Postdoctoral fellow: Emulsification with microfluidics | Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles

To develop an efficient protocol for producing fine and calibrated emulsion droplets in large amounts having controlled bulk and interfacial properties by using microfluidic technologies.

Description

Project description:

The postdoc project will be performed in the frame of the Investissement d’Avenir Program DigiDiag. DigiDiag aims to develop miniaturized micro/nanofluidic lab on a chip systems for point-of-care (and other) applications in diagnostics, clinical management and personalized medicine. We aim to mature technologies to the point at which they can be successfully commercialised.

The goal of the postdoc project is to develop an efficient protocol for producing fine and calibrated emulsion droplets in large amounts having controlled bulk and interfacial properties. The emulsification process rests on microfluidic technologies. The candidate will design microsystems for achieving an efficient parallelisation of the drop production, will work on the formulation for obtaining long term stability against coalescence and long term encapsulation of molecules of interest.

Skills and qualifications:

The candidate should be a PhD with expertise in physicochemistry of soft matter, fluid mechanics, microfluidics. Strong knowledges in emulsion science would be appreciated and skills in optics would also be welcome.

Nr of positions available : 1

Research Fields

Engineering - Process engineering

Chemistry - Physical chemistry

Career Stage

Experienced researcher or 4-10 yrs (Post-Doc)

Research Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Application deadline

30 September 2013

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