A Ph.D. student position in Medical Microwave Microsensors
The Microsystem Technology Laboratory is in the process of recruiting a Ph.D. student.
The Microsystem Technology Laboratory conducts research in the field of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), for applications including medical technology, telecommunication, car safety systems, biotechnology. Our working environment is characterized by interdisciplinarity and by a large national and international collaboration network with academic and industrial partners.
We are now in the process of recruiting a Ph.D. student in Medical Microwave Microsensors.
The task of this PhD student position is to carry out research work on novel micromachined microwave sensors for medical applications. The sensing principle is interaction of electromagnetic waves (millimeter/submillimeter/THz frequencies) with human tissue to extract medical parameters of the tissue. Within a collaboration project with Karolinska Institutet, a micromachined microwave sensor for skin cancer diagnosis has to be developed. The student has to design the sensors, fabricate them by in the KTH MEMS clean-room laboratory, and evaluate them together with the medical partners in clinical studies. In this multi-disciplinary research, the student has to combine knowledge in microsystem design, medical technology, biological interaction of microwaves and tissue, microwave engineering. The doctoral program also includes postgraduate training courses for making the student to an independent, excellent researcher.