PhD Scholarship in Data Science Pipeline for Cardiovascular Diseases

 

DTU Health Tech is looking for a PhD candidate in data science for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The purpose of this project is to research, design, implement, and test a workflow pipeline for training of machine learning prediction algorithms for cardiovascular events.

You will join the Digital Health section of DTU Health Tech. We are a multi-disciplinary team of biomedical engineers, computer scientists, and UX researchers who research digital technologies for health, healthcare, and life science, in order to improve healthcare delivery and make healthcare more personalized and precise. We have an extensive research record within data science in CVD and you will join a team of senior researchers and other PhD students working with us. You will also work closely with cardiologists at the Department of Cardiology at the Copenhagen University Hospital (Danish: Bispebjerg-Frederiksberg Hospital) who will provide clinical supervision.

Responsibilities and qualifications
Your research will focus on establishing an end-to-end pipeline for data science in CVD with a special focus on atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF). This pipeline will consist of three main parts: (i) collection of ECG and contextual data from patients, (ii) ground-truth annotation from clinicians, and (iii) a self-optimizing and extensible data science analysis engine containing model for prediction of cardiac events. Primary focus is on the overall software architecture and distributed system design of the pipeline, secondary on the user experience (UX) design of the data collection sub-systems, and tertiary on the design of data science methods.

This position requires skills in software engineering, mobile sensing, UX design, and health data science, including software development, mobile programming, sensor integration, distributed computing, and data processing using modern AI- and ML-based tools. Furthermore, a structured approach to research and strong communication skills in English in written and oral dissemination is core. Finally, since you will be spending time with a clinical team at the hospital, good collaborative skills and understanding of clinical work is also important.

From an academic point of view, you must have a two-year master's degree (120 ECTS points) or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to a two-year master's degree in addition to a bachelor’s degree (180 ECTS points).

Ideally, your master degree should be in computer science / engineering or biomedical engineering with a focus on software engineering and data science.

More specifically you should have most of the following qualifications:

• Strong theoretical and practical background in software engineering, software architecture, distributed computing, data science, and human-computer interaction.
• Experience in mobile sensing, ubiquitous computing, and wearable devices.
• Experience in data science methods, incl. machine/deep learning algorithms, especially in ECG or other biomedical signal processing applications.
• Strong mastery of a programming languages like Python, Java, Kotlin, Dart, Swift, or similar.
• Strong communication skills in English – both in writing and orally.
• Knowledge on clinical work, e.g., in cardiology

The language of communication at DTU is English.

Approval and Enrolment
The scholarship for the PhD degree is subject to academic approval, and the candidate will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes at DTU. For information about our enrolment requirements and the general planning of the PhD study programme, please see DTU's rules for the PhD education.  

We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.

Salary and appointment terms
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union. The period of employment is 3 years. Start date is as soon as possible.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.

Further information
If you want to know more, please contact the main supervisor directly – Jakob E. Bardram at: jakba [at] dtu.dk.

Read more about:

• DTU Health Tech
• The Digital Health section
• The PhD School at DTU Health Tech
• mCardia – and example of our work in CVD

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark.

Application procedure
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than 31 May 2022 (Danish time). Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply online", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• A letter motivating the application (cover letter)
• Curriculum vitae
• Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma including official description of grading scale
• Links to, or copy of any research papers you may have been part of
• Link to a code portfolio stored in an online repositories like GitHub

You may apply prior to ob­tai­ning your master's degree but cannot begin before having received it. 

Incomplete applications will not be considered. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, disability, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

DTU Health Tech engages in research, education, and innovation base on technical and natural science for the healthcare sector. The Healthcare sector is a globally expanding market with demands for the most advanced technological solutions. DTU Health Tech creates the foundation for companies to develop new and innovative services and products which benefit people and create value for society. DTU Health Techs expertise spans from imaging and biosensor techniques, across digital health and biological modelling, to biopharma technologies. The department has a scientific staff of about 210 persons, 140 PhD students and a technical/administrative support staff of about 160 persons, of which a large majority contributes to our research infrastructure and related commercial activities.

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear vision to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That vision lives on today. DTU has 12,900 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.

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Postdoc in landscape scale greenhouse gas flux research

 

We offer a position as post-doctoral fellow in greenhouse gas (GHG) flux research. The project builds a measurement system that is based on tall tower platforms to determine the turbulent exchange of CO2, N2O, CH4 and other relevant gasses at the landscape scale. This requires accurate and fast determination of GHG concentrations and meteorological parameters.

The project offers scientific qualification in a vitally emerging field, earth observation and monitoring. The focus is on boundary layer meteorology, environmental sciences and flux observation technology. You will be trained in micrometeorology, advanced eddy covariance data processing and footprint modelling.

The group is highly connected with ongoing international flux research, runs a number of research infrastructures and is partner of international networks such as ICOS, eLTER and FLUXNET. The project involves collaboration with partners from Sweden, Finland and France.

Responsibilities and qualifications
The successful candidate will develop, test and apply the flux observation system in an agricultural landscape as part of a team of senior scientists and technicians, other young scientists and PhD students. It is expected that the candidate holds a PhD in a related field ideally within micrometeorology and applications in environmental sciences and engineering. The field research requires mobility and work in elevated platforms. Careful installation and maintenance of very complicated and expensive chemical analysers is a core task of the scholarship. Scientific programming (R) will be needed for process automation for organisation of the data streams and post-processing chains.

We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international research environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.

The recently extended department DTU environmental and resource engineering has the focus to develop technological solution for environmentally sustainable development. The project team is embedded in the section climate and monitoring, where colleagues work with climate change mitigation and adaptation to climate changes, including GHG research, stream and urban water, and radioecology.

Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union.

The period of employment is 2 years.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.

Further information
Further information may be obtained from Associate Prof. Andreas Ibrom (anib@env.dtu.dk) and section head Prof, Charlotte Scheutz (chas@env.dtu.dk),

You can read more about DTU Sustain at https://www.env.dtu.dk/english

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark.

Application procedure
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than 1 June 2022 (Danish time).

Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply online", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)
• CV
• Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD – in English)
• List of publications
• List of references

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear vision to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That vision lives on today. DTU has 13,400 students and 5,800 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.

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PhD scholarship in Greenhouse Gas Emission Research

 

If you made the decision to go for an academic career in science and engineering and you want to develop and apply micrometeorological theory and methods and at the same time solve a severe environmental problem, you might be interested in joining the project “Greenhouse Gas Observation network for Denmark” as one of our new PhD students.

Responsibilities and qualifications
You will work with a novel technique that allow observing fluxes of greenhouse gasses (GHG) at the landscape scale. The task is both technically and theoretically demanding and requires understanding of boundary layer processes and the technological and natural processes that govern GHG emissions and sequestration of atmospheric CO2.

Academic training in one or more of the following fields, (bio) meteorology, physics, biogeochemistry, environmental sciences and engineering, and terrestrial ecology will be of great help. The technique that you will be using requires processing of larger data sets and programming, preferably in R. We will use advanced statistical modelling tools to evaluate the results.

You will contribute to the construction, test and application of a new multiple gas, tall tower turbulent gas flux observation system for the main GHG, CO2, CH4 and N2O and other relevant indicator gasses based on the eddy covariance technology. The scientific novelty lies in the attribution of the measured fluxes to processes in the landscape and to identify GHG emission dynamics and hotspots and hot moments as well as CO2 sequestration sites and processes. We aim at providing scientific data to determine the actual GHG emissions, which will show in the long-term the success of the green transition towards sustainable development in Denmark.

The project involves interaction with stakeholders and discussion of the role of GHG budgets for the green transition in Denmark. Basic knowledge of the Danish language is an advantage but not required. Professional English skills in speech and scientific writing are required.

You must have a two-year master's degree (120 ECTS points) or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to a two-year master's degree.

Approval and Enrolment
The scholarship for the PhD degree is subject to academic approval, and the candidate will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes at DTU. For information about our enrolment requirements and the general planning of the PhD study programme, please see DTU's rules for the PhD education.

We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.

Salary and appointment terms
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union. The period of employment is 3 years.

Starting date is the 01.07.2022 or according to mutual agreement.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.

Further information
Further information may be obtained from the main supervisor, Prof. Andreas Ibrom, anib@env.dtu.dk, and co-supervisor Prof. Charlotte Scheutz, chas@env.dtu.dk

You can read more about DTU Sustain at https://www.env.dtu.dk/english

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark.

Application procedure
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than 1 June 2022 (Danish time).

Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply online", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• A letter motivating the application (cover letter)
• Curriculum vitae
• Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma (in English) including official description of grading scale

You may apply prior to ob­tai­ning your master's degree but cannot begin before having received it.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates that meet the professional requirements are encouraged to apply.

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear vision to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That vision lives on today. DTU has 13,400 students and 5,800 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.

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Postdoc position for in situ investigations of catalysts for base-grown CNTs from CH4

 

The position is funded by the Horizon Europe Work Programme. The overarching aim of STORMING (STructured unconventional reactors for CO2-fRee Methane catalytic cracking) aims to develop catalytic reactors powered by renewable electricity to produce simultaneously H2 and high-quality and highly-oriented Carbon Nano Tubes (CNTs) from sustainable carbon sources

Responsibilities and qualifications
DTU will focus on design, preparation and testing of model catalysts based on computational modelling outputs (from other partners), to identify the key features of the catalyst to promote CNT base-growth, as well as regeneration procedures. DTU has access to size selected cluster source deposition equipment for producing model catalyst systems and it has an electron microscopy facility, DTU Nanolab, that houses an aberration corrected ETEM enabling in situ growth studies of model catalysts.

The Postdoc will mainly work on two tracks:

Metallic clusters, with accurate control in composition and size will be deposited on flat supports (steel, SiN, SiO, etc. ) including grids for SEM and TEM investigation. The catalyst will be tested in a dedicated setup and characterized ex situ to select the combination of catalyst composition, temperature, gas-feed composition (CH4, CH4/H2), and GHSV to promote CNT base-growth.

In situ TEM will be used to perform correlative imaging analysis of the most promising catalysts using temporal atomic resolved data acquired on state-of-the-art Aberration-Corrected Electron Microscope setup, and to investigate the growth orientation of CNTs compared to the catalyst metallic NP size and facet distribution. SCO and SCH will be tested as “chemical scissors” to enable large scale CNT harvesting.
Model systems on supports designed for Operando TEM will be prepared and studied using a setup operating at pressures up to 1 bar, giving atomic insight at operating conditions (activation, CH4 cracking and chemical scissoring) offering insight on how and when to grow or chemically harvest the CNTs.

The successful candidate is well-motivated, hardworking and willing and able to work as part of a team. The candidate is expected to have a PhD degree in Physics, but candidates with appropriate background and a PhD in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or Materials Science will also be considered. The preferred candidate will have an extensive experience with in situ transmission electron microscopy as well as a strong experimental background in catalysis or surface science. Experience with CNT growth and clusters/nanoparticles is highly desirable.

The candidate should have demonstrated a scientific production and research potential at the highest international level. The candidate should also have demonstrated outstanding problem-solving skills, good communication skills in both spoken and written English, and experience in working independently and in a team.

We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.

Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union.

The period of employment is for 24 months.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.

Further information
For further information about the research at SurfCat at the Department of Physics at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) please inspect www.surfcat.dtu.dk

Should you have any queries regarding the position, please contact Associate Professor Christian Danvad Damsgaard cdda@dtu.dk.

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark.

Application
Your online application must be submitted no later than 1 June 2022 (Danish time).

Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply online", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)
• CV
• Copies of BSc, MSc and PhD degree diplomas incl. list of grades obtained
• List of publications
• Names and e-mail addresses or telephone numbers of min. 2 references.

Candidates may apply prior to obtaining their PhD degree, but cannot begin before having received it.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear vision to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That vision lives on today. DTU has 13,400 students and 5,800 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.

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