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: Madrid, Spain
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 3 years
Start date: 01/09/2007
Deadline for application: 01/04/2007
Job title: Magnetic Resonance of Hyperpolarised Gases
Profile: Graduate or Masters Physicists with a strong theoretical and experimental background, knowledge of electronics and programming in languages such as C, MATLAB.
Job description: The work will involve implementation of novel imaging techniques on a 4.7 T MRI systems for 3He MRI, and running experiments with small animals. 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: 28625 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 Spain; 2/ At the date of appointment, she/he should not have resided or worked in Spain 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 projects, please contact Jess Ruiz-Cabello, Associate Professor, Magnetic Resonance Groups, Instituto de Estudios Biofuncionales, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Paseo Juan XXIII, 1. Madrid 28040, Spain. Tel +34-91-3943288. E-mail: ruizcabe@farm.ucm.es
 
