[AllUsers-ISR] CALL FOR A POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER HIRING

[Patricia Almeida]

http://www.eracareers.pt/opportunities/index.aspx?task=showAnuncioOportunities&jobId=121713&idc=1


CALL FOR A POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER HIRING UNDER ARTCLE 19 FROM 
DECREE-LAW NR 57/2016, OF 29th AUGUST, ALTERED BY LAW NR 57/2017, OF 
19thJULY

Reference ISR-DERMOTRONICS-PD

Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica (ISR) - Coimbra opens a call to hire a 
Postdoctoral Researcher corresponding to the initial level according to 
the Applicable Regulation, under an Unfixed-term contract under Sistema 
de Apoio à Investigação Científica e Tecnológica (SAICT) – Call nr. 
02/SAICT/2017 - Projeto de Investigação Científica e Desenvolvimento 
Tecnológico (IC&DT), funded by Investment and Structural European Funds 
(FEEI) - Programa Operacional Regional do Centro and National Funds 
(FCT) under the research project nº. 31784, “Electronic Skin over 
Epidermis for wearable bio-monitoring” (DERMOTRONICS).

Regulation
 Decree-Law no. 57/2016, from 29th August, altered by Law no. 57/2017, 
from 19th July, that approves a Doctoral Hiring regime to stimulate 
Scientific and Technological Employment in all knowledge areas (RJEC).  
Portuguese Labor Law, approved by Law no. 7/2009, from 12th February in 
its current writing.  Regulatory Decree No. 11-A / 2017, of 29th December.


1. Goals and research topics to develop: This project aims to fabricate 
and test stretchable biomonitoring e-skin that bonds over the human 
epidermis and measures human bio-signals. This can be used for 
continuous monitoring of human health through acquisition of vital 
signals such as heart rate (Electrocardiography-ECG and Pulse Oximetry), 
Respiration, brain signals(Electroencephalography-EEG), and Stress level 
through Galvanic Skin Response(GSR). This can be also used as a tool for 
selfrehabilitation at home through serious games by muscle activity 
monitoring (Electromyography-EMG). The thin film stretchable e-skin 
conforms to the dynamic morphology of the human skin, thus it conforms 
and stretches along with the epidermis while measuring the bio-signals. 
Several ultrathin and stretchable functional layers are fabricated by an 
additive lamination process, including a medical graded skin interface 
layer, bio-sensing electrodes layer, stretchable interconnect layers 
with integrated electronics chips, and thin film energy storage layer. 
The goal is to seamlessly pack all these layers in a thin and 
ready-to-apply adhesive patch.

DERMOTRONICS involves project leaders and scientists with expertise in 
MEMS, Microfluidics, Biomedical Instrumentation, polymers, printed 
electronics, and counts as well on the active collaboration with 
worldwide recognized Soft Materials Laboratory of




the Carnegie Mellon University, as well as Departments of Electrical and 
Chemical Engineering of University of Coimbra.

2. Members of the Jury: According to article no. 13 from RJEC, the jury 
is composed by Mahmoud Tavakoli (President of the jury and Responsible 
for the Project), Anibal T. de Almeida (Co-Responsible for the Project) 
and Jorge Fernando Jordão Coelho (all PhD’s).

3. Start Date and workplace: The contract is expected to start in 
January 2020. The activities will be developed at ISR-Coimbra facilities 
(Pole II) and/or other necessary locations to their execution.

4. Monthly remuneration: Gross monthly Remuneration is 2.128,34 Euros in 
accordance with subsection a), section 1, article 15 from Law no. 
57/2017, 19th July, and with the remuneration position at initial level 
predicted in article 2 of Regulatory Decree no. 11A/2017, of 29th 
December, correspondent to level 33 at Tabela Remuneratória Única, 
approved by Order no. 1553-C/2008, 31st December.

5. Profile of Candidate: Any National, foreign and stateless 
candidate(s) that hold the following requirements can apply:  PhD in 
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechatronics 
Engineering, Nanotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, 
Computer Engineering, or related area;  Proven experience in One or 
more of the following areas:  Electrical Circuit Design, Mechatronics, 
Signal Processing, Implementation, and test;  Synthesis and 
Characterization of Polymers, and Hydrogels;  Nano/Micro-materials;  
Electrochemistry;  Wireless near field or far field energy harvesting, 
and RFIDs;  AI, Classification, and learning methods;   Printed and 
Stretchable Electronics, e-skins or e-textiles.   Other skills which 
are not obligatory but count as a merit for the candidate:  Previous 
experience on Microfluidic devices;  Biomedical Signal Processing, 
EMG/EEG/ECG signal acquisition;  Soft Robotics, Biomaterials, 3D printing.

 Proven Experience in preparation of scientific articles  Good 
communication skills and capacity to organize, plan and conduct tasks of 
the project independently as well as present progress in national and 
international meetings;  Proven capacity to independently guide 
non-graduate students and research fellows;  Proficiency in spoken and 
written English, and ability to write scientific articles.  Autonomy, 
critical mind, sensibility and motivation to work in a team, accustomed 
to work by goals and to fulfill deadlines.
IMPORTANT NOTE: In the event the PhD degree was awarded by a foreigner 
higher institution, the degree must comply with the provisions of 
Decree-Law no. 341/2007,




12th October, and all formalities established there must be fulfilled by 
applications deadline

6. Application process: The call is open from 2nd December 2019 until 
15th January 2020. (30 working days), and the application documents 
(indicated below) should be sent, in PDF format, to the emails 
mahmoud at isr.uc.pt and patricia.almeida at isr.uc.pt, indicating the 
Reference of the position ISR-DERMOTRONICS-PD (mandatory):
a) Motivation Letter in English, including this announcement 
identification, full name, parents’ names, ID card, or Citizen Card 
number and date, or civil identification number, taxpayer ID number, 
date and place of birth, marital status, occupation, residence and 
contact address, including email address and telephone;  b) Detailed CV 
in English; c) PhD Certificate; d) ORCID/ Scopus/Research Gate 
identifiers if available e) Contact of 2 references. f) Not Obligatory: 
Proposal of a Research Plan that should include possible methodologies 
for the achievement of the objectives mentioned in point 1 (in English) .

Note: The non-compliance with these requirements determines the 
immediate rejection of application.

6.1 False statements provided by the candidates shall be punished by law.

6.2 ISR-Coimbra promotes a non-discrimination and equal access policy, 
wherefore no candidate can be privileged, benefited, impaired or 
deprived of any rights whatsoever, or be exempt of any duties based on 
their ancestry, age, sex, sexual preference, marital status, family and 
economic conditions, instruction, origin or social conditions, genetic 
heritage, reduced work capacity, disability, chronic illness, 
nationality, ethnic origin or race, origin territory, language, 
religion, political or ideological convictions and union membership.

6.3 Pursuant to Decree-Law nr 29/2001 of 3rd February, disabled 
candidates shall be preferred in a situation of equal classification, 
and said preference supersedes any legal preferences. Candidates must 
declare, on their honour, their respective disability degree, type of 
disability and communication / expression means to be used during 
selection period on their application form, under the regulations above.

ISR reserves the right to admit none of the candidates.

7. Evaluation criteria: The admitted applications will be evaluated 
taking into account the quality, timeliness and relevance of the 
scientific track record (scientific production and research experience) 
and curriculum of each candidate and their adequacy to the proposed work 
plan.
First phase: Curriculum Analysis (60%), analysis of proposed Research 
Plan (30%) and Motivation Letter (10%).





Second phase: The jury will select for the interview those candidates 
who have obtained a score equal or higher than 60% of the maximum score 
of the first phase. If there are no applications of candidates whose 
classification score, at the end of the two phases, is not at least 60%, 
the jury has the right of not selecting any of the candidates. In the 
event of a tie, the decision will be responsibility of the president of 
the jury. In the case of foreign candidates residing outside Portugal, 
the interview will be conducted by videoconference.

Final Evaluation Mark: is calculated as the Final Mark of the First 
phase (50%) and Final mark of the second phase (50%)

7.1 After evaluation of all admitted applications, the jury will write a 
meeting minute with all process of recruitment, evaluation and selection 
including an ordered short list of approved candidates and their 
respective classification and final decision of the jury.

7.2 The final decision of the jury shall be validated by the Head of the 
Institution, who is also in charge of deciding about the hiring.

8. Results: Both admitted and excluded candidates list and final 
classification list shall be posted at ISR facilities (Pinhal de 
Marrocos, Polo II, Coimbra) and all candidates will be notified by email.

9. Preliminary Hearing and Final Decision Deadline: Pursuant to article 
121 of the Administrative Procedure Code, after notified, all candidates 
have 10 working days to respond. Panel’s final decisions are pronounced 
within a period of 90 days, from application deadline.




   Coimbra, 22nd November 2019.














INFORMAÇÂO ERAAREERS

INFORMAÇÂO ERAREERS
Cargo/posição/bolsa: Postdoctoral Researcher, Stretchable Electronics 
for Biomonitoring
Referência: : DERMOTRONICS-PD
Área científica genérica: Engineering
Área científica específica: Chemical Engineering

Summary
Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica (ISR) - Coimbra opens a call to hire a 
Postdoctoral Researcher corresponding to the initial level according to 
the Applicable Regulation, under an Unfixed-term contractunder Sistema 
de Apoio à Investigação Científica e Tecnológica (SAICT) – Call nr. 
02/SAICT/2017 - Projeto de Investigação Científica e Desenvolvimento 
Tecnológico (IC&DT), funded by Investment and Structural European Funds 
(FEEI) - Programa Operacional Regional do Centro and National Funds 
(FCT) under the research project nº. 31784, “Electronic Skin over 
Epidermis for wearable bio-monitoring” (DERMOTRONICS).

Goals and research topics to develop: This project aims to fabricate and 
test stretchable biomonitoring e-skin that bonds over the human 
epidermis and measures human bio-signals. This can be used for 
continuous monitoring of human health through acquisition of vital 
signals such as heart rate (Electrocardiography-ECG and Pulse Oximetry), 
Respiration, brain signals(Electroencephalography-EEG), and Stress level 
through Galvanic Skin Response(GSR). This can be also used as a tool for 
self-rehabilitation at home through serious games by muscle activity 
monitoring (Electromyography-EMG). The thin film stretchable e-skin 
conforms to the dynamic morphology of the human skin, thus it conforms 
and stretches along with the epidermis while measuring the bio-signals.
Several ultrathin and stretchable functional layers are fabricated by an 
additive lamination process, including a medical graded skin interface 
layer, bio-sensing electrodes layer, stretchable interconnect layers 
with integrated electronics chips, and thin film energy storage layer. 
The goal is to seamlessly pack all these layers in a thin and 
ready-to-apply adhesive patch

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Com os melhores cumprimentos,
  

Patrícia Almeida

  

Bolseira Gestora de Ciência e Tecnologia
Instituto de Sistemas e Robótica
Departamento de Engenharia Eletrotécnica e de Computadores
Scholarship Manager of Science and Technology
Institute of Systems and Robotics
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Pólo II, Universidade de Coimbra
3030-290 Coimbra
Tel: 239 796 217 (Ext: 421113)
skype- patricia13861

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