Trainee predoctoral researcher (22024PMF-PIPF-15)
Authors: Lluis F. Marsal
In general, students must hold an official Spanish bachelor’s degree or equivalent and a master’s degree or equivalent, with a minimum total of 300 ECTS credits between both degrees.
PhD with talent and motivation to work on experimental projects in nanotechnology and biosensing. Strategies include the engineering/fabrication of different nanoporous structures to improve detection performance, the incorporation of novel capture probes for continuous detection, and their integration with a microfluidic system.Bachelor`s/Master`s Degree, or equivalent in biomedical engineering , physics, chemistry or materials science. Knowledge of English and Spanish Matlab and Origin Software skills Manufacturing – Porous alumina and silicon anodization, and surface functionalization. Characterization techniques such as scanning electron microscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy, UV-visible spectroscopy and reflectometric interference spectroscopy. Enthusiastic, energetic, motivated, social and organized.
Marsal Garví, Luis Francisco (lluis.marsal@urv.cat)
Phd thesis co-director
Josep Ferre (josep.ferre@urv.cat)
The thesis focus on the design, fabrication, and characterization of microfluidic sensor device based on nanoporous anodic structures. The microfluidic porous device will be utilized to detect biomarkers that play a critical role during the initiation and progression of inflammation-generated biological conditions (cancer, atherosclerosis, alzheimer’s, etc). Measurement of biomarkers has always been challenging due to factors such as low concentration (pM), interference from heterophilic antibodies, and an extremely dynamic and transient secretion process. The standard techniques are time-consuming and expensive, so research efforts have focused on developing alternative sensing systems such as integrated nanomaterial-based diagnostic tools and indicators. Nanoporous Anodic Alumina (NAA) provides an excellent platform for developing smart and accurate optical biosensors. NAA can be used as an optically active substrate with real-time and in situ spectroscopic technique such as reflectometric interference spectroscopy.
Contract Duration: 48 months
Full time
17823.93 €
37.5 hours a week
01 October 2024
- Photocopy of identity card, resident`s card or passport currently in force.
- Curriculum Vitae
- Photocopy of the certificate of the official academic qualification or proof of payment of the fees for the issuance of the certificate that allows the holder to access the doctoral studies. Students who are registered on an official university master`s 2023/2024 course that allows them to access the doctoral programme during the 2024/2025 academic year must present a photocopy of their master`s course registration form.
- Academic transcript of the undergraduate degree issued in one of the following languages: Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Italian or Portuguese
- Academic transcript of the master`s degree issued in one of the following languages: Catalan, Spanish, English, French, Italian or Portuguese. Candidates who have not completed their master’s degrees must send their provisional academic transcript
- Declaration of equivalence calculated in accordance with the resolutions of 21 March 2016, 21 July 2016 and 18 September 2017 of the General Directorate of University Policy of the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport or the resolutions that are effect at the moment when the application is presented and which can be consulted here
- Motivation letter (Optional)
- Reference letter (Optional)
- Accreditation of linguistic knowledge of English (Optional)
25 June 2024
