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PhD Research Fellowship in Medical Instrumentation and Imaging for a Preclinical PET Scanner for International Students, Norway

/ August 22, 2010 Leave a Comment

The candidate for this position is expected to participate in the development of COMPET, a preclinical PET scanner with a novel concept for 3D event reconstruction and MRI compatibility. The detector technology is based on LYSO crystals, Wave Length Shifting (WLS) strips, and SiPM / MPPC-readout.  For the readout of the detector high speed FPGAs are used connected with an Ethernet interface to the computer farm. The project covers the assembly of the scintillators and the WLS in the detector, design and test of analog and digital hardware, FPGA firmware, programming and testing of readout and analysis software image reconstruction algorithms and detector simulation.

Requirements:

Applicants must hold a Master’s degree or equivalent in physics is required. Applicants that are close to completion of their Master degree can apply, but the committee is free to reject the application if the final Master degree is not completed in time for the committee’s decision.

The applicants should document their experience and expertise within the areas mentioned, and also their general experience within development of detectors for particle-, astro-, medical- or nuclear physics. The subject of the candidate’s master degree is expected to be closely related to one or more of the above mentioned research areas. Experience with lab work, programming (VHDL, Verilog, C/C++, Python, Cuda, LabView, root), image reconstruction, data analysis or Monte Carlo simulations (Gate) is an advantage.

In addition the applicants may submit a project proposal for the qualifying work during the program. The project proposal should include research topic, main issues, as well as choice of theory and method.

The purpose of the fellowship is research training leading to the successful completion of a PhD degree.

The fellowship requires admission to the research training programme at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. An approved plan for the research training, including a  project outline, must be submitteed no later than two months after taking up the position. For more information see:

A good command of English is required of all students attending the University of Oslo.

The application must  include:

  • Application letter
  • CV (summarizing education, positions and academic work – scientific publications)
  • Copies of educational certificates, transcript of records and letters of recommendation
  • List of publications and academic work that the applicant wishes to be considered by the evaluation committee
  • Names and contact details of 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and telephone number)

Foreign applicants are advised to attach an explanation of their University’s grading system. Please remember that all documents should be in English or a Scandinavian language.

Closing date for applications: 15 August, 2010

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PhD Research Fellowship in Evolutionary Biology for International Students, Norway

/ August 22, 2010 Leave a Comment

The PhD fellow will be part of a team working on the project “Tracking signatures of adaptive diversification during postglacial colonization in threespine stickleback”. The project is funded by the Research Council of Norway.The overall aims of the project are to detect genomic regions and phenotypic traits under selection when sticklebacks invade fresh waters. To do this we will use a set of genetic methods, including SNP-genotyping and large-scale sequencing. Sticklebacks will be sampled in the field, based on prior information on phenotype distributions. Based on phenotypic and genotypic data the candidate will, depending on prior competence, investigate this adaptation process either using molecular genetic approaches or more statistically based methods. The PhD-candidate will work with supervisors at the CEES (L.A. Vøllestad, T.F. Hansen, K.S. Jakobsen, K. Østbye) and international collaborators (F. Volckaert, A. Nolte).

Requirements:

Applicants must hold a MSc-degree (or equivalent) and have experience in evolutionary biology, molecular biology, molecular genetics, population genetics or quantitative genetics – preferentially with solid experience in several of these field. Good analytical skills are necessary.

For this position, we seek a highly motivated, enthusiastic person with the ambition to gain insight and publish papers in leading, international journals. The successful candidate must be prepared to spend some periods abroad for training and cooperation.

The purpose of the fellowship is research training leading to the successful completion of a PhD degree.

The fellowship requires admission to the research training programme at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. An approved plan for the research training, including a  project outline, must be submitteed no later than two months after taking up the position, and the admission must be approved within three months

The application must  include:

  • a cover letter including a statement of interest, summarizing the applicant’s scientific work and interests and describing how she/he fits the requirements for the position
  • a CV including a list of published and unpublished works
  • transcripts of records, copies of certificates and grades from bachelor and master level
  • two letters from reference persons or names and addresses of two reference persons
  • copies of relevant published papers

Applicants may be called in for an interview.

Foreign applicants are advised to attach an explanation of their University’s grading system. Please remember that all documents should be in English or a Scandinavian language.

Closing date for applications: 20 August, 2010

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Nanoelectronics, University of Oslo, Norway

/ August 22, 2010 Leave a Comment

The Department of Informatics (IFI) is one of nine departments belonging to the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Oslo. IFI is Norway’s largest university department for general education and research in Computer Science and related topics. You can read more about the Department here: http://www.ifi.uio.no. The Department has near 800 students on bachelor level, near 300 master students, and over 200 PhD students. The totall staff of the Department is close to 250 employees, about 150 of these are full time scientific positions: about 60 Professors and Associate Professors

The fellowship period is 3 years. Within the framework of the position duties may be assigned. No one can be appointed for more than one specified period at the same institution.

Job Description: The current postdoc project can be devided into three subfields: A) Development of higher-order open-loop Delta-Sigma modulators for sensor data conversion, including noise and energy optimization, linearization and integration of CMOS and MEMS sensors. B) Development of impulse radio (IR-UWB) wireless systems where both impulse radar and communication solutions are explored in silicon using new and innovative design paradigms, facilitating power efficient implementations in CMOS. The postdoc will participate in several ongoing subprojects (positioning, RFID, RF-camera), and skills in RF chip design is important. C) Development of sparse asynchronous pixel-event vision sensors, inspired by the operation principles of the human eye. Such sensor nodes should communicate by low capacity, low power wireless links using an IR-UWB protocol. The candidate must have competence within at least one of those subfields.

A description of research areas of the nanoelectronics group can be found on:

Requirements:

The candidate must have a PhD or other corresponding education equivalent to a Norwegian doctoral degree nanoelectronics.

UiO (and Norway more generally) is a multi-lingual environment, where knowledge of Norwegian is not a necessity in everyday life. However, a good command of English is required.

Submissions:

The main purpose of post-doctoral research fellowships is to qualify researchers for work in top academic positions within their disciplines.Applicants must submit a project proposal, including a time schedule, for the qualifying work.

Please also refer to the regulations pertaining to the conditions of employment for post-doctoral fellowship positions:

Closing date for applications: August 27, 2010

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