Expenses for travel, including collaborative visits
The Nanostructured Interfaces and Materials Group at the
University of Melbourne’s Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
(CNST), headed by ARC Federation Fellow Professor Frank Caruso, is
seeking motivated and creative scientists and engineers.
Professor Caruso’s team investigates new ‘smart’ materials,
including polymeric capsules and particles for biomedical applications.
Such materials can be designed to respond to changes in the local
chemical environment, such as temperature, pH, salt concentration or
the presence of certain reagents. These stimuli-responsive materials
have immense potential in many areas, including drug delivery and
corrosion protection.
The PhD projects available are supported by several ARC funded
grants, including “Controlled Macromolecular Architectures for
Functional Nanomaterials Design“, “Nanostructured Polymer Templating of
Liquid Crystals“ and “Nanoscale Coating and Encapsulation of Colloids
for Biological Applications“. Projects are also possible under the
Cooperative Research Centre for Polymers.
Professor Caruso’s group has attracted more than $9 million of
ARC funding since 2001, and also collaborates with industrial and
government laboratories. The Caruso group’s work is regularly featured
in high-ranking peer-reviewed journals, and in the media.
Applicants must have an undergraduate degree in chemistry,
chemical engineering, biochemistry or materials science. Applications
must include a curriculum vitae and the contact details of three
referees.
Applications close: 30 November 2006, to begin in March 2007.
Contact:
All enquiries and applications to:
Professor Frank Caruso
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
The University of Melbourne
Parkville 3010, Victoria
Australia
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