Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Individual Fellowships Call – Expression of Interest
Organisation Details Tyndall National Institute
Lee Maltings
Dyke Parade
Cork
www.tyndall.ie
Organisation Type
☒ Academic
☐ Large Enterprise
☐ SME
☐ Public Research
Organisation
☒ Public Body
☐ NGO
☐ Non-Profit
☐ Other (please specify)
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Research Field(s)
☐Chemistry CHE
☐Social and Human Sciences SOC
☐Economic Sciences ECO
☒Information Science and Engineering
ENG
☐Environment and Geosciences ENV
☐Life Sciences LIF
☐Mathematics MAT
☒Physics PHY
Short Description of
the Organisation
and the
Faculty/Dept./Scho
ol/Centre
Established with a mission to support industry and academia in
driving research to market, Tyndall National Institute is one of
Europe’s leading research centres in Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) research and development
and the largest facility of its type in Ireland. Established in 2004
as a successor to the National Microelectronics Research Centre
(NMRC founded in 1982) at University College Cork, the
Institute employs over 460 researchers, engineers and support
staff, with a full-time graduate cohort of 135 students
generating over 200 peer-reviewed publications each year.With
a network of 200 industry partners and customers
worldwide.Hosting the only full CMOS (metal oxide
semiconductor) integrated circuit construction, Micro
Electronic Mechanical systems (MEMS) and III-V Wafer
Semiconductor fabrication facilities and services in Ireland,
Tyndall is capable of prototyping new product opportunities for
its target industries – electronics, medical devices, energy and
communication. Tyndall is a globally leading Institute in its four
Keywords:
Photonics,IIINitride materials,
gallium nitride,
Semiconductor
Epitaxy, MOVPE
core
research
areas
of
Photonics,
Microsystems,
Micro/Nanoelectronics and Theory, Modeling and Design.
Tyndall is the lead institution for the Science Foundation
Ireland funded Irish Photonics Integration Centre (IPIC
The III-Nitride Materials and Devices Group interests are in the
preparation and use of gallium nitride and its related materials for
optoelectronic and electronic device applications. In particular the
Group wish to develop high brightness ultraviolet emitters
operating at wavelengths between around 240 and 340 nm for
biotechnology applications, and for germicidal sources. These are
very challenging to produce as the short wavelength of the light
corresponds to high photon energies, meaning that materials that
might traditionally be considered electrical insulators have to be
encouraged to conduct electricity and emit light. In addition to
optoelectronic applications the same materials can be used to form
transistors that allow operation with high power densities, and or
with high frequencies. These have application for power
electronics, to control electrical machines, or potentially to make
compact power supplies for electronic devices. High frequencies
are required for communication systems, for example in the base
stations for mobile phone networks. For more information see:
http://www.tyndall.ie/content/nitride-materials-0
Short Description of
the Research
Project/Topic
Expertise required
by the applicant
III-Nitride nanostructured growth and novel characterisation
methods.
We have recently developed a novel method to create ultrahigh
density arrays of GaN and AlN nanocolumns. The target of this
research is to use this novel method to create improved efficiency
optoelectronic and electronic devices, particularly exploiting
their application in the ultra-violet where such structures have
not been used before, and for arrays where the particular
promise of intrinsically high uniformity can be exploited.
Expertise in Semiconductors, Nanotechnology and their
applications is needed. Applicants would benefit from
undertstanding optoelectronic devices, the methods used to
prepare semiconductor devices (growth, lithography and other
fabrication technques) as well as ability to learn to use
spectroscopy and structural characterisation techniques such as
x-ray diffraction and electron microscopy
Career development A key component of the career management process is the agreement
of professional development plans between individual Post-Doctoral
support offered to
fellows
& Senior Post-Doctoral Researchers with their Principal Investigators
(PI). Please see
http://www.ucc.ie/en/careers/informationforresearchstaff/careerd
evelopmentplanning/ and
http://www.ucc.ie/en/careers/informationforresearchstaff/professi
onaldevelopmentplanning/ for more information.
At UCC and Tyndall, researchers have responsibility for managing
and pursuing their own careers and career development, supported
by the Principal Investigator. This is laid down in the Employment
and Career Management Structure for Researchers policy doc
In additional to the UCC training offered, Tyndall also offer
training solutions as a result of a conducted Individual and
Group Training Needs Analysis, a sample of some of these skills
training offered is below. Individual and team training needs
are also addressed.
•
Conducting Effective Meetings
•
Presentation Skills
•
Finance for Non-Financial Manager
•
How to Write the Abstract and Impact of a European
Research Proposal
•
Quality Management at Tyndall
•
Quality Management at Tyndall for Researchers
•
Quality Management at Tyndall for Researchers
•
Hiring Managers Recruitment Support Training
•
Time Management & Personal Effectiveness
Application
procedure
Contact Person
CV and letter of motivation to the hiring manager.
[email protected]