Job Maastricht University - PhD student or Researcher, FHML/School for Cardiovascular diseases/Radiology

The project entitled: “Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI for the visualization of neovascularisation in atherosclerotic plaque” aims to advance quantitative in vivo MRI from preclinical to clinical studies.

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 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 image acquisition techniques as well as model optimalization for image analysis, and 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.

A Master Degree or PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry or a comparable degree. We are looking for a candidate with interest in image acquisition techniques as well as pharmacokinetic modelling. You are able to work in an inter-disciplinary environment.

The terms of employment of Maastricht University are set out in the Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities (CAO). Furthermore, local UM provisions also apply. For more information look at the website http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/ , A-Z Terms of Employment.

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. 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.

Researcher: you will have a full-time employment for 2,5 years at CARIM. Depending on experience and qualification, the gross monthly salary is scale 10 (max. € 3755), based on a full-time appointment.

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.

For more information, please contact:

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