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1 MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONS JOIN INL AS MSCA FELLOW! Thinking about taking your career to the next level? INL is looking for talented researchers eager to work in our cutting-edge, multicultural organisation. MSCA Individual Fellowship at INL gives researchers from all over the world unique career opportunities to: Enjoy a fully funded research position of 1 or 2 years; Work closely with an international and multidisciplinary team; Acquire new skills at INL s top-notch facilities. THE MSCA EUROPEAN FELLOWSHIP GRANT SCHEME What? Individual Fellowships (IF) provide funding to researchers of any nationality to acquire and transfer new knowledge and to work on research and innovation in Europe. Applicable MSCA IF types: Standard European Fellowships, Career Restart Panel, Reintegration Panel and Widening Fellowships*. Who? Researchers with a PhD or 4 years experience. The researcher and host must be a strong match, demonstrating the potential for scientific excellence and the acquisition of new skills and knowledge on both sides. Benefits? The fellowship includes monthly allowances for living, mobility, family and training expenses in accordance with the Horizon 2020 Work Programme for MSCA actions. Submission deadline: 12th of September 2018 For more info, please check here

2 INL - YOUR WORLDWIDE PARTNER FOR SCIENCE AND INNOVATION At INL, the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory located in Braga (North of Portugal), about 300 passionate people from more than 30 countries work together in a truly interconnected and interdisciplinary environment, embedded in a cutting-edge nanotechnology laboratory. By combining a world class research infrastructure and top-notch principal investigators (PIs), INL leads research of the highest international standard in four strategic fields within the area of nanotechnology: Health, Food and Environment, ICT Information & Communication Technologies, Renewable Energy and FET Future and Emerging Technologies. Join in and embrace the quest of transforming INL into the worldwide hub for the deployment of Nanotechnology 30 Nationalities 100 Students 121 Researchers 52 Projects 2500 Technical Visitors 22 Research Groups * Numbers updated to June How to apply Your future is our continuity We have a team of experts ready to help you get a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship grant. >> Pre-application: Contact the INL Research Group Leader linked to the topic you re interested and send an expression of interest letter. >> During application: INL will help you develop a scientifically sound application. >> Successful application: When a grant is awarded, our Human Resources team will help you in all aspects of taking up residence and working in Portugal, including legal, social and cultural matters. More information here:

3 INL STRATEGIC RESEARCH AREAS Nanoelectronics Engineering The Nanoelectronics Engineering department brings together four areas of activity at INL, systems engineering, spintronics, nanodevices and precision medicine engineering, addressing major challenges in industrial sensing, RF communications, bionsensors and biomedical devices, agri-food and environmental monitoring applications. SPINTRONICS Group Leader: Ricardo Ferreira SYSTEM ENGINEERING Group Leader: João Piteira NANODEVICES Group Leader: Paulo Freitas PRECISION MEDICINE ENGINEERING Group Leader: Peng Weng Kung Life Sciences The Life Science department focuses its activities in the fields of food, health, and environment, particularly in: i) Nanoencapsulation technologies for smart and controlled drug/genes delivery and for enhancing bioavailability and functional properties of bioactives; ii) biosensors, microfluidic-based devices and integrated lab-on-a-chip solutions for food and water quality and safety as well as diagnostic and prognostic purposes; iii) advanced functionalities and applications of bespoke nanostructured materials in combination with novel biomarkers and studies on biointerfaces. Nano4Food Unit FOOD PROCESSING Group Leader: Lorenzo Pastrana FOOD QUALITY AND SAFETY Group Leader: Marta Prado Nano4Environment Unit WATER QUALITY Group Leader: Begoña Espiña Nano4Health Unit NANOMEDICINE Group Leader: Manuel Bañobre MEDICAL DEVICES Group Leader: Lorena Diéguez Nanophotonics The Nanophotonics department aim to carry out top fundamental and applied research in areas such as biophotonics, photonic nanomagnetometry, plasmonics & materials, Bloch surface wave engineering and the design and application of photonic crystals. ULTRAFAST BIO AND NANOPHOTONICS Group Leader: Jana B. Nieder NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL PHOTONIC STRUCTURES AND DEVICES Group Leader: Martin Lopez-Garcia

4 INL STRATEGIC RESEARCH AREAS Quantum & Energy Materials The Quantum and Energy Materials department works on fundmantal and applied materials science with strong efforts in quantum materials, e.g. 2D materials, both experimentally and theoretically, and energy materials covering the topics energy generation and storage with strong efforts in catalysis, fuel cells, batteries, and photovoltaics. Theory Unit THEORY OF QUANTUM NANOSTRUCTURES Group Leader: Joaquin Fernandez-Rossier Electrodynamics Of 2D Materials Group Leader: Nuno Peres Energy Materials Unit NANOSTRUCTURED SOLAR CELLS Group Leader: Sascha Sadewasser NANOMATERIALS FOR ENERGY Group Leader: Lifeng Liu 2D Materials Unit 2D MATERIALS AND DEVICES Group Leader: Pedro Alpuim ATOMIC MANIPULATION FOR QUANTUM NANOTECHNOLOGY Group Leader: Zhongchang Wang Micro & Nanofabrication The Micro and Nanofabrication department explores both bottom-up and top-down approaches to the micro and nanofabrication aspects of materials, surfaces and devices, running a cleanroom with more 50 systems. Main research activities include: i) processes for MEMS/NEMS, sensors, microfluidics, graphene and thin film semiconductors, energy storage, conversion and adaptive optical devices, lithography and advanced packaging, rapid prototyping and cleanroom processes integration; ii) bottom-up catalysis, synthesis and research of materials, and nanofabrication and characterization of optoelectronic materials and devices in rigid and iii) flexible substrates, and incorporation of nanotechnology into thin film solar cells. MICROFABRICATION AND EXPLORATORY NANOTECHNOLOGY Group Leader: João Gaspar joao.gaspar@inl.int NANOCHEMISTRY Group Leader: Yury Kolenko yury.kolenko@inl.int NANOFABRICATION FOR OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS Group Leader: Pedro Salomé pedro.salome@inl.int Advanced Electron Microscopy, Imaging & Spectroscopy The Advanced Electron Microscopy, Imaging and Spectroscopy department performs true atomic/nano resolution electron imaging combined with atomic/nano resolution chemical analysis, in order to achieve a fundamental understanding of the chemical/physical phenomena at the atomic/nano level in real materials systems. ATOMIC STRUCTURE - COMPOSITION OF MATERIALS Group Leader: Paulo Ferreira paulo.ferreira@inl.int NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS Group Leader: Leonard Francis leonard.francis@inl.int

5 GET TO KNOW OUR RESEARCH GROUPS (351) Avenida Mestre José Veiga s/n Braga - Portugal INL FOLLOW US /INLInternationalIberianNanotechnologyLaboratory/ /company/inl---international-iberian-nanotechnology-laboratory/ inlnano International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory