Department of Biomedical Engineering
Research Associate (Full-time/Part-time) / Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time)
(Ref. 240503007)
(1) Research Associate (Full-time/Part-time)
[Appointment period: twelve months]
(2) Research Assistant (Full-time/Part-time)
[Appointment period: twelve months]
Duties
The appointees will assist the project leader in the research project - “Targeting muscle-tendon interaction and energy recycling through multimodal muscle training for performance enhancement in marathon runners”. They will be required to perform subject coordination, conduct human experiments using wearable motion capture techniques and analyse metabolic/physiological data related to running economy.
Qualifications
For the post of Research Associate, applicants should have a master’s degree or a good honours degree in Biomedical Engineering, Kinesiology, Rehabilitation Science, Neuroscience or Orthopedics with three or more years of research/relevant work experience.
For the post of Research Assistant, applicants should have an honours degree in Biomedical Engineering, Kinesiology, Rehabilitation Science, Neuroscience or Orthopedics.
Preference will be given to those with prior experience and expertise in ultrasonography, near-infrared spectroscopy, human movement analysis and measures of aerobic capacities.
Applicants are invited to contact Dr Tony Chen at telephone number 2766 7693 or via email at l-tony.chen@polyu.edu.hk for further information.
Conditions of Service
For full-time appointment, a highly competitive remuneration package will be offered.
For part-time appointment, the remuneration rate for the posts of Research Associate and Research Assistant are HK$173 per hour and HK$122 per hour respectively.
Consideration of applications will commence on 8 May 2024 until the positions are filled.
Posting date: 3 May 2024