PhD Position (FPI) – Experimental Super-Resolution Microscopy – University of Barcelona

BIST People Working Group; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 19,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Applied Physics at the University of Barcelona offers a 4-year fully funded PhD position (FPI) under the BEACON project, funded by AEI. The project focuses on developing advanced optical instrumentation for super-resolution fluorescence microscopy, including AOD-based MINFLUX and RESOLFT parallelization, with an emphasis on experimental work and system development.

Ideal candidates hold an MSc in Physics, Photonics, Optical Engineering or related fields, with a strong interest

Qualifications

• MSc in Physics, Photonics, Optical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong interest in experimental optics and photonics.
• Programming skills (Python, MATLAB or similar) are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and characterize optical systems for fluorescence imaging.
• Advance AOD-based MINFLUX and RESOLFT parallelization in experiments.
• Work primarily in an experimental setting within a microscopy context.

Skills

Experimental optics

Photonics

Python/MATLAB

Education

MSc in Physics, Photonics, Optical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related

Tools

Python

MATLAB

Job description

We are pleased to announce an open 4-year fully funded PhD position (FPI) at the Department of Applied Physics, University of Barcelona, within the project PID2025-170221NB-I00 – Beam Engineering and Acousto-Optic Control for Optical Nanoscopy (BEACON), funded by the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI).

The PhD project will focus on the development of advanced optical instrumentation for super-resolution fluorescence microscopy, with particular emphasis on AOD-based MINFLUX microscopy and the parallelization of RESOLFT microscopy. The project is predominantly experimental and involves the development and characterization of novel optical systems for fluorescence imaging.

Candidate profile

• MSc in Physics, Photonics, Optical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or a related discipline.


• Strong interest in experimental optics and photonics.


• Programming skills (Python, MATLAB or similar) are desirable.

Gross salary

• 4-year FPI predoctoral contract.


• Years 1–2: €19,000/year


• Years 3–4: €25,500/year