Postdoc: Three-photon microscopy and advanced wavefront shaping / adaptive optics

Heidelberg, DEFull-time€51k2026-10-13 → 2026-11-10

HybridVisa sponsorship offered

Core

Develop advanced three-photon microscopy instrumentation with wavefront shaping and adaptive optics for deep-tissue imaging in complex biological tissues and organoids.

Role type

Postdoctoral researcher (applied physics/optical engineering)

Builds

Custom-built three-photon microscopes and adaptive optics control systems

Domain

Biomedical optics / Deep-tissue imaging

Required skills

Optics/photonics, nonlinear/multiphoton microscopy, adaptive optics, wavefront shaping, optical setup alignment, hardware control programming (Matlab/Python/LabView), simulation (CAD/ZEMAX)

Preferred skills

Live 3D biological sample experience (mouse/fish/organoids), supervising students, laboratory organization

Technologies

Spatial light modulators, deformable mirrors, digital micromirror devices, pulsed lasers, ZEMAX, Matlab, Python, LabView

Responsibilities

Design mechanical, optical, electronic, and software components of novel microscopes; Develop wavefront shaping and adaptive optics strategies for aberration correction; Integrate adaptive optics control and computational reconstruction methods; Demonstrate new imaging technologies in live biological samples; Disseminate research results in publications and presentations

Seniority

Postdoctoral Fellow

About embl

EMBL AI is EMBL's ambitious new initiative aiming to exploit the full potential of AI-based approaches to advance scientific discovery. EMBL AI will host new AI research groups and data engineering teams, supported by state-of-the-art infrastructure, along with fellowship and skills development programmes that bridge AI and life sciences. EMBL AI groups will be embedded in a world-class environment of biological researchers covering a broad range of biological areas, from molecules to ecosystems.