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We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Postdoctoral Fellow in Nanotechnology for Gas Sensing in Medical Diagnostics to join our dynamic and interdisciplinary research team. The successful candidate will design nanostructured chemoresistive gas sensors to quantify volatile biomarkers associated with bacterial activity for medical diagnostics and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) profiling.
Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs) affect over 150 million individuals annually, ranging from mild symptoms to severe conditions such as pyelonephritis and urosepsis. Current diagnostic methods are time-consuming and require specialized knowledge and equipment, leading to delays and the overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics that contribute to the growing AMR crisis. In 2023, the World Health Organization has initiated the AMR Diagnostic Initiative to promote the development of novel diagnostic tools for AMR with improved speed, usability and precision.
We aim at developing a novel diagnostic device for UTI that leverages the volatilomics of bacterial species. Your contribution will be the development of gas sensors to detect volatile biomarkers associated to uropathogens. Nanotechnology offers solutions to design sensing materials with large specific surface areas and tailored surface chemistry to distinctly interact with the targeted molecules. This PostDoc position is part of a larger consortium bringing together engineering, data science, microbiology and medical expertise from ETH Zürich, University Zürich and Balgrist Hospital.
Qualification
Preferred Qualification
We look forward to receiving your application with the following documents:
Please submit the application documents using only the ETH online portal in a single merged PDF document, titled with your last name and initials as well as the application date (for example, name_application). Do not send it by e-mail.
For more information on our group can be found on our website.
Questions regarding the position should be directed to Prof. Andreas Güntner, by email at andregue@ethz.ch.
We evaluate applications on a rolling basis.
Starting date: April 1st, 2025.
ETH Zürich is well known for its excellent education, ground-breaking fundamental research and for implementing its results directly into practice.
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