Post Doctoral Research Fellow Light, Health & Circadian Biology (Job at Philips

Department description
Within Philips Lighting in Eindhoven, the Global Organization Applications Lighting (GOAL) department connects marketing to technology by facilitating the translation from user needs & wishes into specifications and claims for innovative lighting products. In the end-user driven innovation process light effects and concepts are defined, built and tested with end-users. GOAL works in many application segments such as Healthcare, Office, Industry, Retail, Hospitality, and Outdoor.

The position for a post doctoral research fellow light, health, well-being and circadian biology is for a duration of 2 years. The position is available per direct, preferably the job start is within 2010. After 2 years, prolongation of the job will be considered.
The fellow will be part of the GOAL application team. The fellow will work closely together with the program manager (luc.schlangen@philips.com) to execute and define global activities in the light, health & well-being program within GOAL .

Candidate responsibilities
The fellow works in the area of light, health, well-being and circadian rhythms. (S)he:
1. defines and executes research projects
2. supports internal claim validation studies with up to date scientific knowledge and experience on questionnaires and psycho-physiological parameters that are relevant for light applications
3. contributes to existing international research collaborations & helps shaping new ones
4. contributes to the organization and execution of clinical trials, together with in- and external partners
Key areas of responsibility:
• Increase the Philips knowledge on the influence of lighting on humans in biological and psychological ways
• Implement this knowledge into business projects
• Contribute to existing international collaboration projects & initiate new options
• Support claim validation research projects and clinical trials with literature research, protocol definition, data collection and -interpretation
• Build and extend the global network with leading research institutions for the light, health and well-being theme
• IP generation in the area of light, health& well-being
• Write and present scientific papers and literature research/review reports

Candidate profile
Desired experience:
• PhD, or comparable experience, in Life Sciences, Psycho-Physiology , Biophysics or Biochemistry
• Experience within research collaborations, preferably international
Know-how/skills:
• Psycho-physiological and behavioral research methods
• Light and its role in circadian biology, biological rhythms & light therapy
• Organization and execution of Clinical (field) trials
• Knowledge and understanding of statistical methods
Required personal characteristics:
• Enthusiasm to generate and exchange scientific knowledge, and make it of relevance for practical (business) applications
• Value other opinions, but also defend own opinions with evidence and conviction
• Ability to set priorities and persist while supporting business/customers in research projects
• Open mind for new initiatives and ideas (even in the rebound)
Philips is an equal opportunity employer and diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

If you are interested in this challenging position, I kindly invite you to apply. Please submit your application via
https://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_philips/int19561908/gateway.do?functionName=viewFromLink&jobPostId=210581&localeCode=en-us
Contact: Erwin Lennertz: +31 (0)6 2519 9162

Some recent publications related to Light, Health & Well-being activities of Philips Lighting:
1. Mills,P.R., Tomkins,S.C. & Schlangen,L.J.M. The effect of high correlated colour temperature office lighting on employee wellbeing and work performance. J Circadian Rhythms 5 , (2007).
2. Riemersma-van der Lek,R. et al. Effect of Bright Light and Melatonin on Cognitive and Noncognitive Function in Elderly Residents of Group Care Facilities: A Randomized Controlled Trial. JAMA 299, 2642-2655 (2008).
3. Francis,G. et al. Sleep during the Antarctic winter: preliminary observations on changing the spectral composition of artificial light. J Sleep Res (2008).
4. Viola,A.U., James,L.M., Schlangen,L.J. & Dijk,D.J. Blue-enriched white light in the workplace improves self-reported alertness, performance and sleep quality. Scand. J Work Environ. Health 34, 297-306 (2008).
5. Smith,M.R., Revell,V.L. & Eastman,C.I. Phase advancing the human circadian clock with blue-enriched polychromatic light. Sleep Med. 10, 287-294 (2009).
6. Geerdinck,L.M., Zande,B.v.d., Talen,A., Erp,T.v. & Schlangen,L.J.M. Comfortable lighting for seniors: the effect of illuminance and color temperature on the visual acuity in later life, Proc. Lux Europa ,Istanbul 2009.
7. Phipps-Nelson,J., Redman,J.R., Schlangen,L.J. & Rajaratnam,S.M. Blue light exposure reduces objective measures of sleepiness during prolonged nighttime performance testing. Chronobiol. Int. 26, 891-912 (2009).
8. Meesters,Y. & Ruiter,M.J. The Effects of Low Intensity Blue-enriched White Light Treatment Compared to Standard Light Treatment in SAD, Proc. Abstracts of the 21st Annual Meeting of the Society for Light Treatment and Biol Rhythms, June 24th - 27th, 2009 Berlin, Germany, Vol.21:p.44.
9. Schulte-Markworth,M., Barkmann,C. & Wessolowski,N. Effect of Light in Schools. CIE x035:2010: Proceedings of CIE 2010 "Lighting Quality and Energy Efficiency" 14-17 March 2010, Vienna, Austria. 2010. ISBN 978 3 901906 83 1.
10. Optimising sleep quality in later life with blue-enriched white light, part of the SOMNIA project in the UK:
http://www.somnia.surrey.ac.uk/wp5.html ; http://www.somnia.surrey.ac.uk/wp6.html

YRC seminars at the 4th EUCLOCK Annual Meeting

Young Researcher Seminar - Program

Monday 25th Jan 2010 15:30-18:00
Building a scientific story and presenting it in a talk or a poster
􏰀 identifying an audience
􏰀 building a story
􏰀 preparing and giving a talk
􏰀 practical exercise

Tuesday 26th Jan 2010 13:00-14:00
Analysis of two talks from the morning session

Tuesday 26th Jan 2010 19:00-20:00
Analysis of two talks from the afternoon session

Tuesday 26th Jan 2010 20:00-22:00
How to write a paper and get it published in a leading journal
􏰀 publishing process
􏰀 choosing the right journal
􏰀 responding to editors and reviewers
􏰀 planning and preparing a paper for submission
􏰀 practical exercise

EUCLOCK - Entrainment of the circadian clock -

Post Doctoral Research Fellow Light, Health & Circadian Biology (Job at Philips

YRC seminars at the 4th EUCLOCK Annual Meeting