Postdoc: Cardiac Growth & Remodeling Mechanics

Qabird; Delft; On-site; EUR 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent pension

Flexible working week

Education opportunities

Relocation information/support

Job summary

TU Delft invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher to develop next-generation cardiac growth and remodeling models within the VITAL project. You will implement bio-chemo-mechanical laws in FE frameworks, linking myocardial mechanics with systemic inputs, to enable patient-specific and cohort simulations.

You will tailor calibration workflows, uncertainty quantification, and reduced-order modeling, while contributing to scientific software and publications within an international team at

Qualifications

• PhD in a relevant field.
• Strong background in nonlinear mechanics and FE modeling.
• Experience with computational solid/soft tissue mechanics.
• Proficient coding in Python/C++/Fortran.
• Experience with Git and collaborative software.
• Excellent English communication and writing skills.
• Ability to work independently in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Develop bio-chemo-mechanical cardiac growth and remodeling laws for chronic changes in myocardial structure and function.
• Implement these laws in finite element cardiac mechanics frameworks.
• Couple tissue-level mechanics to systemic hemodynamic and neurohumoral inputs.
• Contribute to patient-specific and cohort-level virtual human twin simulations.
• Lead calibration, uncertainty quantification, surrogate modeling, and model reduction workflows.
• Develop robust, reusable scientific software in collaboration with researchers.
• Publish articles and present at international conferences.
• Mentor PhD and MSc students and participate in lab activities.

Skills

Nonlinear mechanics

Finite element modeling

Multi-scale biomechanics

Python

C++

Fortran

Git

Machine learning basics

Education

PhD in mechanical engineering or related field

Tools

Abaqus

deal.II

FEniCS

JAX-FEM

HPC

Job description

TU Delft invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher to develop next-generation cardiac growth and remodeling models within the VITAL project. You will implement bio-chemo-mechanical laws in FE frameworks, linking myocardial mechanics with systemic inputs, to enable patient-specific and cohort simulations.

You will tailor calibration workflows, uncertainty quantification, and reduced-order modeling, while contributing to scientific software and publications within an international team at