Position: PhD studentship funded by EU Host-Driven Marie Curie Action RTN (Marie Curie job opportunity for Early Stage Researcher, 0-4 years of experience).
Place of work: Krakow, Poland
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 3 years
Start date: 01/09/2007
Deadline for application: 01/06/2007
Job title: Magnetic Resonance Imaging using Hyperpolarised Gases
Profile: Graduate or Masters Physicists with a strong theoretical and experimental background in atomic or medical physics, knowledge of electronics and programming in C language.
Job description: The work will involve implementation of novel techniques of 3He polarization in high magnetic field and optimisation of low-field MRI system. The student will be encouraged to participate in ongoing collaborations with other researchers across Europe with multiple opportunities to visit leading international laboratories and to attend taught summer schools.
Funding: The project is funded as part of the EU- 6th Framework Program - Research and Training Network "PHELINET" (Polarised Helium Lung Imaging Network, 2007-2011, information posted on http://www.phil.ens.fr). As a consequence, specific rules with trans-national mobility conditions apply for recruitment.
Gross amount of employment contract: 27097 euros/year. Recruited researchers in Marie Curie RTNs also receive travel, mobility, and relocation allowances. 
Restrictive conditions: For detailed information about the rules of mobility and conditions of nationality applicable to eligible researchers, please visit: http://ec.europa.eu/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/. In particular: 1/The candidate should preferably (but not exclusively) be a national of EU Member or Associated States, excluding Poland; 2/ At the date of appointment, she/he should not have resided or worked in Poland for more than 12 months in the last 3 years. PHELINET recruitment is based on an equal opportunity policy. Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Contact: For more information on the project, please contact Prof. Tomasz Dohnalik, M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Reymonta 4, 30-059 Krakow, Poland. Tel +48-12-6635652. E-mail: dohnalik@if.uj.edu.pl

 
