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Research Associate in Ultrasound Signal Processing

Employer
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
Location
London (Greater)
Salary
Grade 6, £38,826 - £45,649 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance
Closing date
24 Feb 2022

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Academic Discipline
Biological Sciences, Life sciences
Job Type
Research Related, Research Associate
Contract Type
Fixed Term
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Job description
We are seeking a Post-doctoral Research Associate to develop novel signal processing algorithms for tracking and surgical navigation with robotic ultrasound guidance. This recruitment is part of the research endeavour of the newly established Department of Surgical and Interventional Engineering within the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences that focuses on translating novel real-time multimodal imaging modalities in conjunction with novel surgical instrumentation to clinical practice.  
In this role, the post holder will be responsible for the development of a novel ultrasound tracking and surgical navigation system leveraging expertise in various areas of innovative ultrasound research within the department including robotic ultrasound, ultrasound imaging, therapeutic ultrasound and ultrasonic tracking, in relation to a Trustworthy AI for Sensory-rich Surgical Robotics research pillar.  
 
Candidates should have demonstrable experience in biomedical signal processing. Experience in ultrasound and/or medical robotics is desirable. The successful candidate is expected to disseminate their research through presenting at scientific conferences, publishing in peer-reviewed journals, and providing open-source software tools. Candidates are expected to have a good track record of scientific publications in ultrasound, medical robotics, and/or medical image analysis and computer-assisted intervention-related journals or equivalent conference publications. Candidates should have strong written and oral presentation skills. 
 
The successful candidate will be based in the Department of Surgical and Interventional Engineering reporting to Dr Wenfeng Xia, a Lecturer specialising in Surgical and Interventional Engineering and working closely with the teams of Prof. Kawal Rhode, Dr. Laura Peralta Pereira and Dr. Antonios Pouliopoulos. 
 
This post will be offered on a fixed-term contract for 2 years (latest end date 27 April 2024) 
This is a full-time post - 100% full time equivalent

Key responsibilities

  • Development of a novel ultrasound tracking and surgical navigation system   
  • Development of signal processing algorithms for ultrasound tracking and navigation  
  • Evaluate and validate the developed algorithms and system 
  • Present key findings at scientific conferences 
  • Prepare high-quality manuscripts for publication 
  • Liaise with key biomedical engineering and surgical collaborators at King’s College London 

 
The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.  

Skills, knowledge, and experience 
Essential criteria  

 
1.       PhD in biomedical engineering, computer vision, surgical robotics, or a closely-related field. 
2.       Demonstrable experience in biomedical signal processing. 
3.       A track record of peer-reviewed publications in high quality scientific conferences and journals. 
4.       Excellent written and oral communication skills. 
5.       The ability to work with people from diverse backgrounds and specialties and communicate technical concepts to people from other fields. 
 
Desirable criteria
 
1.       Experience in ultrasound signal / image processing. 
2.       Experience in medical robotics. 
3.       Experience in software development 
 
* Please note that this is a PhD level role but candidates who have submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will be considered. In these circumstances the appointment will be made at Grade 5, spine point 30 with the title of Research Assistant. Upon confirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will become Research Associate and the salary will increase to Grade 6. 
 
Further information
 
This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.

Company

King's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.

King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.

King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.

King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: www.kingshealthpartners.org.

King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at www.kcl.ac.uk/kingsanswers.

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