Jobs in Nature-inspired Innovation

Hello,

I’ve pulled together another bunch of roles within industry and academia, plus added a new group for internships.

Over the coming weeks, I'm reviewing how I deliver the jobs and main newsletter. It’s very time-consuming to pull this together. Given the challenging economic conditions, I will analyse how I can effectively utilise my time, or see if I can monetise these via subscriptions or sponsorship. I hope not to stop these, but look at various options over the coming weeks.

2023 was the worst in over 10 years of my time running my own business. Long-Covid and the resulting physical and mental health issues meant effectively running a business without paying myself a salary. This is life. Many other small business owners have been in the same position.

So, good luck finding your next role.

Richard

*New roles - all other roles are continuing to accept applications.

Industry

• *Radiant Matter - Mechanical/Production Engineer (UK)
• *Bioga - Project Coordinator (Spain)
• *?ssur - Bionics Supervisor (Iceland)
• *Antler - Startup Founder - Biotechnology for Environmental Applications(France)
• *CACI International Inc - Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience Expert(USA)
• *Brineworks - Electrolysis Scientist (Netherlands)
• *Battelle - Lead Explosives Physicist (USA)
• *Hitachi Energy - GIS Secondary Engineer (India)
• Seprify - various (Switzerland)
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - Post Masters Research Associate - Renewables Integration (USA)
• *Bouygues Construction - Building Project Manager (France)
• Perkins & Will - Senior Regenerative Design Advisor (USA)
• Deloitte - DK Process Bionics Team - Senior Consultant (South Africa)
• Ametra Engineering - PhD in Mechanics / Materials / Fluid Mechanics (France)
• Fresh Tri - Lead Product Designer (USA)
• Anteris Technologies - various (USA)
• OXMAN - Computational Designer (USA)
• RHEON LABS - Product Developer (UK)
• Beyer Blinder Belle - Sustainability Director (USA)
• Opteran - various (UK)
• Prophesee - various engineering roles (France)
• Shellworks - Mechanical Engineer (UK)
• Sparxell - various (UK)

Research

• *University of Lund - Post-doctoral fellow in Physical Chemistry (Sweden)
• *Polish Academy of Sciences - Postdoc: Digital fabrication of functional gradient materials aided by artificial intelligence methods: a step towards next-generation porous materials (Poland)
• *University of Wroclaw - Assistant professor (post-doc) at the Biological Inorganic Chemistry Group (Poland)
• *Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - PhD: Nanomechanics of glasses (France)
• *Pennsylvania State University - Postdoctoral Scholar - Biomedical Engineering(USA)
• *Technical University of Denmark - Postdoc in Design, Synthesis and Development of Innovative Biomimetic 3D Cross-linked Polymers for Biomedical Applications (Denmark)
• *Technical University of Denmark - Postdoc in Photonic Nanostructures for Biosensing Applications (Denmark)
• *Delft University of Technology - PhD Position Study of Turbulent Drag Reduction by Means of Passive Methods Inspired by the Spanwise Oscillation Mechanism (Netherlands)
• *University of Calgary - Assistant Professor in Circularity and Sustainable Design Methodologies (Canada)
• *University of Calgary - Assistant Professor in Industrial Ecology for Energy and Resources (Canada)
• *University of Calgary - Assistant Professor in Engineering for Sustainable Development (Canada)
• *University of Calgary - Assistant Professor in Urban Sustainability (Canada)
• *University of Calgary - Assistant Professor in Industrial Systems Transitions(Canada)
• *Adam Mickiewicz University - BioInk for tissue engineering (Poland)
• *University College Dublin - Post Doc in cell-derived matrices (Republic of Ireland)
• *i3S - Junior Researcher with PhD: Biomedical Sciences (Portugal)
• *New York University Abu Dhabi - Research Scientist in the Center for Smart Engineering Materials (UAE)
• *CNRS - Post-doctoral fellow "Synthesis of lignin models and study of their enzymatic modifications" (France)
• *CNR Institute of Nanotechnology - Junior research position: Precision Medicine + Nanotech (Italy)
• *University of Twente - Post-Doctoral Position in Surgical Robotics(Netherlands)
• *Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania - Monitor Surveillance Technician(USA)
• Harvard University / Wyss Institute - Research Assistant III – Cell Culture and Reproductive Health (USA)
• New York University Abu Dhabi - Research Scientist in the Center for Smart Engineering Materials (UAE)
• University of Texas Health Science Center - Assistant/Associate or Full Professor, Neural Decoding and Machine Learning for BCI in Humans (USA)
• Ulster University - PhD, High Precision Printing of Biomimetic Structures for Tissue Regeneration (UK)
• KU Leuven - Postdoc position on particle-stabilized Pickering emulsions in droplet-based microfluidic environments to mimic biomimetic erythrocyte (red blood cell) membranes (Belgium)
• Michigan State University - Research Associate (USA)
• ETH Zurich - Postdoctoral position, biomaterials (Switzerland)
• Forschungszentrum Jülich - Masters Thesis - Biomimetic-Supported Lipid Bilayers (Germany)
• Univ. Grenoble Alpes - Design, synthesis and mechanisms of melanogenesis inhibitors (France)
• ICN2 - INphINIT “la Caixa” Fellowship Programme (Spain)
• University of Newcastle - Insect-inspired pattern recognition with low computing power, collaborating with Opteran (UK)
• UC San Francisco - Professional Researcher in Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences (USA)
• NASA - Post-Doctorate in Optical Instrumentation and NDE Technology (USA)
• SUNY Upstate Medical University - Research Support Specialist (USA)
• DEVCOM - Bioinspired Devices and Sensors (USA)
• UC Irvine - Postdoctoral Scholar - Analysis of Biological and Biomimetic Materials(USA)
• UC Irvine - Postdoctoral Scholar Positions in Bioinspired Photonics (USA)

Internships + Placements

• *Opteran - Working towards a University Degree in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent (UK)
• Sandia National Laboratories - Intern: Unmanned Systems & Autonomy - Technical Graduate Summer (USA)
• OKWIND - Agronomic/eco-physiology officer internship (France)
• Prophesee - programming experience and knowledge of event-based tech + machine learning (France)

Good luck finding your new role in '24!

Richard James MacCowan, founder of Biomimicry Innovation Lab

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