The Elings Prize Fellowships in Experimental Science
The California Nanosystems Institute (CNSI) now offers the Elings prize postdoctoral fellowships for research in experimental nanoscience, covering all areas of the physical sciences, biology, and engineering. These prize postdoctoral fellowships provide a salary of $60,000/yr for two years, renewable for a third, along with benefits and research funds. Successful applicants will work with experimental CNSI faculty; applicants should indicate the experimental group(s) with which they would prefer to work. Applicants holding or expecting to hold, a PhD in science or engineering are encouraged to apply for these fellowships; the deadline for applying is December 1.
How to Apply
Applicants should prepare a PDF version of a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a one-page research proposal, and provide names and e-mail addresses for 3 supporting letters. Applications should be submitted electronically at https://fellow.cnsi.ucsb.edu by December 1.
Email inquiries can be sent to: elingsfellowships@cnsi.ucsb.edu.
Hard copies may be sent to:
Elings Prize Fellowships
California Nanosystems Institute
University of California
Santa Barbara CA 93106-6105 USA
Experimental Groups
Applicants should indicate in their cover letter the experimental groups they would be interested in working with; contact with potential experimental advisors is strongly encouraged. An alphabetical list can be found on the CNSI Faculty page. Collaborative research projects are highly supported.
Interviews for the fellowships will be by invitation only; invitations will begin to be sent in January.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.
2009 Elings Prize Fellows
Dr. John Franck
John Franck graduated with a PhD in Chemistry from UC Berkeley, where he conducted research in nanoscale magnetic resonance at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. John's interest lies in extending MR application to high-impact problems including but not limited to chemical structure determination and cancer detection. John will join the lab of Professor Songi Han at UCSB as they work towards spin-labeling membrane proteins.
Dr. Matteo Mariantoni
Matteo Mariantoni is a PhD graduate of the Wather-Meissner-Institut and Technical University Munich in Germany. Matteo joins UCSB with a strong background in cutting-edge research on superconducting qubits and circuit quantum electrodynamics. He brings experience in specialization in the experimental realization of low-level microwave detection schemes and pulsing techniques that allow for the measurement of ultra-low quantum signals generated by superconducting qubits coupled to on-chip resonators. Matteo will assist the research teams of Professor John Martinis and Professor Andrew Cleland.
Dr. Jason Spruell
Jason Spruell obtained a PhD in Chemistry from Northwestern University under the direction of Sir Fraser Stoddart where he worked in the area of mechanostereochemistry, designing and synthesizing mechanically interlocked molecular switches. It is with this experience that Jason will pursue technologies based around functional macromolecular architectures, including those enabling cheaply processable organic photovoltaic devices and advanced lithographic techniques. To achieve these goals Jason will work closely with Professor Craig Hawker and his collaborators during the tenure of his Elings Prize Fellowship in Experimental Science at UCSB.