PhD Student (f/m/d) Compensation strategies for advanced proton beam treatment planning in MR magnetic fields

With cutting-edge research in the fields of ENERGY, HEALTH and MATTER, around 1,500 employees from more than 70 nations at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) are committed to mastering the great challenges facing society today.

At the Institute of Radiooncology – OncoRay scientists (f/m/d) specializing in medicine, physics, biology and IT work together to crucially improve the treatment of cancer by administering radiation therapy that is biologically-personalized and technically-optimized.

The Department of Medical Radiation Physics is looking for a PhD Student (f/m/d) Compensation strategies for advanced proton beam treatment planning in MR magnetic fields. 

Your tasks

• Development of scientific results in the field of MR-integrated proton therapy in the research group ‘Experimental MR-integrated proton therapy’ (Prof. Dr. Aswin Hoffmann), especially on the topic ‘Compensation strategies for advanced proton beam treatment planning in MR magnetic fields’ as a basis for the preparation of the dissertation
• Literature research
• Development of methods to optimise the proton dose distribution in the presence of magnetic fields from our in-beam magnetic resonance (MR) imaging prototypes
• Planning, implementation and evaluation of computer simulations
• Publication and presentation of scientific results

Your profile

• Completed university studies (Diploma/Master) in the field of Mathematics, Computer science, Physics or related
• In-depth knowledge in the field of operations research / numerical optimisation algorithms
• A pro-active working attitude
• Independent work, also within a multidisciplinary team
• Programming experience in Python, MATLAB, C is an advantage
• Good written and oral language skills in English

Our offer

• A vibrant research community in an open, diverse and international work environment
• Scientific excellence and extensive professional networking opportunities
• A structured PhD program with a comprehensive range of continuing education and networking opportunities - more information about the PhD program at the HZDR can be found here
• Salary and social benefits in accordance with the collective agreement for the public sector (TVöD-Bund) including 30 days of paid holiday leave, company pension scheme (VBL)
• We support a good work-life balance with the possibility of part-time employment, mobile working and flexible working hours
• Numerous company health management offerings
• Employee discounts with well-known providers via the platform Corporate Benefits
• An employer subsidy for the "Deutschland-Ticket Jobticket"

We look forward to receiving your application documents (including cover letter, CV, diplomas/transcripts, etc.), which you can submit via our online-application-system.