Expires: 13.08.2018

Key words: compressive sensing, computational imaging, superresolution, optical metamaterials

DESCRIPTION (field, expectations, comments):

This post-doc position is offered in the framework of the project entitled “Superresolution hidden in the far-field and spatial-spectral transformations”. The project is funded by National Science Centre, Poland (NCN) and will be realized at the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics, Division of Information Optics. https://www.ncn.gov.pl/sites/default/files/listy-rankingowe/2017-09-15/streszczenia/392818-pl.pdf

The employment will start on 1 October 2018, and the position is offered for 24 months.

The candidates have to conform to the conditions stated in art. 109 of Higher Education Law dated 27.07.2005. (uniform text: Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland 2017, item 2183 with further amendments). Additionally, the candidates have to fulfil the requirements specified by NCN for a person on the post-doc position in Opus-14 projects https://ncn.gov.pl/sites/default/files/pliki/5_koszty_OPUS_PRELUDIUM_14.pdf in particular relating limitations in combining employments and the 7 year period after receiving the PhD, with exceptions.

The Post-doc will participate in all project tasks during the full 24 month period of the project, and will closely collaborate with other group members. He/she will work on programming and setting the optical set-ups and data acquisition equipment, on testing image reconstruction and sampling algorithms,  as well as on electromagnetic modelling, and on the preparation of publications.

The requirements:

The candidate is required 1) to have a PhD in physics with the specialization in optics or similar, 2) to have experience in the domain of the project (compressive sensing, nanooptics, modeling of the optical properties of nanostructures, effective medium theory) confirmed with publications and possibly to have at least one year of experience in research after the PhD, 3) to have a good knowledge of programming in Matlab and C++, 4) to have experience in working with optical set-ups and with microscopic techniques, 5) good knowledge of English, 6) the ability to work within a group.

The candidate should provide the following documents:

1. Application for the position required together with the acceptance for the treatment of personal data: “I hereby consent to have my personal data processed by the University of Warsaw with its registered office at ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28, 00-927 Warszawa for the purpose of: carrying out a recruitment process and selecting an employee and concluding a contract for employment at the University of Warsaw. I have been informed of my rights and duties. I understand that provision of my personal data is voluntary. In case of submitting the application by e-mail, please use the pdf-format and the file should contain a scanned signature.
2. Information on the processing of personal data - information clause and consent clause - attachment to the announcement (available on the website http://bsp.adm.uw.edu.pl/bsp/druki-i-formularze/). In case of submitting the application by e-mail, please use the pdf-format and the file should contain a scanned signature.
3. The PhD diploma in physics
4. Current CV and the list of publications
5. Contact data of two independent researchers (with the Doctor of Science/habilitation degree, or with at least 8 years of research experience after the PhD in the countries where this degree is not used) who could provide information on the candidate

The candidate, in case of being accepted, will be required to present the originals of all the documents.

The candidate should provide all documents personally or by e-mail to the Secretariat IGF, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 5, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland; e-mail: Sekretariat.IGF@fuw.edu.pl

The entire procedure will be concluded before 6^th September 2018. The candidate might be asked for an interview with the commission appointed by the Dean of the Faculty.

The candidate will be notified of the result of his/her application by e-mail.

This announcement is the first step in the procedure of employing an academic teacher and its positive result will be a base for consecutive steps.