<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB">ERC-Funded Postdoctoral Position (3 years) in microscopy and optical
instrumentation</span></b><b style="font-size:12pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">The Department of Physics and Technology, <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><i><a href="https://en.uit.no/startsida" style="color:blue">UiT the Arctic
University of Norway</a></i></span> is pleased to announce a vacant position of
a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the optics group in connection with the
recently announced ERC starting grant project ‘Label-free 3D morphological
nanoscopy for studying sub-cellular dynamics in live cancer cells with high
spatio-temporal resolution’. The appointment is for duration of 2 years with a
possibility of extension of 1 year.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">The postdoctoral
research fellow will be a part of <a href="https://3dnanoscopy.com" style="color:blue">3d-nanoscopy</a>
team, led by Assoc. Prof. Krishna Agarwal, who works on super-resolution
microscopy, also referred to as nanoscopy. She is also the principal investigator
of the aforementioned ERC project. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">The goal of the ERC project is to develop a new label-free nanoscope comprising
of a novel innovative instrument and a novel innovative computational solver,
which together provide nanoscopic resolution. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">The novel optical microscope
is a key component of the project and the postdoctroal research fellow will
work on it with the following goals: </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">development and characterization of this microscope, </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">performing measurements and benchmarking, and </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">collaborating with photonic chip experts, computational
team members and biologists to make the instrument amenable for photonic chip
illumination, computational solver, and biological experiments</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">dissemination of the work through scientific journal
publications and conference participation</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">-<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">         
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">co-supervision of a PhD student working on the project
and other master students in the group</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">The design of the microscope
is related to quantitative phase imaging, interferometric, and holographic
microscopes. Coherence, polarization sensitivity, and alignment sensitivity of
the instrument make it a challenging project. The instrument also requires
automation for acquiring single set of measurement as well as long duration continuous
measurements. A patent is being applied for the instrument and the project is
likely to lead to commercialization research grants or technopreneurial
start-up in the future. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Contact</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">For more information about the
position and UiT, please contact Assoc. Prof. Krishna Agarwal by email <span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><a href="mailto:krishna.agarwal@uit.no" style="color:blue">krishna.agarwal@uit.no</a></span>
with CV and cover letter. Additionally can visit group page <a href="https://www.3dnanoscopy.com/" style="color:blue">https://www.3dnanoscopy.com/</a> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></i></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Qualifications</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">The position requires a </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Norwegian doctoral degree
in optical microscopy,<span style="color:red"> </span>or a corresponding
foreign doctoral degree recognised as equivalent to a Norwegian doctoral degree.
Priority will be given to candidates who have completed their doctoral degree
no more than five years before the application deadline unless special
circumstances exist.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Other <b><i>requirements</i></b> include:</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 22.5pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Prior experience in developing interferometric optical micrscopes or coherent
microscopes from scratch</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 22.5pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Prior experience in adaptive optics, live cell imaging or other
bioimaging</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 22.5pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Publication record illustrating first author publication of experimental
research in journals of optics, instrumentation, or application</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 22.5pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Solid background in optics and microscopy</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 22.5pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Basic knowledge of electromagnetics or computational techniques in
microscopy</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">It is <b><i>expected</i></b> that the candidate
demonstrates:</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 22.5pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Self-motivation and independence</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 22.5pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Good written and verbal communication skills in English. Interest in
Norwegian language and culture is welcome.</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 22.5pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Excellent work ethic and commitment to the job</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">It is <b><i>desirable</i></b> that the candidate demonstrates:</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 22.5pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Creativity, ability to think outside the box, problem solving
orientation are extremely desirable</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 22.5pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Prior experience or skills in designing custom optical assemblies in CAD
software(s) for 3D printing or CNC machining</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 22.5pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Prior experience in synchronization of electronic equipment and
customized automation of processes</span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 22.5pt;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      
</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Experience in mentorship, leadership, multi-disciplinary research, and
international collaborations are desirable</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Application</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Your application
must include: </span></p>

<ul style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm" type="disc">
 <li class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt">Application letter
     describing </span></li>
 <ul style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm" type="circle">
  <li class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt">why the
      candidate considers oneself suitable for the position</span></li>
  <li class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt">what
      motivates the candidate to apply for the position and what the candidate
      expects from this position</span></li>
 </ul>
 <li class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt">Curriculum
     vitae(CV)</span></li>
 <li class="gmail-MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt">Full list of
     publications. Also indicate </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">which two publications the candidate considers the best output and
     why.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"></span></li>
</ul>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>

<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt">Expected start date of the position:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"> 1^st April, 2019</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Having a PhD degree
is required before commencement for the position. If you are in the process of
completing your PhD, you must document that you have submitted your PhD thesis
or expected date of Ph.D thesis submission. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;color:red"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt">Salary</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt">Remuneration of Postdoctoral
Fellow positions are in salary code 1352, and normally start at salary grade 57
on the </span><span lang="NO-BOK" style="font-size:11pt">pay scale for
Norwegian state employees</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt">.<span style="color:red"> </span>There is a 2%
deduction for contribution to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">Other
information</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-MsoHyperlink" style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt"><a href="https://en.uit.no/startsida" style="color:blue">UiT the Arctic University of
Norway</a></span></i></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;color:blue"> </span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt">with its main campus located in the quaint little city of Tromsø is the
northernmost university in the world. It houses the <a href="https://en.uit.no/forskning/forskningsgrupper/gruppe?p_document_id=398136" style="color:blue"><span lang="NO-BOK" style="font-style:normal">optics group</span></a>
in the Department of Physics and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology,
at the main campus of UiT. The optics group has experienced a great surge in
research, thanks to a constant flow of Horizon2020 funding through ERC and
MSCA-IF projects and funding from research council of Norway through diverse
projects. The group members represent various disciplines like optics,
photonics, fabrication, biology, mathematics, sensing, microscopy, nanoscopy,
chemistry, computer engineering, electronic instrumentation, etc. The group’s
core research activity targets development of cutting-edge technologies in
nano-photonics, optics-based climate sensing, microscopy, and optical and
computational nanoscopy.</span></i></p>

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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The nature of the project and the job scope is
that it allows an all rounded development of the fellow. The fellow will be
encouraged and supported to build his/her resume towards their ambition in
academic, technopreneurial, or main stream industrial career. The fellowship
also offers opportunity of mentoring PhD students in the team and involvement
in teaching, if it is of interest to the fellow. There is an opportunity for
the fellow to build his/her research network through inheriting the
collaborations of the group. Major collaborators, beyond UiT and directly
relevant to the project, include USoton (UK), NTNU (Norway), UiO (Norway), IIT
(Italy), IFOM (Italy), University of Campagnia (Italy), EMBL (Germany), NUS
(Singapore), ASTAR (Singapore), BU (China), Sun Yat Sen University (China), and
IIT (India). The fellow will also be encouraged to become a member of <a href="https://digitallifenorway.org/" style="color:blue">Digital Life Norway</a> (DLN), a national
platform for multi-disciplinary research with life sciences as a focus. DLN
offers several courses and career development programs, which the fellow can
participate in as a student or an instructor.</span>    <br></div>