Canada Impact+ Emerging Leader in Experimental Biophotonics
University of Ottawa — Main Campus
Posted 2026-09-16
Job Type: Academic Regular Faculty/Department: Department of Physics_FT The University of Ottawa (uOttawa) invites applications for a tenure-track Canada Impact+ Emerging Leader position in Experimental Biophotonics, aligned with the Government of Canada strategic priority area of health, including biotechnology. This position is associated with the Canada Impact+ Research Chair in Ultrafast Chirality for Health, Environment, and Quantum Technologies in the Faculty of Science, as part of the Eddie Goldenberg Research Chairs of Canada Program (formerly Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program). We seek an early-career researcher (ECR) with expertise in optical, photonic, or quantum-enabled approaches to investigate biological systems and advance human health. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, advanced microscopy, molecular imaging, optical sensing, nonlinear optics, ultrafast spectroscopy, fiber and integrated photonics, quantum optics, quantum photonics, and related experimental approaches for probing molecular dynamics, chirality and spin-dependent phenomena. Applications may span neuroscience, molecular medicine, including metabolomics and biomarker discovery, prec