PHD SCHOLARSHIP “IMAGING BRAIN NETWORK ABNORMALITIES IN AGEING-RELATED HEARING DISORDERS”

University Medical Center Groningen

The University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands is offering various “Ubbo Emmius” PhD-scholarships. Candidates are hereby invited to apply for the position with vacancy number “UE-vac-10″ with the following description.
Various prevalent hearing disorders in elderly people crucially involve neural mechanisms in the brain. For instance, in tinnitus (ringing in the ears), abnormal interactions between auditory and non-auditory brain areas are believed to cause the perception of phantom sounds. In presbyacusis (hearing loss) or deafness, deprivation of acoustic input may result in abnormal cross-modal plastic reorganization. Novel fMRI neuroimaging and neurovisualization methods can identify anatomical and functional connectivity patterns throughout the brain, even during rest. The candidate will investigate these methods and apply them to study ageing-related hearing complaints, like tinnitus and severe hearing loss, and their underlying neural mechanisms.
The applicant may express his/her interest in this position before 01 May 2009, and will subsequently have the opportunity to submit a research proposal, together with the principal investigators. More information about the application procedure is available from the website
(http://www.graduateschoolguide.nl/html/organisation/vacancies.htm) or from the principal investigators prof. dr. Pim van Dijk
(med.umcg.nl”>p.van.dijkmed.umcg.nl) and dr. Dave Langers (med.umcg.nl”>d.r.m.langersmed.umcg.nl).

Job Title	PHD SCHOLARSHIP “IMAGING BRAIN NETWORK ABNORMALITIES IN AGEING-RELATED HEARING DISORDERS”
POST DETAILS

Org Name	University Medical Center Groningen
Contact Person	Dave Langers
Tel	+31503638806
Fax	+31503638875
E-Mail	d.r.m.langersmed.umcg.nl
City	Groningen
State/Province	Groningen
Country	Netherlands
Application Deadline	01-May-09

PhD student for the project Molecular Modelling of Enzymes at a Water-Substrate Interface

Cluster of Excellence in Simulation Technology

Universität Stuttgart with its 20,000 students and 7,000 employees is one of the leading European Research Universities with a main focus on engineering and natural sciences. Universität Stuttgart is committed to excellent basic and applied research and interdisciplinary academic education. The excellence initiative of the German state and federal governments has approved the funding of the Cluster of Excellence EXC 310 Simulation Technology (SimTech) at Universität Stuttgart (www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de). In this context, the newly established Stuttgart Research Centre for Simulation Technology (SRC SimTech) is asking for applications for a

PhD student for the project Molecular Modelling of Enzymes at a Water-Substrate Interface

to pursue research in future-orientated research fields.

Lipases und PHA depolymerases are interesting enzymes for many biotechnological applications. While they are water soluble, they convert water-insoluble substrates by binding to the water-substrate interface. Our goal is to understand the molecular basis of the different substrate specificities of lipases and PHA depolymerases which convert triglycerides and polyesters, respectively. In this project, the molecular mechanism of binding will be studied by molecular dynamics simulations of large, realistic protein systems to understand the effect of the interface to structure and dynamics of the enzyme, and to design enzyme variants with improved biochemical properties in collaboration with our experimental project partners.

Candidates with a degree preferably in biology or chemistry and interested in an interdisciplinary and application oriented project at the interface between life science and engineering are invited to send their application to Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pleiss (Juergen.Pleissatitb.uni-stuttgart.de), Institute of Technical Biochemistry, Allmandring 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.

Postdoc and PhDs are expected to participate actively in the SimTech Teaching Programmes and Industry Transfer Concepts.

Applications with the usual documents (CV, degree certificates, references, publication list, letter of motivation) should be sent directly to the Professors/Junior Professors to arrive not later than April 30, 2009.

Universität Stuttgart wishes to increase the proportion of female academic staff and, for this reason, especially welcomes applications from women. Severely challenged persons will be given preference in case of equal qualifications.

For further positions and information please see: www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de

PhD student in the Field of Applied Mathematics / Partial Differential Equations

Cluster of Excellence in Simulation Technology

Universität Stuttgart with its 20,000 students and 7,000 employees is one of the leading European Research Universities with a main focus on engineering and natural sciences. Universität Stuttgart is committed to excellent basic and applied research and interdisciplinary academic education. The excellence initiative of the German state and federal governments has approved the funding of the Cluster of Excellence EXC 310 Simulation Technology (SimTech) at Universität Stuttgart (www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de). In this context, the newly established Stuttgart Research Centre for Simulation Technology (SRC SimTech) is asking for applications for a

PhD student in the Field of Applied Mathematics / Partial Differential Equations

to pursue research in future-orientated research fields.

The position is related to a research project with the aim to develop models and techniques for the efficient numerical simulation of time-dependent processes with changing microstructure. The applications to be studied are solidification processes with microstructures of dendritic morphology and flow processes in porous media with changing pore geometry. The basis of the project is a combination of multi-scale models obtained by homogenization with an adaptive technique to compute microstructure properties. Applicants should have a master or diploma, preferably in mathematics and a good knowledge of numerical methods for partial differential equations.

Applications should be sent to Prof. Dr. Christof Eck (Christof.Eckatmathematik.uni-stuttgart.de), Institute of Applied Analysis and Numerical Simulation, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70567 Stuttgart, Germany.

Postdoc and PhDs are expected to participate actively in the SimTech Teaching Programmes and Industry Transfer Concepts.

Applications with the usual documents (CV, degree certificates, references, publication list, letter of motivation) should be sent directly to the Professors/Junior Professors to arrive not later than April 30, 2009.

Universität Stuttgart wishes to increase the proportion of female academic staff and, for this reason, especially welcomes applications from women. Severely challenged persons will be given preference in case of equal qualifications.

For further positions and information please see:
www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de

PhD student in the Field of Applied Mathematics / Partial Differential Equations

University Stuttgart, Cluster of Excellence in Simulation Technology

Cluster of Excellence in Simulation Technology

Universität Stuttgart with its 20,000 students and 7,000 employees is one of the leading European Research Universities with a main focus on engineering and natural sciences. Universität Stuttgart is committed to excellent basic and applied research and interdisciplinary academic education. The excellence initiative of the German state and federal governments has approved the funding of the Cluster of Excellence EXC 310 Simulation Technology (SimTech) at Universität Stuttgart (www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de). In this context, the newly established Stuttgart Research Centre for Simulation Technology (SRC SimTech) is asking for applications for a

PhD student in the Field of Applied Mathematics / Partial Differential Equations

to pursue research in future-orientated research fields.

The position is related to a research project with the aim to develop models and techniques for the efficient numerical simulation of time-dependent processes with changing microstructure. The applications to be studied are solidification processes with microstructures of dendritic morphology and flow processes in porous media with changing pore geometry. The basis of the project is a combination of multi-scale models obtained by homogenization with an adaptive technique to compute microstructure properties. Applicants should have a master or diploma, preferably in mathematics and a good knowledge of numerical methods for partial differential equations.

Applications should be sent to Prof. Dr. Christof Eck (Christof.Eckatmathematik.uni-stuttgart.de), Institute of Applied Analysis and Numerical Simulation, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70567 Stuttgart, Germany.

Postdoc and PhDs are expected to participate actively in the SimTech Teaching Programmes and Industry Transfer Concepts.

Applications with the usual documents (CV, degree certificates, references, publication list, letter of motivation) should be sent directly to the Professors/Junior Professors to arrive not later than April 30, 2009.

Universität Stuttgart wishes to increase the proportion of female academic staff and, for this reason, especially welcomes applications from women. Severely challenged persons will be given preference in case of equal qualifications.

For further positions and information please see:
www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de

PhD Student in Applied Mathematics

University Stuttgart, Cluster of Excellence in Simulation Technology

Cluster of Excellence in Simulation Technology

Universität Stuttgart with its 20,000 students and 7,000 employees is one of the leading European Research Universities with a main focus on engineering and natural sciences. Universität Stuttgart is committed to excellent basic and applied research and interdisciplinary academic education. The excellence initiative of the German state and federal governments has approved the funding of the Cluster of Excellence EXC 310 Simulation Technology (SimTech) at Universität Stuttgart (www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de). In this context, the newly established Stuttgart Research Centre for Simulation Technology (SRC SimTech) is asking for applications for a

PhD Student in Applied Mathematics: Reduced Basis Modelling of Higher-Order Evolution Systems and Application in Optimization

to pursue research in future-orientated research fields.

headoffice_02Modern numerical discretization methods for partial differential equations result in high-dimensional simulation schemes, which are not suited for “many-query” contexts such as parameter optimization. Reduced Basis (RB) methods are an effective way to generate low-dimensional simulation models for such purposes. This project will aim at RB-methods and error-estimation for a general class of higher-order evolution systems discretized with Local Discontinuous Galerkin (LDG) methods and to apply these in parameter optimization settings. In particular, flows in porous media will be considered as they appear in geothermal or fuel cell applications. The highly motivated candidate should have a background in numerical methods for PDEs. Knowledge in RB-, LDG-methods or optimization is advantageous, but not necessary. Good programming skills in C++ and MATLAB are required for working with existing libraries. The position with the designated salary bracket TV-L 13 has a limited tenure of three years with a possible extension.

Applications should be sent to Jun.-Prof. Dr. Bernard Haasdonk (haasdonkatmathematik.uni-stuttgart.de), Institute of Applied Analysis and Numerical Simulation, Pfaffenwaldring 57, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.

Postdoc and PhDs are expected to participate actively in the SimTech Teaching Programmes and Industry Transfer Concepts.

Applications with the usual documents (CV, degree certificates, references, publication list, letter of motivation) should be sent directly to the Professors/Junior Professors to arrive not later than April 30, 2009.

Universität Stuttgart wishes to increase the proportion of female academic staff and, for this reason, especially welcomes applications from women. Severely challenged persons will be given preference in case of equal qualifications.

For further positions and information please see: www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de

PhD Student in the field of scenario analysis

University Stuttgart, Cluster of Excellence in Simulation Technology

Universität Stuttgart with its 20,000 students and 7,000 employees is one of the leading European Research Universities with a main focus on engineering and natural sciences. Universität Stuttgart is committed to excellent basic and applied research and interdisciplinary academic education. The excellence initiative of the German state and federal governments has approved the funding of the Cluster of Excellence EXC 310 Simulation Technology (SimTech) at Universität Stuttgart (www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de). In this context, the newly established Stuttgart Research Centre for Simulation Technology (SRC SimTech) is asking for applications for a

PhD Student position in the field of scenario analysis

to pursue research in future-orientated research fields.

The PhD student is expected to develop sociopolitical scenarios as an input into environmental simulations. The research consists of an assessment of scenario analysis as a tool to integrate social system analysis and natural science analysis, the development of improved scenario methods, and the preparation of case studies.

We are looking for a postgraduate student with a background in social sciences or economics. Experiences either in scenario analysis or in the modelling of social systems are favourable. The position with the designated salary bracket 50% TV-L 13 has a limited tenure of two years with a possible extension. The post is located at the Institute for Social Science, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. O. Renn, SimTech-project ACCESS (see http://www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de/forschung/abstracts/Antrag_Renn_Abstract.pdf). Applications should be sent to Dr. Wolfgang Weimer-Jehle, Seidenstraße 36, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany.

Postdoc and PhDs are expected to participate actively in the SimTech Teaching Programmes and Industry Transfer Concepts.

Applications with the usual documents (CV, degree certificates, references, publication list, letter of motivation) should be sent directly to the Professors/Junior Professors to arrive not later than April 30, 2009.

Universität Stuttgart wishes to increase the proportion of female academic staff and, for this reason, especially welcomes applications from women. Severely challenged persons will be given preference in case of equal qualifications.

For further positions and information please see: www.simtech.uni-stuttgart.de

PhD position: Salinity Gradient Energy: Hydrodynamics, fouling and scale up

PhD position: Salinity Gradient Energy: Hydrodynamics, fouling and scale up
Leeuwarden, 8934 CJ, (Friesland), 38 hours per week
University of Twente

Job description
PhD Salinity Gradient Energy: Hydrodynamics, fouling and scale up
Reversed Electro Dialysis (RED or Salinity Gradient Energy) is a new, sustainable and very attractive technology for the production of energy from the mixing of fresh and salt water. In RED, a concentrated salt solution and a less concentrated salt solution are brought into contact through an alternating series of anion exchange membranes (AEM) and cation exchange membranes (CEM) to generate electricity. During the last years major steps have been made regarding the development of this technology.
One of the key issues in the RED process are the ion exchange membranes. Currently available membranes, which are not specially developed for RED do not fulfill the requirements for application in RED. Further improvement towards economically viable power production requires the development of ion exchange membranes especially designed and developed for RED. A large community of polymer chemists deals with the development of cation-exchange membranes, but the research on anion exchange membranes is only limited. This project aims at developing such anion exchange membranes for application in RED.

Requirements
University Graduate
Profile
We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic researchers with an MSc degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, material science or a related topic, with adequate experimental and theoretical skills.

We prefer candidates with a good team spirit, who like to work in an internationally oriented environment. Fluency in English is a requirement. An interview and a scientific presentation will be part of the selection procedure.

Organization
University of Twente Faculty of Science and Technology
The University of Twente (UT) is an entrepreneurial research university, located in Enschede, the Netherlands. Organized over five faculties, the UT offers twenty educational programs ranging from applied physics, public and business administration, communication studies and diverse programs in engineering technology. Research takes place within the context of institutes and focuses, among other things, on information and communication technology, nanotechnology, biomedical technology, policy studies, construction management & engineering, and mechanics. More than 7,000 students and 2,700 staff members live and work at the UT, the Netherlands’ only campus university.

The Faculty of Science and Technology (700 faculty members, 1100 students) offers a range of bachelor and master courses (NanoTechnology, Applied Physics, Chemical Engineering and Technical Medicine). The facultys research is organized in three of the universitys interdisciplinary research institutes: MESA+, BMTI, and IMPACT. These institutes increase the vitality of research by enabling collaboration between programs and disciplines, by providing shared facilities, and by attracting funding for joint projects. They also provide a conduit to industrial partners and help in attracting new faculty.

Conditions of employment
Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500
Salaryscale 09.
Maximum salary amount in Euro’s a month 2612
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 years
Maximum hours per week: 38

Additional conditions of employment:
We offer you a PhD position for 4 years. Your starting salary will be 2042, - gross per month in the first year and up to 2612, - gross per month in the last year.

Additional Information
Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:

Dr. ir. Kitty Nijmeijer
Telephone number: +31 53 4894185
E-mail address: d.c.nijmeijeratutwente.nl

Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links.

• About the organization
• About the department
• About the function
• website Faculty of Science and Technology
• website Group Materials Science and Technology of Polymers

Application

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You can apply for this job before 26-04-2009 by sending your application to:

University of Twente
faculty TNW
Dr. ir. Kitty Nijmeijer
Postbus 217
7500 AE Enschede

E-mail address: d.c.nijmeijerutwente.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number AT/09/065.

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