Post-Doctoral Associate

About the Job

Job description:

• Conduct research into the biomechanics of dental restorations. (40%)
• Publish research results in high-impact-factor journals. (30%)
• Contribute to grant writing and other efforts to secure research funding. (30%)

This is a postdoctoral position within a world-renowned research center for dental biomaterials and biomechanics equipped with state-of-the-art material testing and characterization facilities. Work will be conducted in a multi-disciplinary research laboratory with the aim of fundamentally understanding the biomechanics of dental restorations through experimental and numerical work.

The researcher is expected to work independently with the following duties:

• Measure the mechanical and structural properties of dental materials and restorations using traditional and state-of-the-art techniques such as tensile and flexural tests, cyclic fatigue and nano-indentation.
• Develop, calibrate and validate numerical models for the mechanical responses of dental restorations under clinically relevant loadings.
• Oversee and track research progress. Periodically evaluate the research data and results for compliance with grant requirements and study aims.
• Work on other projects including both federally and industrially funded projects.
• Help supervisor and research team evaluate research methods and suggest alternatives, report progress, and discuss and plan new procedures, to aid in the investigation of broad research.
• Perform data analyses, and present summary to supervisor as requested. Assist authoring of research presentations, write and publish peer-reviewed journal articles, and contribute to grant writing and submission.
• Train new researchers in the roles of experimenter and assistant.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• PhD or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science or related fields.
• Substantial experience in structural analysis using damage and fracture mechanics.
• Substantial experience in finite element modeling of mechanical components or structures.
• At least 3 journal publications as first author.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Research experience in dental biomechanics.
• Experience in writing grant applications.