PhD Opportunities in Medical Imaging in Germany

PhD opportunity in biophysics, biochemistry, and biomaterials at the DWI Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials in Aachen, Germany, in the research group of Dr. Charlotta Lorenz . The project focuses on the structure of biomolecular condensates , making this a strong fit for applicants interested in interdisciplinary work connecting biophysics , biochemistry , materials science , and engineering . The post is aimed at motivated, team-oriented candidates with a passion for multidisciplinary ...

Fully funded international PhD opportunity in Cognition, Learning & Memory at the Max Planck School of Cognition in Germany. The programme is designed for applicants interested in memory formation , learning , cognitive neuroscience , brain imaging , and the biological mechanisms underlying human cognition. This is a PhD programme with a 4-year structure: one orientation year followed by three years of doctoral research. It is fully financed, with a first-year stipend of €1,565 net per month and...

Paid PhD position in Molecular Metabolism & Precision Nutrition at the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) in Potsdam, Germany . The doctoral project investigates how daily eating patterns influence 24-hour glucose levels in people with and without type 2 diabetes . The work combines lab work , wearable data , and machine learning , making it a strong fit for candidates interested in nutrition research, metabolic health, bioinformatics, and quantitative analysis. Applicants are encouraged...

Philipp Rothemund (University Professor at the University of Stuttgart) is hiring PhD students for a new group at connAIx in Heilbronn, affiliated with the University of Stuttgart. The research focus is on soft robotics , materials science , and embodied AI / physical AI . The group studies how a robot’s body can contribute to intelligence by integrating actuation, sensing, control, and learning. Possible topics include functional soft materials, artificial muscles, integrated sensing, physical ...

PhD opportunity at the Technical University of Munich in the Complex Soft Matter team at TUM School of Life Sciences. This opening is part of the new ERC project EngToTarget , focused on how molecular organisation on nanoparticles controls selective recognition of biological targets. The research combines synthesis , surface chemistry , automated experimentation , and data-driven materials design . The position is a PhD opening with four years of funding at TV-L E13 , subject to a positive progr...

PhD position available at the Institute for Auditory Neuroscience (IAN), Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Germany. The project sits at the intersection of auditory neuroscience , experimental neurophysiology , computational modeling , and AI . The team aims to develop a digital twin of the auditory system to design and optimize sound-coding strategies for an optical cochlear implant . The work is part of CAIMed and EKFZ-OT (Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Optogenetic Therapies). This is not only ...

DESY in Hamburg is advertising a PhD position in Attosecond X-ray interferometry within the Advanced Multilayer X-ray Optics group at CFEL. The project sits at the intersection of physics , X-ray optics , imaging , instrumentation , and interferometric methods , with a strong focus on developing a novel X-ray interferometer and low-aberration multilayer Laue lens (MLL) systems for XFELs. The research aims to combine multilayer X-ray optics with attosecond-duration X-ray laser pulses to image, un...

A fabulous opportunity has been shared for PhD candidates at SGT University, India to pursue a Dual award PhD with Keele University . The post highlights research interests in genomics , sequencing , bioinformatics , and big data , making it relevant for students with backgrounds in biology , computer science , medical science , and statistics . Named people in the post include Daniel Tonge and Mirna Mourtada-Maarabouni . The post does not provide a direct application link, deadline, funding det...

Two full-time PhD positions are available in Structure-Aware Machine Learning at Leipzig University in Leipzig, Germany , within the newly established research group at ScaDS.AI . The group focuses on machine learning methods that exploit spatial, temporal, and distributional structures to improve generalization, robustness, interpretability, and efficiency. Research directions include structure-aware representation learning , computer vision , spatiotemporal modeling , video understanding , dom...