Postdoc Research Associate at Baylor University, Intersted candidates can apply

Postdoc Research Associate: The Nano-Optics and Advanced Health-Sensing (NOAHS) Lab at Baylor University is looking for a Postdoc Research Associate who will focus on heterogeneous integration of transparent conductive oxides (TCOS) with silicon photonics, which will be primarily funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) Partnerships for Innovation (PFI) grant. 

The Postdoc Research Associate will collaborate with Intel Corp. and other silicon photonics companies for the development of ultra-low voltage, high bandwidth silicon photonic modulators driven by TCO materials. This project will seek technology transfer and commercialization and the postdoc will have the opportunity to participate the NSF i-Corp training program to develop essential skills for startup companies. 

The position is renewable for two or more years based on performance and availability of continued funding. Responsibilities of this position include but are not limited to:

• Design of high-speed optical modulators that will be fabricated by commercial silicon photonic integrated circuit foundries.

• Fabrication of silicon-TCO photonic devices and subsystems using electron beam lithography, sputtering, etching, atomic layer deposition, and evaporation.

•Characterization of high-speed optoelectronic devices using vector network analyzer, arbitrary wave generator and digital communication analyzer.

• Mentoring PhD students, collaborate with industrial partners, and reach out to potential customers.

• Participate in the preparation and writing of journal manuscripts, and presentations at conferences and/or posters.

The NOAHS Lab is led by Prof. Alan Wang, who is the Mearse Endowed Chair Professor at the

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. During his research career, Prof. Wang has raised over $10 M dollars in externally funded research from the NSF, AFOSR, DARPA, NIH, NASA and Army Research Office, along with industry sponsors such as Intel and Hewlett Packard. He has more than 120 journal publications and 120 conference presentations including 18 plenary/invited presentations. He also holds eight granted or pending U.S. patents. Prof. Wang is a fellow member of SPIE and senior member of Optica and IEEE.

Interested candidates can directly contact Prof. Alan Wang at alan_wang@baylor.edu

About Baylor University

Located at Waco, Texas, Baylor University is a private university and is the oldest college in Texas. With a population of 21,000 diverse students, Baylor is one of the rising research

universities in the nation, having been named an R1 institution by the Carnegie Classification in January 2022. Baylor offers competitive salaries and benefits to Postdoc Research Associates.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Applied Physics, or a closely related field. Strong background in optics/photonics and solid-state physics.

• Research experience with integrated photonics, silicon photonics, cleanroom fabrication, and optical device characterization.