Open PhD position in Medical Physics or Biophysics

Employer

Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Description

The research group Applied Medical Radiation Physics is searching for a PhD-student in physics with high interest in biomedical research. Our research focuses on the influence of tissue oxygenation on the radiation response of tumors after photons, protons and carbon ions. Aim of the project is to quantitatively characterize the vessel architecture, perfusion and hypoxia prior and after irradiation by Positron-Emission-Tomography (PET), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) as well as by computer simulation methods. Based on simulations of the oxygen distribution for three-dimensional vessel architectures, biophysical tumor response models shall be improved.

The tasks of the successful candidate will be:

• to establish three-dimensional image datasets of the vessel architecture of experimental tumors based on stained histological sections and image processing methods,
• to quantitatively characterize the vessel architecture and to simulate the oxygen distribution on the basis of the reconstructed three-dimensional image datasets of the vessel architecture,
• to extend existing tumor response and tumor oxygenation simulation models based on the obtained results,
• to support image acquisition (MRI, PET) and image data analysis.

Candidate requirements

• Master degree in physics, ideally with specialization in medical physics or biophysics
• Highly motivated, flexible, able to work independently as well as in an interdisciplinary team
• Good computer skills, experience in programming is required
• Experience in medical imaging or image data processing would be of advantage

About the employer

The PhD Student will be employed by the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) (http://www.dkfz.de).

The German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) with its more than 3,000 employees is the largest biomedical research institute in Germany. The DKFZ also has a strong and internationally well known research divisionin the field of medical physics in radiation oncology (http://www.dkfz.de/en/medphys).

Further details

The position is available for 3 years

Possible start of employment: Thursday, 01 September 2016.

Contract: Full-time, Fixed-term

Salary: equivalent to TV-L 13 (50%)

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