The "Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial (IRI), CSIC-UPC" is seeking a research engineer to work under the framework of a recently awarded national project.

ABOUT IRI:
IRI is a Joint University Research Institute participated by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) that conducts research in robotics and automatic control. The institute is a key player in the Spanish robotics and automatic control scenes, and a valued participant in a large number of national and international collaborations.

ABOUT THE PROJECT:
There is an enormous waiting-list of chemicals that have yet to be assessed for potential health and environmental hazards. One of the proposed solutions to evaluate the possible effects of such chemicals is to use imaging and omic technologies for performing toxicity tests on well-known vertebrate and invertebrate model species such as the zebrafish or the daphnia magna. In particular, 2D and 3D imaging technologies may allow the determination of behavioral, developmental, and morphometric relevant information in a medium- and high-throughput manner.

The main objective of this position is to develop imaging technologies to acquire data about the behavior of the zebrafish and the daphnia magna in different (controlled) conditions.

The candidate will be supervised by Dr. Josep M Porta and will work in close collaboration with members of the Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research: http://www.idaea.csic.es


ABOUT THE POSITION:
A one-year full-time research engineer starting in the second trimester of 2018. The salary will be around 27000 € gross per year. Depending on the candidate, the contract can also be part-time. In this case the term and the salary will be adjusted accordingly.

Contacts

Please, send your documentation before 15/03/2018 to: