PhD Position on Nanozyme-based coating for antimicrobial implants — Empa
- Location
- St. Gallen
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
Materials science and technology are our passion.
With our cutting-edge research, Empa's around 1,100 employees make essential contributions to the well-being of society for a future worth living.
Empa is a research institution of the ETH Domain.
- Materials science and technology are our passion.
- With our cutting-edge research, Empa's around 1,100 employees make essential contributions to the well-being of society for a future worth living.
- Motivation and Commitments to dive into an interdisciplinary challenge
- Completed Master’s degree in biomaterials, chemistry, nanotechnology, or biomedical engineering.
Key requirements
- Motivation and Commitments to dive into an interdisciplinary challenge
- Completed Master’s degree in biomaterials, chemistry, nanotechnology, or biomedical engineering.
- Experience in nanomaterial synthesis and characterization.
- Familiarity with cell culture and in vitro assays.
- Experience in catalysis, programming and large data analysis is a plus.
- Excellent communication skills and fluency in English (written and oral). Our offer
- The project is planned for 3 years and will be carried out as a PhD thesis.
- It is supported by Empa under the supervision of Dr.
- Giacomo Reina.
- The candidate will perform research at Empa in St.
- Gallen with joint affilia-tion to ETH Zürich (D-HEST, Prof.
- Peter Wick).
Application process
- We look forward to receiving your complete online application including a letter of motivation, CV, certificates, diplomas and contact details of two reference persons.
- Please submit these exclusively via our job portal.
Contacts
- Applications by e-mail and by post will not be considered.
Additional details
- The position is within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network Implant-to-Market (i2M), providing an international and interdisciplinary training environment connecting materials science, biology, medical devices and regulatory science.
- Excellent communication skills and fluency in English (written and oral).
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What salary does Empa offer for this role?
Empa lists CHF 57'500 - 87'000 gross per year for this position in St. Gallen. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Empa offer?
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