Graduate Research Assistantship and Postdoctoral Fellowship Available at UC Berkeley

A number of positions are open for Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at the Nano-scale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) at UC Berkeley.

Graduate Students

We seek highly motivated students with the solid scientific strength in one of the following areas: engineering, physics, chemistry, materials science and biological sciences. Both graduate research assistantships and university fellowships are available.

Postdoc Candidates

Postdoc candidates should possess an earned Ph.D. in Physical sciences and Engineering, (degree from US, Japan, or Europe is preferred). Excellent written English and oral communication skills are required. The postdoc positions are in the following areas:

I. Electromagnetic Metamaterials and physics - The candidates will conduct research in our MURI program in "Scalable and Reconfigurable Electromagnetic Metamaterials and Devices"(http://xlab.me.berkeley.edu/MURI/MURI.html), as well as newly funded DARPA optical metamaterials program. Theoretical: Strong physics background and creativity in electromagnetic theory and solid state physics is needed (both analytical and numerical). The goal is to develop theory and perform the physics-based simulation design of novel metamaterials. The theoretical studies will be in closely interaction with experimentalist. Experimental: The experiments involve with study of the physics of metamaterials at both near-field and far field. Strong optical experimentalists are sought with experiences in scattering measurement, ellipsometry, imaging reconstruction, FTIR, NSOM, etc.

II. Micro- and Nano-fabrication - Candidates are expected to develop new nanofabrication processes with broad range of materials, with in-depth understanding of physics of micro- and nano-fabrication. The candidate should have extensive experiences on major top-down micro- or nano-fabrication techniques (e-beam, and/or FIB experiences are preferred) and a broad knowledge of processes and materials compatibility and resources. Candidates should has minimum one year micro or nanofabrication experience in the US , Japan or Europe , and/or hands-on experience in clean-room fabrication. Additional non-standard fabrication development in MEMS or NEMS is preferred.

III. Nano-optics and plasmonics - An essential research objective in our group is focused on the nanophotonic and plasmonic structures and devices. This postdoctoral position is to develop the spectroscopic characterization (far field and near field) methods for these photonic structures and devices, including optical scattering, NSOM, FTIR, and other nonlinear optical experiments; and to explore the optoelectronic physics associated with the photonic devices or the excited plasmons.

IV. Acoustic band gap materials - The present project aims to developing a novel acoustic band-gap structure. The candidates should demonstrate thorough understanding of the propagation of acoustic wave in microstructured media and the hands-on experiences in acoustic measurement (20 KHz-GHz)

V. Biophysics - The candidate is expected to integrate the Biophysics principles with unique engineering methods to explore new frontier of Bio-science and technology, including but not limited to Neurobiology and Nano-bio-sensors and devices.

All positions are currently available. Applicants should send a full CV via email to:

Dr. Xiang Zhang (email)
NSF Nano-scale Science and Engineering Center
5130 Etcheverry Hall
University of California
Berkeley , CA 94720-1740