ICFO is offering one PhD position to a well-qualified graduate student, who wish to obtain a doctoral degree in the SLN - Team Loza group led by Prof. Dr. Pablo Loza-Alvarez
Our PhD-program brings together top-level training and teaching for young scientists, benefiting from the extensive course offerings of local universities and focused instruction by ICFO professors, in a stimulating, international and interdisciplinary environment. PhD-students have the opportunity to take advantage of our network of excellence, consisting in partners of national and international research institutes and universities, as well as industrial partners in the field.
The successful candidate will be joining the SLN - Team Loza group led by Prof. Dr. Pablo Loza-Alvarez. The group conducts research in bioimaging through the development of cutting-edge advanced microscopy techniques. Its main focus lies in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of photonics and biology.
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
- Design and build a light-sheet encoded-illumination microscope
- Characterize the system




- Sample Chamber Development
- Development of Decoding Algorithms
- Single-Plane SR Imaging
- Volumetric Imaging of selected biomedical applications

Proyecto PID OB-I00, financiado por MICIU/AEI/ / y por el FSE+
Candidates should demonstrate expertise in the following areas (not all mandatory, but strongly preferred):
- Electron beam lithography (EBL) for nanofabrication
- Experience with photonic devices in Silicon, Silicon Nitride, or Lithium Niobate platforms
- Mask design and preparation for lithography and etching processes
- Dry and/or wet etching techniques
- fs-laser writing for optical waveguides in glass or polymers
- laser-based glass micro-structuring
- Cleanroom processes and protocols
- Device characterization using SEM, AFM and similar systems

Desired (but not required):
- Proven track record in photonics research, preferably in integrated photonics
- Experience in design, si

📌 PhD student for the project Encoded Light Illumination FOR Scan-less volumetric microscopy Imaging at high-Resolution in 4D (Castelldefels)
🏢 Barcelona Institute Of Science And Technology (Bist)
📍 Castelldefels