We are an active and lively research group which is passionate about science. We are working in an environment which may best be characterized by the passion to accomplish something new—complemented by teamwork and fostering personal relationships. From assistants, students, researchers, postdocs to professors; we are all working hand in hand, are highly committed, and engaged with our work. We know how to celebrate our successes, but also how to get through setbacks together!

We are extending our research group at the Technical University of Munich (www.cda.cit.tum.de), and are seeking a motivated Ph.D. Student to join our team to work on the Design and Simulation of Microfluidic Systems!

Our Research

We currently develop methods and software tools that aid the design of microfluidic devices (also known as Labs-on-a-Chip). While these devices are mainly designed manually thus far, we investigate methods that eventually will automate crucial design steps. In addition, we are developing simulators (on various abstraction levels; using, e.g., Computational Fluid Dynamics) which enables us to validate designs of microfluidic devices even before the first prototype is fabricated. You will have opportunities to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, contribute to diverse fields such as biomedical devices, clean energy solutions, and machine learning, and present your work at leading international conferences and journals. For an overview of our previous work, please check out our web pages on software/design automation for microfluidics (www.cda.cit.tum.de/research/microfluidics).

Your Profile

In this role, you will conceptualize, develop and implement design and simulation methods for microfluidic devices. We are looking for a candidate with a strong academic background, with a Master’s or Diploma degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Chemistry, Physics or a similar subject. You will need strong coding skills, and most importantly, you should be creative, passionate about research, driven by curiosity, and be able to think outside-of-the-box. A focus in bio-chemistry or medicine, and ideally interest (or even first lab experiences) in microfluidics is obviously an advantage.

Join our Team

While we are obviously interested in your CV and background (if applicable, please also add your list of publications, projects, cooperations, etc. as well as your GitHub profile), we are most importantly interested in what motivates you to join our team and to work on microfluidics. Let us know why you would be a great candidate! We are looking forward to hearing from you! Please send your application (in English or German) to Prof. Dr. Robert Wille (robert.wille@tum.de) until January 15th, 2025.

Severely disabled applicants will be given preference if they are essentially of the same suitability and qualifications. The Technical University of Munich aims to increase the proportion of women, so applications from women are expressly welcomed.

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