.uk).

Please ensure that you upload a covering letter (with brief statement of interest) and CV in the Upload section of the online application.

Please quote reference KA04112 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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More information and online application: http://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/4754/