Engineering Physics, École Polytechnique de Montréal (Université de Montréal), Canada

Several MSc/PhD positions are now open for the qualified students who will be working in the area of optical fiber-based systems for bio- and chemical detection. These positions are supported for at least three years by the national strategic grant. This is a multidisciplinary collaboration between three research groups specializing in optical fiber drawing, optical components fabrication, and applied biology/biochemistry. Our research project will concentrate on the design, fabrication and characterization of novel liquid-phase fiber-optic sensing (FOS) devices and instrumentation systems for identification, detection and monitoring of selected biological substances. Integration of photonic detection mechanisms and capabilities into local and remote biosensor systems will also be studied. By analogy to the lab-on-a-chip concept, we will develop photonic sensing devices and sensing subsystems based on our lab-on-a-fiber (LOF) concept currently under initial exploration in our laboratories. In this approach, all sensing, transmission and decoding functions will be based on the optical fiber itself, while selected outside or inside surfaces of the sensing part of the fiber (or fiber-based device) will be functionalized by selected bacteria-specific nano-coatings.

Our facilities feature several fiber optical drawing towers for the fabrication of plastic and glass-based microstructured fibers, as well as a full range of optical characterization equipment spanning, visible, near-IR, mid-IR and THz ranges. Additionally, several ultra fast laser systems are available to conduct time resolved measurements, nonlinear imaging, etc.

Working languages: English, French, Russian.

Interested candidates should send their CV by e-mail to: maksim.skorobogatiy@polymtl.ca.

Information about the research group of Prof. Skorobogatiy can be found at: www.photonics.phys.polymtl.ca

Among other information your CV should include your GPA, the list of publications, conference presentations and internships.