PhD Research Fellowship in Photochemistry for Biological Applications

A 4-year PhD position is available in the area of “Photochemistry of Biomolecules” at the Instituto de Tecnología Química (a joint center between the Universitat Politècnica de València and the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas).

The main efforts during this PhD project will be directed to counter the photobiological risk of sunlight irradiation and its harmful consequences, such as skin cancer or aging. This will be achieved, on the one hand, through the elucidation of a key photophysical process involved in the photoinduced formation of DNA damages, which is the recurrent but unanswered issue of energy transfer within the DNA helix. On the other hand, the obtained information will allow elaborating new (nano)systems for photoprotection and/or phototherapy.