One NIH-supported postdoctoral position is available in the area of ultrasound imaging and therapy at UC Davis, particularly focused on MR-guided focused ultrasound therapy.  Our activities and publications can be found at ferraralab.bme.ucdavis.edu (many publications are available with a password of “guest”). Our laboratory (http://ferraralab.bme.ucdavis.edu/) combines engineers, physicists, chemists and biologists to develop treatments for cancer and cardiovascular disease.  We have assembled a full complement of ultrasonic and acoustic equipment, MR-guided focused ultrasound, as well as optical imaging and nuclear imaging techniques.  Students and post-doctoral fellows from our laboratory have been widely recruited for academic and industrial positions.

UC Davis is 9th among public research universities in the US. Based on National Science Foundation rankings, UC Davis BME is ranked 7th in the nation and 2nd in California in annual research expenditures. The Department is housed in the interdisciplinary Genome and Biomedical Sciences Building alongside faculty in the Genome Center and several School of Medicine programs, including Pharmacology.  Davis is a pleasant, environmentally conscious community in a college-town setting with excellent public schools and a mild climate.

Interested individuals should forward their resume and the names of at least five professional references to:

Professor Katherine W. Ferrara, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-5294 or preferably emailed as a pdf file to ferraralab@gmail.com.  The University of California, Davis, is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity among its faculty and staff.

Requirements

Ph.D. in Engineering or related area is required in addition to training or experience in ultrasonics or acoustics.