Advance ultrasound neuroimaging and enable new non-invasive ways to observe and understand the human brain. In this interdisciplinary HFSP-funded project, you will develop cutting-edge, fully noninvasive imaging methods with real scientific and societal impact. This new investigative tool will be used to discover how our brain acquires the meaning of words. You will work at the frontier of ultrasound technology and neuroscience, in an international research team.
Job description
As a postdoctoral researcher, you develop and validate fully noninvasive volumetric ultrasound imaging of the human brain, with a focus on skull aberration correction. You design and implement ultrasound sequences, build experimental setups, and develop advanced reconstruction and signal processing pipelines. Your work contributes directly to enabling new ways to study brain function, with the long-term goal of unraveling the neural basis of language development.
You are part of the Maresca Lab within the Imaging Physics department at TU Delft, an ambitious and rapidly growing research group at the forefront of ultrasound imaging. The team currently consists of researchers with interdisciplinary expertise spanning physics, engineering, and biomedical imaging. With the recent acquisition of major research grants, the lab is expanding significantly, including new postdocs, PhD candidates, and engineering support, offering a dynamic environment with opportunities to shape its future direction.
You work closely with colleagues in Delft and become part of a global collaboration, partnering with leading researchers in Japan and the United States. This international network gives you direct access to complementary expertise, unique research perspectives, and high-impact collaborations at the forefront of ultrasound neuroimaging.
At TU Delft, you have access to state-of-the-art imaging facilities and technical support. You will publish in leading journals, present at international conferences, and contribute to grant activities. The role offers opportunities to further develop your scientific profile, supervision skills, and independence as a researcher.
Job requirements
- You hold a PhD in biomedical ultrasound, or a closely related field.
- You have solid hands-on experience in experimental ultrasound imaging.
- You have demonstrated experience with ultrasound sequence programming.
- You have strong skills in ultrasound image reconstruction and signal processing.
- You communicate clearly in English, both orally and in writing, in scientific contexts.
- You work effectively in interdisciplinary and international teams, and manage your own research progress independently.
- Experience with Doppler imaging, tissue harmonic imaging, or aberration correction is considered an advantage.
- You show motivation to contribute to collaborative research on brain imaging and neuroscience applications.
TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.
At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.
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Faculty Applied Sciences
With more than 1,100 employees, including 150 pioneering principal investigators, as well as a population of about 3,600 passionate students, the Faculty of Applied Sciences is an inspiring scientific ecosystem. Focusing on key enabling technologies, such as quantum- and nanotechnology, photonics, biotechnology, synthetic biology and materials for energy storage and conversion, our faculty aims to provide solutions to important problems of the 21st century. To that end, we educate innovative students in broad Bachelor's and specialist Master's programmes with a strong research component. Our scientists conduct ground-breaking fundamental and applied research in the fields of Life and Health Science & Technology, Nanoscience, Chemical Engineering, Radiation Science & Technology, and Engineering Physics. We are also training the next generation of high school teachers.
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