RICAM invites applications for a PhD student position (f/m/d) in the Research Group “ Mathematical Methods in Medicine and Life Sciences Group” (Head: Prof. Dr. L. Gerardo-Giorda) for a duration of 3 years.

The position is funded by the BMBWF and FWF initiative “Alternative Methods to Animal Experimentation”, as part of the project “Digital twin for presurgical assessment of cardiac ablation” led by Dr. Argyrios Petras.

The PhD student will become a part of the Mathematical Methods in Medicine and Life Sciences Group at RICAM, located in Linz/Austria, will collaborate with medical doctors and integrate finite element simulations with medical imaging data to develop patient-specific modelling of radiofrequency catheter ablation procedure.

Your profile:
● Completed Master study in Applied Mathematics, Engineering, Physics or similar field.
● Strong background in Finite Element Method.
● Familiarity or experience with Python and/or C++ programming languages.
● A keen interest in medical applications.
● Excellent knowledge of English language.

Our offer:
● The opportunity to work in an international and lively research environment, and collaborate with experts in the field and with national and international medical doctors.
● The opportunity to work with real patient medical imaging data and support the cause of promoting computer simulations to reduce animal experimentation.
● An annual gross salary of € 31.326,40 according to the salary scheme of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).

We invite you to send your application with a scientific CV, a short research statement, and references for possible recommendation letters via email to argyrios.petras@ricam.oeaw.ac.at, (mentioning Job ID: RICAM006DOC222).

Technical queries should be directed to Dr. A. Petras (argyrios.petras@ricam.oeaw.ac.at)

The advertisement is open with immediate effect and will remain open until the position will be filled.

We are looking forward to your application!

For more information: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/fileadmin/Institute/RICAM/pdf/jobs/2022/RICAM006DOC222_FWF_Petras_ab_Juni_22.pdf
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/ricam/