Engineer position at the Institut Fresnel (France) in Biomedical Optics

Organisation/Company: Institut Fresnel

Research Field: Physics » Optics

Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)

Positions: Master Positions

Country: France

Application Deadline: 1 May 2025 - 00:00 (Europe/Paris)

Type of Contract: Temporary

Job Status: Full-time

Hours Per Week: 35

Offer Starting Date: 1 Apr 2025

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Diffuse optics-based imaging and monitoring methods present a number of advantages compared to conventional methods such as MRI, X-Ray, SPECT/PET: they are non-invasive (pain-free, non-ionizing radiation…), relatively cheap, easy to use, versatile… These methods constitute a flexible diagnosis and imaging tool that offers the possibility to characterize and quantify the composition of biological tissues (highly diffusing and absorbing media) in terms of a number of physiological chromophores (absorbers) (according to the wavelengths used: blood (oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin, fat, water, …). By accessing the composition of the tissues at a given time, with spectroscopic analysis, physicians can diagnose a pathology (breast, skin, oesophagus… cancers for example) and monitor its evolution. Several diffuse optical imaging methods can be used to obtain such information.

At the Institut Fresnel (DiMABio team), we have developed a variety of diffuse imaging techniques for various biomedical applications (dermatology, ophthalmology, surgery guidance, PDT-PTT monitoring, small animal imaging…). The recruited person will be in charge of the maintenance and upgrade of the setups and will conduct specific experiments.

The applicant should hold at least a Master’s degree in Physics or Applied Physics; expertise in optical instrumentation is particularly welcome.

Specific Requirements

The applicant will be involved in a multidisciplinary and multicentric collaborative project.