Postdoc Fellow: Ultra-High Field MRI Brain Metabolism

University of Minnesota; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Generous time off

Medical, dental, and pharmacy plans

HSA contributions

Disability and life insurance

Employee wellbeing program

Financial counseling services

Assistance program with counseling

Job summary

The Department of Radiology at the University of Minnesota seeks a scientist to join a collaborative program developing a non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging tool to interrogate human brain metabolism using a 10.5 T MRI and a dynamic deuterium-to-proton MRS approach.

Primary responsibility is to develop, test and validate sequences in healthy volunteers at 10.5 T, with duties including spectral processing, data quality checks, archiving results, preparing manuscripts and mentoring students.

Qualifications

• PhD in physics, chemistry, biophysics, biochemistry, biomedical engineering, computer science, neuroscience or similar field.
• Experience acquiring and analyzing magnetic resonance spectra or images.
• Track record of scientific publications.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test and validate MRI sequences in healthy volunteers at 10.5 T.
• Spectral processing, data quality checks, archiving results, and preparing manuscripts and presentations.

Skills

MRI data analysis

Publications

Education

PhD in physics/chemistry/biophysics/biochemistry or related

Tools

MR spectroscopy

Job description

The Department of Radiology at the University of Minnesota seeks a scientist to join a collaborative program developing a non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging tool to interrogate human brain metabolism using a 10.5 T MRI and a dynamic deuterium-to-proton MRS approach.

Primary responsibility is to develop, test and validate sequences in healthy volunteers at 10.5 T, with duties including spectral processing, data quality checks, archiving results, preparing manuscripts and mentoring students.