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Graduate students are invited to express their interest for a full time MSc by research post (duration of 3 semesters, starting in the Academic year of 2020/2021). 

Students must be in possession of at least an Upper Second Class Honours degree, ideally in one of the following areas: Biology and Chemistry, Pharmacology or Applied Biomedical Science and an excellent level English language and literacy. 

The bench fees for this project have been waived.

Interested students should send an email of an expression of interest, a copy of their CV and BSc transcript record to Prof. Vasilis Valdramidis and Dr Sholeem Griffin by 15 July 2020.

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The graduate student will be trained and will execute a number of tasks related to a collaborative project between the Department of Food Science and Nutrition (Faculty of Health Sciences) and the Centre for Biomedical Cybernetics.

The MSc student will work in some key innovations in the development of is traceability and authenticity control tools of traditional high-value Mediterranean foods such as cheese and honey, using latest analytical and software technologies. The overall objectives will be to (i) development of adulterated cheese and honey models (ii) assessment of model food products using classical analytical or microbial techniques such as HPLC or plate counting and (iii) implementation of hyperspectral image analysis for the identification of adulterated model food products. The activities of this work will be achieved through collaboration with Mediterranean academic institutes and SMEs as part of the MEDIFIT PRIMA project.

Further information about this project may be obtained in writing from Dr Vasilis Valdramidis or Dr Sholeem Griffin.

The selection procedure will involve:

 a. scrutiny of qualifications and experience claimed and supported by testimonials and/or certificates; and

b. an informal interview.