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The ‘Opto-Biomechanical Eye Research Network’ OBERON is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) Innovative Training Network (ITN) that involve collaboration and secondments between 8 beneficiaries and 5 partners (3 hospitals, 2 industry partners), spanning 8 European countries (United Kingdom, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland, Spain, Poland, France and the Netherlands) in a four-year (2021-2025) programme of interdisciplinary and cross-national doctoral education.

OBERON aims to create a unique, biologically viable and physiologically relevant modelling platform describing the interactions between the optical and mechanical properties of the eye so that it can be adapted and used for investigation and enhancing treatment for a wide range of ocular conditions.

OBERON offers a total of 15 PhD projects. This job announcement refers to one student who will only do part of the project (1 year and 9 months) without having to do a PhD.

Project ESR-3 (PWR)

Topic: Measurement and analysis of eye dynamics and its contribution to image quality

Objective: To investigate the coupling between optics and mechanics when under internal ocular muscle forces and how this affects the external shape of the eye globe. This has wide ranging impact on a number of eye conditions. The project will involve Finite Element Modelling of these optical and mechanical interactions. Validation will be made with cohorts of young and old healthy volunteers, as well as patients with glaucoma. The successful candidate will be based in WUST with 2 planned secondments. The candidate should have a degree in Biomedical or Mechanical Engineering, Physics or Computing and possess computational competency and skills in Finite Element Modelling. Optical modelling knowledge is not necessary.

Requirements

Research Field: Engineering » Mechanical engineering
Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field: Computer science » Modelling tools
Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field: Physics
Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field: Engineering » Biomedical engineering
Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field: Engineering » Biomaterial engineering
Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field: Medical sciences » Other
Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Applicants must have a Master degree in an area relevant to the project, such as in the fields of Physics, Optical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Sciences, Vision Sciences, Ophthalmology or related areas.

Applicants must be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research career and have not been awarded a doctoral degree at the time of recruitment.

Applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the three years immediately before the recruitment date. Additional information and requirements on mobility rules can be found in the following link:

https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2021-05/information_note_msca_itn.pdf

Proficiency in written and spoken English. Experience in imaging, knowledge of modelling and/or computing skills would be an advantage.

Additional Information

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for recruitment within an ITN project, you therefore must – at the date of recruitment – be within the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of your research career and not have a doctoral degree. Full-time equivalent research experience is measured from the date when you obtained the degree entitling you to embark on a doctorate (either in the country in which the degree was obtained, or in the country in which you are recruited), even if a doctorate was never started or envisaged. You may therefore be required to provide documentation proving your eligibility for recruitment.

Additional comments

The application, in order to be considered valid, should contain the following documents (all provided in English language):

ESR application form (download here PDF version, Word version)
Curriculum Vitae
Cover letter: indicating why you have chosen to apply for an ESR position in OBERON, your relevant interests and your aspirations and expectations for the research project
Degree Certificates with transcript of records (the recruiting Institution may request that you present originals or authenticated copies)
List of publications, if applicable
Manuscript of listed publication, if applicable
Work experience certificates, if applicable
Self-assessment of English proficiency considering the framework of the common European Framework of Reference for Languages link

Website for additional job details:: https://eyemodel.eu/applications/

Work Location

Company/Institute: Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Country: Poland
City: Wrocław
Postal Code: 50-370
Street: Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27

More details about the application process can be found on: https://eyemodel.eu/applications/

For further information, please contact:

Magdalena Asejczyk
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
wust@oberon-itn.eu

Name of the institution: Department of Optics and Photonics, Wrocław University of Science and Technology – Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology – Wrocław

Title of the position: POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER

Requirements:

doctoral degree in mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering or in physical or other relevant field (obtained not earlier than in 2015),
experience in modelling of the dynamical processes in FEM software (familiarity with any FEM software is a must)
good knowledge of description of mechanical material properties (including non-linearity and visco-elasticity) and their implementation to FEM software
familiarity with the principles of machine learning and surrogate models training
good knowledge of numerical methods and Matlab environment
publication record on FEM modelling in use of mechanical, physical and/or biomedical engineering
willingness to learn and to take new challenges, high motivation, analytical skills and independent thinking
ability to work in a team, good organization of work
experience with scientific data presentation and manuscript preparation
very good written and oral communication skills in English
fulfilment the formal criteria of the competition noted in NCN Regulations (in particular: section 2.1 of the document)

Description of the position:

Project title: “Complex analysis of oscillatory inertial movements of the crystalline lens”

As a Postdoctoral Researcher you will be responsible for:

development of a biomechanical porcine and human eyeball FEM model that would include all the relevant structures and material properties that may affect the lens wobbling
planning and performing the in silico experiments of FEM modelling of the inertial movements of the crystalline lens within the eye (both: porcine and human),
using the machine learning techniques in order to search for relations between both the mechanical and geometrical parameters of the model,
analysing the acquired data.

You are also expected to collaborate with team members, perform literature research, participate in lab meetings, prepare manuscripts for publications and present results during scientific conferences.

Funding institution: Narodowe Centrum Nauki, NCN (National Science Centre)

Type of the programme: OPUS – ST

Application deadline: March 31^st, 2022, 23:59 CET

Contact : damian.siedlecki@pwr.edu.pl

Conditions of the employment:

We offer:

Full employment contract for 12 to 20 months.
Gross salary: 120 000 PLN/year (equivalent to approx. 26 000 EUR/year), which is full remuneration cost, including full social security and health insurance.
Position with 100% focus on research (no teaching responsibilities).
Full technical and organizational support from English-speaking personnel.
Participation in international conferences.
Position starts in: as soon as possible.

Additional informations:

Required documents:

personal questionnaire for the person applying for employment (download the form in *.docx)
professional curriculum vitae
copy of higher education diploma
copy of doctorate certificate
list of publications (including full text files, if possible)
the information clause and the consent clause for personal data processing for Candidates in competitions for academic positions (download the form in *.pdf)
at least one (max three) reference letters

Please submit the aforementioned documents to damian.siedlecki@pwr.edu.pl with annotation “Wobbling Postdoctoral Researcher” in the subject field.

The selection procedure will have two stages:

Stage 1 – The Committee (comprising the project leader and two researchers from the Department of Optics and Photonics, WUST) will review the applications. This analysis will lead to selection of candidates to participate in stage 2 of the competition. We reserve the right to contact only selected candidates.
Stage 2 – Qualification interviews of candidates with the Committee via online meeting tool (Zoom or MS Teams). The interviews are planned to take place in the first 2 weeks of April 2022.

The competition may be extended until a suitable candidate who fulfils all the requirements is found.

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