Closing date: 15 February 2006

MOX, Mathematics Department, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy isoffering a 6 month Post-Doc position within the frame of the HaeMOdelproject (mox.polimi.it/haemodel).

The candidate should hold a PhD degree in either Mathematics, Physics,Engineering or BioEngineering. He should have a good knowledge ofnumerical techniques applied to fluid dynamics, and in particular finiteelement methods. Experience in programming, possibly C++, is a prerequisite.

The candidate MUST be a European Union national, excluding Italiannational. For more information on the eligibility criteria have a look at:
http://www.cordis.lu/improving/fellowships/mcf_train_res.htm
Please DO NOT apply if you do not satisfy those rules. You will justwaste your time.

The succesful candidate will join a team active in the field on thenumerical simulation of the cardiovascular system and comprising 9 peopleamong senior scientists and PhDs.

He will be,in particular, co-responsible of the integration of numericaltechniques on the multiscale modelling of the cardiovascular system intothe software library lifeV (www.lifev.org). He could also contribute tothe mathematical and numerical analysis.

The activity will require frequent contacts with other partners of theproject and will lead to the publication on international journals.

The salary will be comparable to an equivalent Marie Curie grant andrelocation expenses are covered.

Perspective candidates should send a detailed CV toluca.formaggia@polimi.it by the 15 February 2006. The appointment muststart the 1st April 2006 at the latest.