The Paul Scherrer Institute PSI is the largest research institute in Switzerland. It offers a spannende Gelegenheit für innovative Forschung und Entwicklung.

Your tasks

We are offering a fully funded 3 years PhD position within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network - UPLIFT, focusing on upright radiotherapy (RT)—a transformative approach to radiation treatment. This position (DC16) will develop a comprehensive multi-modality image-guided workflow for upright radiotherapy, establishing treatment planning, robustness, and margin guidelines based on the gathered upright imaging data and numerical phantom. 

Your profile

• Master degree in Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related fields. 
• Strong interest in radiotherapy, medical imaging, image analysis, and translational research. 
• Proven experience in medical image analysis (image registration/segmentation, 4D motion modeling) and deep learning frameworks development is highly preferred. 
• Excellent communication and written skills and ability to work in an interdisciplinary team.  

You will be matriculated at the ETH Zurich. 

We offer

Our institution is based on an interdisciplinary, innovative and dynamic collaboration. You will profit from a systematic training on the job, in addition to personal development possibilities and our pronounced vocational training culture. If you wish to optimally combine work and family life or other personal interests, we are able to support you with our modern employment conditions and the on-site infrastructure.

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