WIAS invites applications for a
PhD student position (f/m/d)
(Ref. 21/10)
in the Research Group
“Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computing”
(Head: Prof. Dr. Volker John, Supervisor: Dr. Alfonso Caiazzo) starting at May 1st, 2021 or at the earliest possible date thereafter.
The position is framed within the DFG funded project “Computational Multiscale Methods for the Inverse Estimation of Effective Properties of Poroelastic Tissue”, a collaboration between the WIAS and the Chair of Computational Mathematics of the University of Augsburg (Head: Prof. Dr. Daniel Peterseim).
The project aims to develop computational multiscale models and inversion algorithms to support modern clinical imaging techniques based on Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE). MRE combines magnetic resonance images with mathematical and physical models in order to recover, in vivo and non-invasively, information about the elastic behavior and mechanical parameters of human tissues. The purpose of the project is to develop novel mathematical descriptions of vascularized tissues and efficient computational tools for numerical simulations and for the solution of related inverse problems.
The research will build on the existing collaboration with the MRE group at the Department of Radiology of the Charité-Universiätsmedizin Berlin (Prof. Dr. Ingolf Sack) and the Department Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie of the Universitätsklinikum Augsburg (Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Kröncke).
We are looking for candidates with a master’s degree and a strong background in computational mathematics and scientific computing, with interest in medical applications. Prior knowledge in continuum mechanics, homogenization theory, or finite element methods are beneficial.
See here for more information: https://short.sg/j/9472115