Do you want to do research with a direct impact on healthcare? Will you help us develop the tools to measure nanoscale neuron activity at the back of the human eye? Early detection is key to prevent the leading causes of blindness. We develop novel optical coherence tomography methods in collaboration with Optos PLC (a Nikon company), and are looking for a doctoral student to join us.

Together with Optos PLC (a Nikon company), we are looking for an EngD research student to develop a new OCT technique for retinal imaging. https://cdtphotonics.hw.ac.uk/project/hybrid-optical-digital-coherence-tomography/ The 4 year doctoral programme includes a 9 months study programme followed by the research project at the company. Start date: September

A similarly study programme is available with Ceres Holographics Ltd, based in the Kingdom of Fife, Scotland. In this project we will develop holographic films for head-up displays and other applications: https://cdtphotonics.hw.ac.uk/project/advanced-holography-for-augmented-reality-head-up-displays/

In collaboration with the School of Life Sciences we are also recruiting a PhD student and two postdoctoral researchers to develop adaptive optical microscopy techniques that enable us to image deeper into biological tissue. This will be tested in close collaboration with developmental biologists to study cell migration in the initial stages of embryo development at the School of Life Science. The researchers will be involved in all stages of the project, from design of the microscope’s adaptive optics to its application in biology, and the computational light propagation and image formation.

More details on the open positions can be found here: https://sites.dundee.ac.uk/vettenburg/jobs/ and https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/computational-light-microscopy-making-the-invisible-visible/?p133012

Do not hesitate to get in touch if any of these positions sounds interesting to you.