Postdoctoral Position in Optical Simulations for Novel Probe Design, France

Job title: Post-doctoral position
Optical simulations for novel probe design

Job description:
A French innovative company (Ondalys, http://www.ondalys.fr/en ) is currently developing a novel
optical probe for characterizing complex products. This Research and Development study is done in
collaboration with a French public research center (Cemagref: http://www.cemagref.fr/English/ ) and
Pr. Hamid Dehghani from the University of Birmingham, UK (School of Computer Science:
http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/ )

Ondalys is a spin-off company, dedicated to spectroscopic data processing and design of innovative
optical solutions (http://www.ondalys.fr/en/randd_ondalys.php). Composed of young researchers and
engineers, Ondalys stays to the forefront of innovation on these topics, thanks to many cooperation
projects with public institutes and industrial customers in France and throughout the EU.

Compared to classical near infrared spectroscopy, the objective of this solution is to correct for
scattering effects and evaluate precisely the absorption and scattering coefficients. The data are
processed using advanced chemometrics techniques and simulation approaches (Inverse problem
solving).

A first probe has been developed and is currently tested for several applications (medical,
pharmaceutical, agro-food industries).

In this frame, the R&D post-doctoral work will be responsible for the following tasks:

1- Optimize the robustness of the probe using a modeling/simulation software package (e.g.
TracePro, or modify free software such as Wang and Jacques, or create a toolbox on
Matlab based on NIRfast). The simulation must take into account the sample geometries
and the optical probe properties.

2- Test the new geometries on phantoms, validate the illumination with other optical systems

3- Participate to the industrial tests (pharmaceutical industry, clinical trials) in cooperation
with equipment manufacturers.

End results include publications, software, and demonstrations. The postdoctoral fellow will work as
part of a multi-disciplinary team, composed of optical researcher, chemometrics researcher and IT
persons.

Education:
the applicant must own a PhD, applied to the optical interactions with materials (bio-optics applied optics or physics) or any related technical discipline. No experience is required, but a two years professional experience would be appreciated.

Experience:
simulations in optics or physics (use of simulation package, MonteCarlo, finite elements…), Matlab, vibrational spectroscopy / hyperspectral imaging / tomography, IT

Skills:
multi-disciplinary research team work, work with industrial applications, communication, English or French language required. The ability to use Matlab or other computational languages would be a plus.

Postdoc duration: 18 months - Job opportunity at Ondalys afterwards
Jobtype: Full time
Location: Ondalys / Cemagref, in Montpellier (south of France – by the Mediterranean Sea, 3hours
from the Alps or Pyrenees).

Wages: 2150€ gross income/month + benefits

Contact :
Dr. Fabien Chauchard fchauchard[ at ]ondalys.fr (industrial partner)
Dr. Ryad Bendoula ryad.bendoula[ at ]montpellier.cemagref.fr (research center)