Research Assistant (PhD Student)

Doctorat / PhD Profil chercheur : First Stage Researcher (R1) Type de contrat : Temporary Date limite de candidature : 16 Nov 2026 - 15:00 (Europe/Bucharest) Date de début : 1 Dec 2026 Programme UE : Not funded by a EU programme Département : Rectorate Domaine : Pharmacological sciences » Other

Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy (UMFCD), Bucharest, partner P2 in project 17CoEx/2026 “National Multidisciplinary Research Center of Excellence for Drug-Resistant Infections” (ARES), opens one full-time Research Assistant position for a PhD student, on a fixed-term contract for the period 1 December 2026 – 31 December 2030. The UMFCD team develops lipid and vesicular nanostructured systems for the targeted transport and release of antimicrobial compounds, characterises plant extracts and determines antibiotics in environmental samples by mass spectrometry. Main duties: prepare nanostructured formulations and membrane/biomimetic vesicles loaded with antimicrobial compounds (antibiotics, new compounds, standardised plant extracts); characterise the formulations: size, polydispersity index, zeta potential, morphology, encapsulation efficiency, stability, in vitro release kinetics; optimise them through Design of Experiments; prepare samples and analyse plant extracts by LC-MS (compositional profiling, annotation, molecular networking); determine antibiotics and their degradation products in environmental samples (water, soil, plant organs); develop and validate analytical methods, experimental protocols and standard operating procedures; transfer characterised formulations and extracts to the biological evaluation teams of the consortium; record experiments in the laboratory notebook and manage data under the project Data Management Plan (FAIR principles); contribute to technical reports, scientific papers, conference communications and patent applications.

Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy (UMFCD), Bucharest, partner P2 in project 17CoEx/2026 “National Multidisciplinary Research Center of Excellence for Drug-Resistant Infections” (ARES), opens one full-time Research Assistant position for a PhD student, on a fixed-term contract for the period 1 December 2026 – 31 December 2030.

The UMFCD team develops lipid and vesicular nanostructured systems for the targeted transport and release of antimicrobial compounds, characterises plant extracts and determines antibiotics in environmental samples by mass spectrometry.

Main duties:

prepare nanostructured formulations and membrane/biomimetic vesicles loaded with antimicrobial compounds (antibiotics, new compounds, standardised plant extracts);

characterise the formulations: size, polydispersity index, zeta potential, morphology, encapsulation efficiency, stability, in vitro release kinetics; optimise them through Design of Experiments;

prepare samples and analyse plant extracts by LC-MS (compositional profiling, annotation, molecular networking);

determine antibiotics and…