The Centre of Policy Research & International Studies (CenPris), Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia seeks applications for a postdoctoral position in the following fields of economics: (1) International Economics (2) Labor Economics Candidates are expected to have completed, or be close to completing, a PhD in economics, demonstrate excellent skills in the field of empirical economic research and strong interest in economic policy. Salary is disbursed in the form of an honorarium of RM74081.64 per annum. Other benefits include: Return passage, paid annual leave of 25 days, free medical benefits for fellows in accordance with University Medical Scheme. Selected candidates will be appointed on contract for one year initially and is renewable for further periods subject to satisfactory service and mutual consent. Please send your application (including CV, course transcript, research proposal and two letters of reference) to the director of CenPris: Associate Professor Mohd. ...

Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS, www.sibs.ac.cn ), is an exciting hub of several outstanding institutes, centers and laboratories working on different disciplines. Key Laboratory of Systems Biology is one of the leading research institutes for the area of systems biology, computational biology and bioinformatics (www.sysbio.ac.cn) in China. Shanghai is also a beautiful city to live, having many attractions and diverse culture. The successful candidates for full professors, associate professors, assistant professors, postdoctoral fellows will work with other scientists in Key Lab of Systems Biology. RESPONSIBILITIES: Key lab of Systems Biology will have at least three faculty openings at Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Full Professor levels. There are also two postdoctoral fellow (PF) positions in systems biology, bioinformatics, and computational biology. A faculty or PF in this position will collaborate with the researchers in studies conducted using ...

Call for Applications for the 2010 Faculty for the Future Fellowships Candidates have from October 5th to November 30th 2009 to apply for the Schlumberger Foundation 2010 Faculty for the Future fellowships. Faculty for the Future fellowships are awarded to women from developing and emerging economies who are preparing for PhD or postdoctoral study in the physical sciences, engineering and related disciplines* to pursue advanced graduate study at top universities in their disciplines abroad. Launched by the Schlumberger Foundation in 2004, Faculty for the Future has grown to become a community of 110 women from 35 countries. The long-term goal of the Faculty for the Future program is to generate conditions that result in more women pursuing scientific disciplines. Grant recipients are therefore selected as much for their leadership capabilities as their scientific talents and they are expected to return to their home countries to continue their academic careers and inspire other y...

Looking for Prospective Graduate Students We are building a research team of graduate students or post-doctorate for our laboratory. Our projects are related to the application of laser ultrasound technologies and fiber-optics sensors technologies to the non-destructive test and evaluation (NDT&E), and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of important engineering structures, such as wind turbine, space launch vehicle, nuclear power plant, and aircraft. All the projects are application based with supports from the industries or government and have great potential to be commercialized. If you are highly motivated, we want to invite you to join our research team. Basic Requirements: Aerospace / Aeronautics / Mechanical / E&E / Mechatronics engineering background. Good English language proficiency. Financial Supports: Starting pay KRW600,000 for master; KRW900,000 for PhD; KRW1,500,000 ~ 2,000,000 for post-doc. Annual increment KRW50,000 ~ 100,000. Incentive bonus for publication...

We are currently hiring post-doctoral positions in the Gardner Research Unit at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute.We are looking for highly motivated scientists whoare interested in studying visual perception with a combination of functional MRI techniques and psychophysics. Candidates should have, or be expecting to receive, a PhD in neuroscience, bioengineering, or related fields. A strong training in experimental methodology (not necessarily fMRI and psychophysics – for example, single-unit neurophysiology is appropriate) with solid quantitative skills is required. RIKEN is located in Wako, Japan which is a 12 minute train ride from central Tokyo. Seminars and daily scientific activities at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute are all conducted in English. Non-Japanese applicants may apply for on-campus housing for their first year. For inquiries, send a brief cover letter stating your research interests, your CV and contact information for two scientist who can act as references to Ju...

A postdoctoral position is available in the group of Dr. Ergun Simsek, in the Faculty of Engineering at Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, TURKEY. The aim of the project is development of fast algorithms for plasmonic structures. A PhD in Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Physics, or a related field is required. The successful candidate should bring experience, enthusiasm and dedication to the group. A strong drive to succeed in computational photonics research is essential. Relevant areas of expertise includes optoelectronic materials and nanophotonics. Applications should contain: a curriculum vitae (CV), full list of publications, copies of relevant publications, a letter (one-page maximum) describing their strengths for the research project, and names and contact details for three people who may be asked for references. Applications should be emailed in PDF format to: ergun.simsek[ at ]bahcesehir.edu.tr The positions are initially for one year, with the likely extension for se...

Graduate Fellowships and Postdoctoral Positions in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Singapore Dr. Qihua Xiong won 2nd batch Singapore National Research Foundation Research Fellowship (NRF-RF) and recently joined Nanyang Technological University as a Nanyang Assistant Professor. With a strong support from both NRF and NTU, Dr. Xiong is expecting to establish a vibrant group dedicated into the research in nanoscience and nanotechnology. Dr. Xiong finished his B.Sc. degree in Physics at Wuhan University in 1997. After obtained his M.Sc. degree in physics from Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 2000, he went to United States of America to pursue his Ph.D. research. In 2006, he received his Ph.D. degree in materials science at The Pennsylvania State University under the supervision of Professor Peter Eklund. His Ph.D. research covers from fundamental physical properties especially phonon properties of semiconductor nanowires, to nanomechanical proper...

Protein/Antibody Engineering for the Therapy of Autoimmunity (85) Postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Prof. E. Sally Ward at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Projects will include the use of state-of-the-art approaches to generate novel antibody-based therapeutics for autoimmunity and cancer. The work will involve the engineering of antibody-Fc receptor interactions and the use of new transgenic mouse models. These studies are of considerable relevance to the rapidly expanding use of antibodies as diagnostics and therapeutics in the biopharma industry. The projects are supported by institutions such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the biopharma industry. In collaboration with Prof. R.J. Ober, the laboratory provides a unique inter- and multi-disciplinary environment. Students have the opportunity to work on challenging technological problems in the framework of a laboratory that is devoted to the study ...

Zeppelin University is a private, state-recognized university founded in 2003 and currently organized into three academic departments bridging business, cultures, and politics. We are dedicated to excellence in interdisciplinary research and teaching at undergraduate and graduate level. In the respective rankings, the university has reached a top position right from the beginning. It is located at the heart of the Lake Constance region - a European growth region crossing the German, Swiss and Austrian Borders. The languages of instruction at Zeppelin University are English and German. The Karl Mannheim Chair for Cultural Studies (Professor Nico Stehr Ph.D. FRSC) invites applications for the following position: Postdoctoral Scholarship in Cultural Studies (Sociology) We award a one-year-scholarship to an outstanding individual to contribute to research in one of the following areas of strength of the chair: Modern societies as knowledge societies, science studies, consumption, climate...

The UTAustin|Portugal Program and the Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (under the project below) invite applications for an one-year Postdoctoral Position in Computational Mathematics, beginning October 2009. The focus of the research is on imaging sciences and scientific computing. It involves variational image processing, image analysis, partial differential equations, numerical analysis, optimization, visualization, and inverse problems in imaging, with applications in medicine and emphasis on endoscopic images. The UTAustin|Portugal Program and the Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra (under the project below) invite applications for an one-year Postdoctoral Position in Computational Mathematics, beginning October 2009. The focus of the research is on imaging sciences and scientific computing. It involves variational image processing, image analysis, partial d...

Applications are invited for two post-doctoral fellow positions in Bioinformatics and neuron science in the National Cheng Kung University Medical College (NCKUMC), TAIWAN. Highly motivated individuals will join a growing team of molecular geneticists/biologists using state-of-the-art technology in the Institute of Molecular Medicine and Bioinformatics Center. The appointments are full time research jobs and will work on studying transcriptome regulation in neuronal models. We are looking for individuals with a strong interest in understanding the genome-wide regulation for the maintenance of serotonin homeostasis in neurons. The successful candidates will have excellent communication and writing skills and excel at working collaboratively with the principal investigator and other staffs and students in a team environment. Candidates are expected to have experiences in programming, database management and microarray/high throughput sequencing data analysis. Knowledge in molecular biolo...

POST-DOC Position available in Nancy (France) Period: October 2009 – September 2010 Research Director: Prof. Hervé Panetto (Herve.Panetto[ at ]cran.uhp-nancy.fr) Title: Models and Semantics for product-centric systems interoperability The objective of this work is to test the scientific interest of making the product, beyond the whole process, interactive (this means that the product information may participate to the decision process), to organize then a more collaborative interoperability of different heterogeneous systems (APS, ERP, MES, SCM). Companies are interested as much in the design of systems (production, information, decision-making …), and their interoperations even their integration in a given context. This problem only makes sense in the context of evolution of organizations and their environment, or when a company provides engineering methods and tools that facilitate the decision making of complex processes. Given this context, an approach for the engineering of thes...

Postdoctoral Research Positions in Robotics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA At least two postdoctoral research positions are available in the Distributed Robotics Laboratory at CSAIL, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge MA USA The PI is Prof. Daniela Rus. See URL: groups.csail.mit.edu/drl Each appointment duration is 12 months, with a possible extension of another 12 months. Position 1 The research will be focused on designing small soft robots capable of locomotion and internal deformation, in order to squeeze through holes narrower than the robot body. The research will investigate the role of new materials and non-traditional actuation in designing and controlling such machines. The research will also investigate control and planning algorithms for this type of system. This project is a collaboration between MIT, Harvard, and iRobot. For this position we are looking for applicants with robotics background. Applicants with chemical engineering ...

Postdoctoral Positions in NEMS, Nanophotonics, Nonlinear Dynamics and Quantum Measurement, Yale University, USA Here is an exciting opportunity for you to work at the boundary of two cutting edge fields - NEMS and silicon photonics. We invite you to join our group. You need to be an expert in at least two of the following fields (or bring in your unique expertise). You’ve done research in nanoelectromechanical systems. You’ve worked on silicon photonics or related photonic system. You’ve studied the nonlinear dynamics in nanoscale oscillators. You know noise well. You are good at RF, microwave and fiber-optics measurement, and know how to make sensitive classical or quantum measurements on nanostructures You are a fab guru. High precision ebeam lithography is your key technique. You are an innovative equipment builder. You are familar with machining. Cryogenics, vacuum system, fiber optic, you are expert in all or you learn from us. You know both finite element simulation and FDTD sim...

We are looking for strongly motivated postdoctoral research fellows to carry out a multi-million dollar project (funded by Singapore National Research Foundation and Nanyang Technological University), which is on the cutting-edge research in semiconductor nanomaterials, nanoelectronics and nanoelectronic-bio interface for single molecule biosensing. Due to the highly interdisciplinary nature of the project, candidates with a Ph.D. degree in experimental condensed matter physics, electronic engineering, chemistry (physical or polymer), biochemistry and biophysics are all encouraged to apply. Starting date is flexible and multiple positions are available. Category : postdoctoral position Contact address : Physics and Applied Physics, SPMS Nanyang Technological University Singapore Keywords : nanomaterials, nanoelectronics Name : Qihua Xiong Email : qxiong@cml.harvard.edu

Postdoctoral applicant Station Biologique, Roscoff, France Ecological significance of photoheterotrophic bacteria in the Western Arctic Ocean We are looking for a foreign applicant for a postdoctoral fellowship at the Station Biologique (Roscoff, France). We currently witness in the Arctic: 1) a decrease in summer ice cover that exposes sea surface to solar radiation and physical forcings, 2) permafrost thawing and increased river runoff, both leading to an increase in the export to the ocean of organic carbon previously sequestered in the Tundra, and 3) an increase in ultraviolet radiation. These three phenomena favour a growing mineralization of organic carbon through photo-oxidation and bacterial activity, amplifying the increase in atmospheric CO2. At the same time, the exposure of a larger fraction of ocean surface to sun light and the increase in nutrients brought by rivers lead to larger autotrophic production and sequestration of organic carbon. To predict the balance of thes...

The Graduate Programme for Transcultural Studies (GPTS) is part of the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context: Shifting Asymmetries in Cultural Flows” at Heidelberg University ( www.asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de ). The objective of the Cluster is to examine processes of cultural exchange with a strong focus on interdisciplinary research. The Cluster challenges the master narrative of asymmetrical Western domination along with its historical explanation, its methodology and the resulting structures of humanities and social science research. For 2009 the GPTS offers 3 Post-Doctoral Short-Term Scholarships in Transcultural Studies The post-doctoral short-term scholarships are awarded for a period of 3 to 6 months in 2009 and are terminated until the end of January 2010 at the latest. The Scholarships include travel expenses to Heidelberg and back home as well as a monthly stipend of 1.400,- €. The selected scholarship holders are expected to take residence in Heidelber...

Deutsche Seiten: Giessen University’s International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC), funded by the German federal government’s Excellence Initiative, offers a three-year structured PhD-programme in the study of culture. With its excellent research environment, a doctoral programme which is tailored to the needs of PhD students and the intensive personal support it provides, the Graduate Centre offers postgraduate students optimum conditions for their PhD-projects and a custom-made preparation for the time thereafter, both with regard to academic and non-academic careers. From 01st October 2009, the GCSC offers up to 9 PhD scholarships and 1 postdoctoral scholarship. PhD scholarships include a monthly stipend of approximately €1.000 and are offered for one year with the possibility of two extensions, each of a year. The postdoctoral scholarship, with a monthly stipend of about €1.500, is limited to two years. All scholarships start on 01st October, 2009. Acceptance of a...

Two Postdoctoral position in electrophysiology and Ethno-neuropharmacology and Behaviour Pharmacology: University Sains Malaysia This ethnopharmacology project will involve patch clamp and extracellular recordings using rat hippocampus and xenophus oocytes to determine the GABA,NMDA,AMPA effects of plant biocompounds as well as animal behaviour in relation to plant biocompounds These important studies will provide new data on diverse plant biocompounds and to develop new treatments for medical problems concerning learning and memory. The two applicants should possess a PhD or equivalent degree with experience in: 1) patch clamp, extracellular recordings or more in the fields of electroneurophysiology research fields. The successful postdoc/scientist must be able to perform current- or voltage-clamp recording with hippocampal brain slices and dissociated neurons as well as whole-cell patch recording as well as designing the experiment and doing the statistical evaluations 2) Animal Beha...

PhD and Postdoctoral Positions in Highly Adaptable and Trustworthy Software using Formal Models, Europe 13 PhD, PostDoc, and Engineering Positions offered HATS: Highly Adaptable and Trustworthy Software using Formal Models HATS is a new Integrated Project funded by the European Union, within the programme “Future and Emerging Technologies” (FET) of the 7th Framework Programme starting March 2009. The project partners from: Chalmers Technical University, Gothenborg, Sweden University of Oslo, Norway Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Technical University of Madrid, Spain IMDEA Software, Spain Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, University of Bologna, Italy, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI), Amsterdam, Netherlands Norwegian Computer Center, Oslo, Norway Fredhopper B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental SE, Kaiserslautern, Germany, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium are jointly advertising several 3-5 year PhD, PostDo...