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: Sheffield, UK
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 and LabView. 
Job description: The work will involve implementation of novel imaging techniques on 3T and 1.5T whole body MRI systems for 3He MRI. 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.
Environment: The Sheffield group has an international track record in hyperpolarised gas MRI with strong  research interests in the engineering, pulse sequence development and in-vivo applications. For more details of the research see our webpage: 
(www.shef.ac.uk/medicine/research/sections/neuroscience/radiology/research/intro.html)
The University of Sheffield (www.shef.ac.uk) is a large University situated in one of the UKs most progressive cities (population 600,000). The city has excellent cultural opportunities and is on the edge of the Peak District National Park (www.peakdistrict.org).
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: 22,912 (34,368 Euros) per 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 United Kingdom; 2/ At the date of appointment, she/he should not have resided or worked in UK 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 Jim Wild, Senior Lecturer, Magnetic Resonance Physics, Project Lead Hyperpolarised Gas MRI, Academic Radiology, University of Sheffield. Tel: +44-114-2268665. E-mail: j.m.wild@sheffield.ac.uk


 
