Current Opportunities at Vanderbilt

We are looking for a highly motivated and independent postdoctoral fellow to join our interdisciplinary team working at the cutting edge of biomedical optics and translational imaging. This position supports a major NIH-funded initiative to improve the specificity of bladder cancer detection by developing a compact, multimodal imaging system combining digital staining and polarization-sensitive OCT.

The selected candidate will take a lead role in integrating and validating a miniaturized PS-OCT probe into a functional imaging platform for use in ex vivo tissue studies. 

Responsibilities include:
-Optical system design, integration and alignment
-Calibration and validation using phantoms and tissue samples
-Supporting data acquisition and interfacing with other imaging technologies
-Contributing to publication, presentation, and reporting of results
-Collaborating with engineers and clinical researchers

Required Qualifications:
-Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Applied Physics, or related field
-Demonstrated experience in optical system assembly and calibration
-Familiarity with OCT or similar optical imaging modalities
-Proficiency in MATLAB, LabVIEW, Python, or C++
-Excellent communication and teamwork skills

Preferred Qualifications:
-Experience with polarization-sensitive OCT
-Experience testing or deploying imaging systems on biological samples
-Prior publications in biomedical optics or system design

The Bowden Lab is part of the Vanderbilt Biophotonics Center and the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and is deeply engaged in interdisciplinary research at the interface of optics, medicine, and engineering.

Interested candidates should email Audrey Bowden (a.bowden@vanderbilt.edu) and send CV and copy of one publication showing design of an optical system that you have built. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.