Employment Opportunities at NCU

Offer No.: 4901

Institution: Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics

City: Toruń

Position: assistant professor (adjunkt) - research staff

Discipline: The Field of Exact and Natural Sciences - Physical Sciences

Posted: 2026-05-14

Expires: 2026-06-13

Keywords: quantum optical coherence tomography, super-resolution imaging, quantum entanglement

Description (field, expectations, comments): The competition is open to persons who meet the conditions set out in Article 113 of the Act of 20 July 2018 - Law on higher education and science (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1668) and the following qualification criteria:
- Ph.D. in physics or a related field,
- Excellent command of English (spoken and written),
- Demonstrated experience in single-photon generation, manipulation, and detection,
- Documented experience in experimental quantum optics and optical coherence tomography.

We offer employment at a postdoc position in a research grant financed by the National Science Center, Poland within Opus 29 competition. The candidate must meet requirements of the Center, in particular have a doctoral degree obtained not earlier than 12 years before 1 January of the year of employment in the project (this period may be extended in the event of breaks in the scientific career as defined by the Center). A person employed at the postdoc position cannot be employed under another employment contract at the same time.

Job description:

- Development of Quantum Optical Coherence Tomography instrumentation as well as theoretical models and simulations of its superresolution performance,
- Presentation of the obtained results at conferences and preparation of scientific articles,
- Provide scientific mentorship and supervision of Ph.D. students.

Project manager: dr hab. Piotr Kolenderski, prof. UMK

Project title: "Advancing light-based imaging using Quantum Optical Coherence Tomography and Machine Learning"

Expected duration of employment: up to 28 months

Salary: PLN 180,000 gross gross per year

Planned emplyment period: August 2026 at the earliest

Required documents:

• Personal questionnaire for the person applying for employment (download here)
• Professional curriculum vitae
• Copy of higher education diploma
• Copy of doctorate certificate
• List of publications (including the publishing house/journal, year of publication, and page number)
• Declaration of consent to the processing of personal data contained in the job offer for the needs of the recruitment process, in accordance with the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of The Council od 27 April 2016 (L119/1) (download here)
• Declaration under art. 113 ust. 1 ustawy Prawo o szkolnictwie wyższym (o niekaralności) (Art. Paragraph 113 (1) of the Higher Education Act (of no criminal record)) (download here)
• Declaration that Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń will be my primary employer once I have won the contest (download here)
• A cover letter (addressed to Professor Andrzej Tretyn, Rector of the Nicolaus Copernicus University)
• contact details to at least one researcher who can provide a reference for the Candidate

Additional information: Please submit the above-mentioned documents to dorotas@umk.pl with annotation in the subject line:"Postdoc Opus29 2026.1" (offer no. 4901). Application deadline: June 13, 2026. The university does not provide accommodation. The university reserves the right not to select any candidate. The project manager reserves the right to interview selected candidates.

Please be informed that the person selected through the competition will be obliged to submit a certificate from the National Criminal Register with regard to offences specified in Chapters 19 and 25 of the Penal Code (including offences against sexual freedom and morality), in Article 189a and Article 207 of the Penal Code and in the Act on Counteracting Drug Addiction of 29 July 2005 (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 1939 and of 2022, item 2600), or for the corresponding offences defined in foreign law. The obligation to verify applies to a person whose tasks will be related to the protected activity referred to in Article 21. of the Act of 13 May 2016 on counteracting the threat of sexual offences and the protection of minors (Journal of Laws of 2024, item 560).

Pursuant to art. 24 paragraph 6 of the Act of June 14, 2024 on the protection of whistleblowers (Journal of Laws of 2024, item 928), information on the internal reporting procedure at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń is available at: https://www.umk.pl/en/contact/internal-reporting/

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