Job Maastricht University - Phd student or Researcher, FHML/School for Cardiovascular Diseases/Radiology

The project entitled: “Multimodality Molecular Imaging of neovascularisation in atherosclerotic lesions” aims to advance quantitative in vivo Molecular Imaging using a multimodality approach (e.g. PET and MRI) from preclinical to clinical studies.

A Master Degree or PhD in Biology, Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, or a comparable degree. We are looking for a candidate with interest in small animal MRI or NMR. You are able to work in an inter-disciplinary environment.

As a PhD-student you will have a full-time employment for 4 years at CARIM and will be working at the Radiology department to finish your PhD-thesis.

Temporary employment for 4 years.

Your salary would be € 2.042,-- gross per month in the first year up to € 2.612,-- gross per month in the fourth year according to the PhD-student salary scale.

Each year an evaluation will take place.

As a Post-doc you will have a full-time employment for 2 ½ years at CARIM.

The position is temporary for the starting as soon as possible. Depending on experience and qualification, the gross monthly salary is scale 10 (max. € 3755)

Maastricht University is renowned for its unique, innovative, problem-based learning system, which is characterized by a small-scale and student-oriented approach. Research at UM is characterized by a multidisciplinary and thematic approach, and is concentrated in research institutes and schools. Maastricht University has around 14,000 students and 3,500 employees. Reflecting the university's strong international profile, a fair amount of both students and staff are from abroad. The university hosts 6 faculties: Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Faculty of Law, School of Business and Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience.

We offer a challenging research project within a large consortium with academic and industrial partners which will enable the candidate to perform state-of-the-art research on highly advanced imaging equipment (PET and MRI) in a national consortium of leading experts on imaging of atherosclerosis. You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team. Performing research within this consortium will provide you with an excellent network of contacts that can be of great value for your future career. Opportunities include development of novel imaging methods for atherosclerosis, probe development, pre- and clinical validation. You will be working in a stimulating interdisciplinary biomedical team including physicists, bio-chemists, biologists, and clinicians of the Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM) in the Netherlands. CARIM is one of the internationally leading institutes on cardiovascular research and an international review committee recently judged the research on imaging as excellent.

For more information, please contact:

ME (Eline) Kooi, PhD, eline.kooi@mumc.nl; tel: +31 43-3874910 and/or

S (Sylvia) Heeneman, PhD, S.Heeneman@PATH.unimaas.nl; tel: + 31 43-3976629