A place for the PhD-Student/Student in PoRaCoat project, financed by M-ERA.NET 3 Call 2023 Programme - extended up to 24.11.2024
To the project "Innovative stent coating with polyphenol-rapamycin complex with improved drug-eluting properties to target in-stent restenosis (PoRaCoat)", financed by M-ERA.NET 3 Call 2023 and the National Center for Research and Development, realised in dates 01.06.2024-31.05.2027, the Department of Functional Materials Engineering is looking for a PhD-Student/Student.
Requirements:
- Education: first/second cycle student or MSc. Eng./MSc. (participant of the Doctoral School or with possible recruitment to the Doctoral School) in biomedical engineering, materials engineering, chemistry, electronics, or related fields.
- Professional experience: Research tasks performed as part of the engineering/master's thesis should be related to biomedical applications, materials engineering, or a related field; participation in a scientific project, a scientific conference for students, or co-authorship of conference publications/journals is welcome.
- Minimum required scope of knowledge and experience: basic knowledge of materials engineering (in particular: polymers, conducting polymers) and electrochemistry (performing basic measurements), fundamental analysis of the structure and morphology of materials; knowledge of English at an advanced level.
Tasks to be performed:
- Synthesis of a stent coating based on PEDOT and a drug complex by the adopted project assumptions,
- Preparation of polymer coating samples on Co-Cr platforms for mechanical, aging, climatic, transport, and EO tests and degradation studies, and drug release analysis.
- Preparation of reports and manuscripts from the conducted research, presentation of results at scientific conferences - preparation of scientific manuscripts for publication,
- Participation in international team meetings.
Type of competition: NCBiR: mERA-NET 3 Call 2023
Deadline for submitting applications: 11.11.2024, 23:59 CET Extention date up to: 24.11.2024, 23:59 CET
Employment conditions: contract of mandate 3000-4000 PLN/month + for student-doctoral successful recruitment to the Gdańsk Tech Doctoral School
To apply, please send your CV and cover letter to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (PI: Dr inż. Karolina Cysewska). We will contact only selected candidates.
Date of posting the ad: 23.10.2024. Date of posting the extention: 12.11.2024.