RESEARCHER - PEPPERED SKIN (MAX. 1 YEAR)

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Job description

We invite you to apply if you are a technical physician, biomedical engineer or applied physicist interested in imaging and modelling human skin perfusion. You will be a member of the Biomedical Photonic Imaging group of the University of Twente. You will work in the STW Open Mind Project ’Chili pepper, and keeping cancer under control’. See this news item, movie and blog (in Dutch) for more background information regarding the project. Your role will be to develop and perform measurements using existing optical imaging equipment regarding the perfusion of skin, and to do computer simulations accompanying the experiments.

Requirements

You have at least an MSc degree in Technical Medicine, Biomedical Engineering or Applied Physics. Applications by recently graduated PhDs will also be considered.

Information and application Please contact Prof.dr. Wiendelt Steenbergen (w.steenbergen@utwente.nl) for more information.

You can send your application through the button below, before 1 April 2017. Do not apply by e-mail. Applications need to include a one-page motivation letter and a CV.

Conditions of employment

You will be offered a full-time (38 hours/week) position for a minimum of 8 months and a maximum of one year, depending on your education. In accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities, the gross monthly salary will be € 2.431,-- if you are a recently graduated MSc, and € 3.068,-- if you have a PhD degree, plus a holiday allowance (8%), an end-year bonus (8,3% of the annual salary) and a number of additional benefits.

Employer

The University of Twente. We stand for life sciences and technology. High tech and human touch. Education and research that matter. New technology which drives change, innovation and progress in society. The University of Twente is the only campus university in the Netherlands; divided over five faculties we provide more than fifty educational programmes. The University of Twente has a strong focus on personal development and talented researchers are given scope for carrying out pioneering research.

Within the TNW Faculty (Faculty of Science & Technology) of the University of Twente some 700 staff members and 2000 students are involved in training and research on the interface of chemical technology, applied physics and biomedical technology. Fields of application include sustainable energy, process technology and materials science, nanotechnology and technical medicine. Research, which enjoys a high profile both at home and internationally, has been accommodated in the multidisciplinary research institutes MESA+ and MIRA. The faculty works together intensively with industrial partners and researchers in the Netherlands and abroad and conducts extensive research for external commissioning parties and funders.

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