Post-Doc position in “Experimental Soft Contact Mechanics”

-- Please email your statement of interest/motivation letter and CV to Prof. Michele Scaraggi, michele.scaraggi@iit.it --

Short INFO: We are looking for highly motivated, proactive and talented candidates with background in experimental tribology, with strong emphasis on optical methods and electro-mechanical setup building, and familiarity with spectroscopy and microscopy characterization for surface analysis. The activities will also involve the adoption of simple micro-fabrication techniques (such as soft-lithography).

Applicants will contribute to the development of opto-electromechanical apparati for the tribological investigation of soft contacts.

The position is industrially-funded as a part of a larger industrial research project.

The position start is at soonest.

LOCATION: CBN-IIT, Arnesano-Lecce, Italy.

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, IIT (http://www.iit.it), is a private law Foundation, created with special Government Law no. 269 dated September 30th 2003 with the objective of promoting Italy’s technological development and higher education in science and technology. Research at IIT is carried out in highly innovative scientific fields with state-of-the-art technology.