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European Commission; Málaga; Presencial; EUR 21.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A prominent research position within an EU-funded project focusing on gene therapy invites candidates with a background in Chemistry. This role involves synthesizing and characterizing advanced nanomaterials to support innovative treatments in collaboration with industry and academic partners. The position provides opportunities for professional development and engagement in educational activities.

Formación

• Hold a BSc/MSc in Chemistry.
• 1-4 years of research experience required.
• Experience in synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials.

Responsabilidades

• Synthesize magnetic, plasmonic, and magneto-plasmonic hybrid nanomaterials.
• Characterize the synthesized nanomaterials using various techniques.
• Transfer and functionally modify nanomaterials.

Conocimientos

Synthesis of magnetic nanomaterials

Morphological characterization

Optical properties analysis

Surface functionalization

Colloidal stability study

Educación

BSc / MSc in Chemistry

Herramientas

TEM

XRD

SQUID

Descripción del empleo

Organisation / Company Universitat de Barcelona Department OPIR Research Field Chemistry Other Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Country Spain Application Deadline 7 Jul 2025 - 23 : 59 (Europe / Madrid) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 37,5 Offer Starting Date 1 Oct 2025 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe - EIC Reference Number 101186814 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Gene therapy – changing or replacing faulty genes to prevent, treat or cure diseases – has shown tremendous promise in many areas but exploiting its full potential has faced challenges. The EU-funded GeneH project aims to create an excellence hub in gene therapy focused on life-threatening or chronically debilitating diseases that are considered incurable. The project’s core academic partners in Portugal and Slovenia have successful partnerships with industry, hospitals, policymakers, ecosystem / innovation supporters and patient associations. Through a cross-sectoral, multidimensional approach, the team will tackle challenges in research and development, translation, investment, regulatory and ethical issues while also providing educational and training programmes and engaging with society. Ultimately, GeneH plans to pave the way to clinical trials of innovative gene therapies.

Tasks :

• Synthesis of magnetic, plasmonic, and magneto-plasmonic hybrid nanomaterials.
• Morphological, structural, magnetic, and optical characterization of the synthesized nanomaterials.
• Determination of the optical and magnetic properties of selected nanomaterials.
• Transfer of selected hybrid nanomaterials to aqueous media.
• Surface functionalization of selected hybrid nanomaterials.
• Analysis of the SERS signal from the functionalized nanomaterials.

Gross Salary per year : €20.163,48

The application period is from 23 June to 7 July 2025.

Hold a BSc / MSc in Chemistry and fulfil the requirements to be admitted into the Nanociences PhD program (HDK11) at the Universitat de Barcelona.

• Experience in the synthesis of magnetic nanomaterials using chemical synthesis procedures.
• Experience in morphological (TEM), structural (XRD), and magnetic (SQUID) characterization.
• Experience in optical properties analysis.
• Experience in the transfer of nanoparticles to aqueous media and in the study of their colloidal stability (DLS-ZP).

Experience in the surface functionalization of nanoparticles.

Research Field ChemistryOther Years of Research Experience 1 - 4

Additional Information

A full-time work contract (37.5 hrs / week). The researcher will have the possibility to participate in teaching activities for professional development (not obligatory, though).

Eligibility criteria

A specific committee will evaluate the applications using the following criteria :

• Grade point average of the academic transcripts from the applicant's bachelor's or master's degree studies (or 1st and 2nd cycle) : up to 5 points out of a total of 10.
• Curricular merits : up to 1 point out of a total of 10 in accordance with the specific criteria listed in Annex 1.
• Suitability for the tasks to be performed within the framework of the research project or research support position to which the successful candidate will be attached : up to 4 points out of a total of 10.

Selection process

The specific committee will agree upon an award proposal and draw up a prioritized shortlist of candidates who have achieved a minimum of five pointsor declare the call for applications null and void if none of the applicants reach the minimum score.

The award proposal will be published in the UB's electronic office and must include the total scores of the candidates that have received a total of at least five points.

Application Process :

According to the specific requirements and selection criteria, the candidates are expected to provide at least the following documents

• Full CV
• BSc and MSc academic transcripts

Additional comments

The candidate proposed for hiring must accept the job offer within 5 working days from the date of notification of the selection.

Be aware that the starting date sets in this offer is an estimate date. The official starting date will depend on the time necessary for administration to prepare the labour contract and present the necessary documents for the selected candidate to be hired.

Priority will be given to people with disabilities (Law 89 / 2015 of June 2, reserve of quota 2% in favour of people with disabilities in companies of 50 or more people).

For additional information regards this offer, please, contact Dra.Marta Estrader Bofarull ( )

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