PhD position on proton radiography and tomography in Munich, Germany

Job announcement

We have opened a PhD position within the ERC project SIRMIO (Small animal proton Irradiator for Research in Molecular Image-guided radiation-Oncology, PI Prof. Dr. Katia Parodi).

The LMU Chair of Medical Physics offers a multi-disciplinary environment and works on various core-topics of ion beam therapy. With the SIRMIO project, we aim to provide a novel platform for high precision, image guided proton irradiation of small animals. The main goal of your work will be to implement a novel proton transmission imaging system to enable pre-treatment imaging for positioning and treatment planning.

The working place will be at the Forschungszentrum Garching, which is well connected with public transportation to the city of Munich. Disabled candidates are preferentially considered in case of equal qualification. Applications from women are encouraged.

For more details: PhD position LMU Munich

If you are interested in the position, please send us your application (letter of motivation, curriculum vitae, last school certificate, university degree including grades, publication list [if applicable], other qualification certificates like TOEFL) until the 20th of May 2018 via email to

katia.parodi@lmu.de and Andrea.Leinthaler@physik.uni-muenchen.de, indicating your earliest possible entry date.