Post-Doc & PhD Positions | The Alexander Kofkin Faculty of Engineering

Postdoctoral position #116

The Neural Processing and Brain Networks Lab

Head: Dr. Yaara Erez

A 3-year position is available for an outstanding post-doctoral researcher with background in neuroscience. The position is part of an innovative project to study the multi-scale organization and plasticity of functional brain networks in patients with brain tumors. The aim of the project is to advance personalized treatment for patients based on multi-modality neuroimaging. The project will include work with patients with brain tumours, neuroimaging (e.g, fMRI, DTI) and electrocorticography (ECOG) during awake surgeries.

About the lab:

Our multidisciplinary research is in the intersection of neuro-engineering and cognitive neuroscience, and we use multi-modality neuroimaging and cutting-edge signal processing to study the organization of functional brain networks and brain connectivity in health and disease.

Required qualifications:

A PhD in neuroscience or related fields, in particular clinical/cognitive neuroscience
Extensive experience with neuroimaging (e.g., fMRI / ECOG / DTI), including advanced data analysis methods
Strong first-author publication track record
Programming in Matlab/Python/R

Experience in working with clinical population is an advantage.

Get in touch if you are interested, all questions and CVs can be sent to Dr. Yaara Erez, yaara.erez@biu.ac.il

PhD position #115

The Neural Processing and Brain Networks Lab

Head: Dr. Yaara Erez

PhD position is available as part of an innovative project to study the multi-scale organization and plasticity of functional brain networks in patients with brain tumors. The aim of the project is to advance personalized treatment for patients based on multi-modality neuroimaging. The project will include work with patients with brain tumours, neuroimaging (e.g, fMRI, DTI) and electrocorticography (ECOG) during awake surgeries.

We are seeking highly motivated candidates with project management skills and programming experience. Background in neuroscience and signal processing are an advantage.

About the lab:

Get in touch if you are interested, all questions and CVs can be sent to Dr. Yaara Erez, yaara.erez@biu.ac.il

Phd student Position #114

Head: Prof. Zeev Zalevsky

The Optical Research Laboratory of Prof Zeev Zalevsky at the faculty of Engineering in Bar Ilan University is looking for motivated Ph.D. students to join exciting academic and industry collaborated projects!

Scope:

Prof. Zalevsky’s field of research is electro-optics, specifically, imaging and super-resolution, biomedical sensing, and nanophotonic. Several of the technologies developed in his lab were commercialized through BIRAD, the Bar-Ilan Research and Development Company, and have become leading Israeli start-ups.

Here we have exciting and challenging opportunities with two such industry collaborated research projects one in the field of wavefront shaping for non-invasive imaging through scattering medium and the other in vision correction in the human eye using patented technology.

Interested candidates can apply with their most updated CV and a motivation letter at zeev.zalevsky@biu.ac.il

Basic Requirements:

Candidates must hold a master’s degree in areas related to Optics/Physics/related areas.
Good and consistent academic records with 90% and above in Masters.
A strong record of publications as the first author in peer-reviewed journals.
Proficiency knowledge of both spoken and written English is required.

The candidate should have:

A strong and profound background in Optics (Wave Optics and Geometrical Optics).
Hands-on experimental skills with experience in building complex optical setups. Preferable to have experience in using specialized optical components like Polarizer, Waveplate, lenses, and digital sensors.
Deep understanding of Fourier optics with adequate mathematical skills.
Experience with Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) and Wavefront Shaping is a plus.
Experience in building digital holographic setups and other interferometric setups.
Experience in optical design software (Zemax) preferred.
Elementary knowledge of Ophthalmology specifically refractive error correction is an additional plus.
Experience using image analysis software (MATLAB/PYTHON) and methodologies.
Able to use independently various microscopy platforms including confocal and bright field microscopes.
Experience in participation of competitive collaborative projects is preferable.
Ability to manage different projects and meet deadlines.
Capable of performing the assigned task even with minimal supervision.

Postdoctoral Position #113

Head: Prof. Zeev Zalevsky

The Optical Research Laboratory of Prof Zeev Zalevsky at the faculty of Engineering in Bar Ilan University is looking for motivated PostDoc candidates to join exciting academic and industry collaborated projects!

Scope:

Prof. Zalevsky’s field of research is electro-optics, specifically, imaging and super-resolution, biomedical sensing, and nanophotonic. Several of the technologies developed in his lab were commercialized through the Bar-Ilan Research and Development Company, and have become leading Israeli start-ups.

Here we have exciting and challenging opportunities with two such industry collaborated research projects one in the field of optical wavefront shaping for non-invasive imaging through scattering medium and the other in human vision correction in the human eye using patented technologies.

Interested candidates can apply with their most updated CV and a motivation letter at zeev.zalevsky@biu.ac.il

Basic Requirements:

Candidates must hold a PhD degree in areas related to Optics/Physics/Engineering related areas.
Good and consistent academic records with 90 grade and above in master’s studies.
Previous publications record in peer-reviewed journals from the master’s studies.
Proficiency knowledge of both spoken and written English is required.

The candidate should have:

A strong and profound background and understanding in Fourier optics and in wave and geometrical optics.
Hands-on experimental skills with experience in building complex optical setups. Preferable to have experience in using specialized optical components like polarizer, waveplate, lenses, and digital sensors.
Experience using image analysis software (MATLAB/PYTHON) and methodologies.
Experience in building digital holographic setups and other interferometric setups.
Able to use independently various microscopy platforms including confocal and bright field microscopes.
Experience with Spatial Light Modulator (SLM) and wavefront shaping is a plus.
Experience in optical design software (Zemax) is a plus.
Elementary knowledge of ophthalmology, specifically refractive error correction, is an additional plus.
A team player with high scientific motivation is a must.

Postdoctoral Position #112

Opening at the distributed coding group

Head: Dr. Ran Gelles

The position involves performing theoretical research in coding theory and distributed computation, focusing mainly on:

coding over networks and in interactive settings
applications to secure coding over networks
reliability of distributed computations in noisy environments
general models of distributed computations

The length of the postdoctoral position is 1 year, which can be extended by an additional year contingent upon funding and satisfactory performance.

Applicants should have a background in (at least one of): coding theory, information theory, distributed computation, and algorithms.

Candidates are expected to be highly motivated and mathematically capable.
Applications should include

(1) a CV with a list of publications
(2) a short research statement
(3) names and contact information of 2-3 potential references

Please submit your application to ran.gelles@biu.ac.il

Postdoctoral Position #111

Opening at the Nanobioengineering Lab

Head: Prof. Rachela Popovtzer

A position is available for an outstanding post-doctoral candidate with background in molecular biology. The research involves cutting-edge developments in nanotechnology and nanomedicine.

Requirements:

Exceptionally talented and strongly motivated candidate, exhibiting creative thinking and project management skills; First-author publications in high-quality, high-impact journals. Experience in work with animal models of human disease is an advantage.

Please submit your application to rachela.popovtzer@gmail.com

Postdoctoral Position #110

Opening at the Nanobioengineering Lab

Head: Prof. Rachela Popovtzer

A position is available for an outstanding post-doctoral candidate with background in biochemistry. The research involves cutting-edge developments in nanotechnology and nanomedicine.

Requirements:

Exceptionally talented and strongly motivated candidate, creative thinking and project management skills; First-author publications in high-quality, high-impact journals. Experience working with animal models of human disease is an advantage.

Please submit your application to rachela.popovtzer@gmail.com

Postdoctoral Position #109

Opening at the Nanobioengineering Lab

Head: Prof. Rachela Popovtzer

Position is available for an outstanding post-doctoral candidate with background in electronics engineering. The research involves cutting-edge developments in nanotechnology and nanomedicine.

Requirements:

Exceptionally talented and strongly motivated candidate, exhibiting creative thinking and project management skills; First-author publications in high-quality, high-impact journals.

Please submit your application to rachela.popovtzer@gmail.com

Postdoctoral Position #108

Opening at the Computer Graphics & Digital Geometry Processing Lab

Host: Dr. Ofir Weber

An opening for a 2 years postdoc position, a Ph.D., and an M.Sc. positions are currently available.
If you are interested in performing cutting edge research in computer graphics and geometry processing, don’t hesitate to send us your CV.

We are currently looking to recruit outstanding students with various backgrounds (computer science, applied mathematics, computer/electrical engineering, etc.) to work on theoretical and computational methods in geometry and their applications to problems in computer graphics and digital geometry processing. In particular, our group deals with the following applications: bounded distortion bijective mappings, surface parameterization, shape analysis, computer animation.
Experience in the following areas is an advantage: convex as well as nonlinear optimization, discrete differential geometry, topology, computational geometry, general-purpose computations on graphics hardware (GPGPU).

Contact details: ofir.weber@biu.ac.il
Website: http://www.eng.biu.ac.il/weberof/

Postdoctoral Position #107

Opening at The Reactive Systems and Algorithms Lab

Head: Dr. Hillel Kugler

A postdoc position is available to join a research program on designing new biological computing devices, aimed to solve complex computational problems efficiently and investigate alternative computing technologies. The selected candidates will work with Dr. Hillel Kugler with opportunities to travel to and collaborate with several leading experimental groups in Europe that will be studying the development and design of the underlying methods and technology, as part of a new 5-year European Project. For more details please contact Hillel Kugler at hillelk@biu.ac.il.

Post doctoral fellows interested in Software Engineering, Reactive Systems, Verification of Deep Learning Systems, or Modeling & Analysis of Gene Regulatory Networks may also apply.

PhD Candidate Position #106

Openings at The Reactive Systems and Algorithms Lab

Head: Dr. Hillel Kugler

PhD positions are currnetly available on projects related to software engineering, reactive systems, verification of deep learning systems, and modeling and analysis of gene regulatory networks, please see Research | Dr. Hillel Kugler, or contact Hillel Kugler at hillelk@biu.ac.il for more information.

Postdoctoral Position #105

Opening at The Analog Design Lab

Head: Prof. Joseph Shor

The Analog Design group in Bar-Ilan Faculty of Engineering is seeking a highly motivated, outstanding PhD level circuit designer, as well as graduate students to perform state-of-the-art research in analog VLSI design. This group, led by Prof. Joseph Shor is a leading Analog research team, and one of the only groups in Israel to specialize in Analog VLSI.

We specialize in the following areas:

Integrated Sensors for Physical Parameters (temperature, pressure, current, etc.)
Analog circuits for security, such as PUF and Power Flattening
Power Management Circuits, such as LDO, Voltage Droop Sensing, and DC2DC.
Voltage and Current reference Circuits
Ultra-Low Power, nW-level Analog circuits
Ultra-Miniaturized Analog Circuits and Sensors
Critical Path Monitors and Time-to-Digital Converters

Submit your applications to joseph.shor@biu.ac.il

Postdoctoral Position #104

Field: Design and Analysis of Algorithms

Head: Dr. Dror Rawitz

A postdoctoral position is currently available for a researcher who is interested in designing approximation, online, or distributed algorithms. A more detailed list of topics can be found at http://www.eng.biu.ac.il/rawitzd/research/

Please send your CV to dror.rawitz@biu.ac.il

Postdoctoral Position #103

Field: Interactive Coding Research

Head: Dr. Ran Gelles

A postdoctoral position is available for researchers who are interested in the general field of coding theory and wish to get involved in the front line of interactive coding research. In particular, we are interested in developing and analyzing sophisticated interactive coding schemes in various settings such as the multi-party setting (over different topologies, such as star network and mesh network), the distributed setting (assuming unknown topology), various types of channels (e.g., erasure channels, and channels with feedback), various noise models, etc.

Candidates are expected to have a strong background in Coding Theory and Algorithms.

Send your applications (including CV and names of 2-3 references) to ran.gelles@biu.ac.il.

Postdoctoral Position #102

Opening at The Nano photonics, Fluorescence Imaging and Microscopy Research Lab

Head: Prof. Dror Fixler

An opening currently exists for a post-doctoral researcher in the area of Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging of nanoparticles linked to fluorophores or carbon dots, anisotropy decay and optical biophysics deals with light-tissue interactions. The principal goal of the research effort is to utilize novel mathematical and experimental systems to explore metal-fluorophore interaction: investigating the fluorescence intensity following metal enhanced fluorescence – MEF; changes in fluorescence lifetime and fluorescence correlation time.

The post-doctoral associate will participate in a multidisciplinary research program which includes biologists, physicists, chemists, engineers, and biochemists, and therefore must be willing to work in an open and collaborative environment. The successful candidate will have previous experience in more than one of the following areas: lasers and/or optics, microscopy, cellular or biomolecular imaging, biochemical sample preparation, and biophysics. The position will include both experimental measurements and the development of models for the observed behavior. The position is for two to three years, one year at a time.

Interested individuals should send a curriculum vitae, publications list, and names of three references to dror.fixler@biu.ac.il

Postdoctoral Position #101

Opening at The Nanobioengineering Lab

Head: Prof. Rachela Popovtzer

A position is available for an outstanding doctoral or post-doctoral candidate to conduct innovative research in biochemistry and nanotechnology, at the Nanobioengineering Lab of the Faculty of Engineering, at Bar-Ilan University.

Experience in work with animal models of human disease is an advantage.

Exceptionally talented candidates with an MSc or PhD in biochemistry are welcome to apply.

Please send your CV to Prof. Rachela Popovtzer, rachela.popovtzer@gmail.com