DPhil: Control & Engineering Biology — Shape Cellular Dynamics

University of Oxford; Oxford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Oxford invites applications for a 3.5-year D.Phil. studentship in Control and Engineering Biology. The project focuses on learning and controlling cellular dynamics, with supervisors including Prof Jean-Baptiste Lugagne.

The fellowship combines engineering, biology, control theory and machine learning to address fundamental questions in cellular behaviour. Eligible UK students receive full home-fee coverage plus a tax-free stipend.

Qualifications

• First class or strong upper second-class undergraduate degree with honours in Engineering, Physics, Biology, or a relevant discipline.
• Clear interest in understanding or engineering biological systems and motivation to learn beyond their existing discipline.
• Excellent English written and spoken communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop mathematical and computational models of cellular behaviour.
• Design feedback control strategies for cellular systems.
• Build experimental tools using microfluidics, automated microscopy and light-controlled gene expression.
• Study bacterial physiology and improve reliability of biological manufacturing.

Skills

Programming

Data analysis

Mathematical modelling

Control theory

Machine learning

English skills

Education

Undergrad degree (Eng/Phys/Bio)

Job description

University of Oxford invites applications for a 3.5-year D.Phil. studentship in Control and Engineering Biology. The project focuses on learning and controlling cellular dynamics, with supervisors including Prof Jean-Baptiste Lugagne.

The fellowship combines engineering, biology, control theory and machine learning to address fundamental questions in cellular behaviour. Eligible UK students receive full home-fee coverage plus a tax-free stipend.