Associate Professor in Medical Image Analysis (40% part-time) - DTU Health Tech

We are looking for a highly motivated person to drive research on medical image analysis at the Department of Health Technology (DTU Health Tech). 

You will join a strong research environment on medical image acquisition methodologies, with particular foci on Magnetic Resonance Imaging modalities and Diagnostic Ultrasound. You will have the exciting opportunity to contribute to expanding our research and education towards the integration of advanced medical image computing for supporting computer-aided disease diagnostics and intervention planning.

Responsibilities and qualifications
In the position, you will have the opportunity to drive the development of the field of Medical Image Analysis at DTU Health Tech, both in research and education. In addition, you will contribute to strengthening the research interactions with the local hospitals as part of the Technical University Hospital, in particular the Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance and the Danish 7T MRI project.

The successful applicant:

• has a PhD degree in electrical, computer or biomedical engineering, computer science, data mining/machine learning, or a closely related area.  
• has demonstrated the ability to perform independent research in innovative algorithms for the analysis and interpretation of medical image data to support computer-aided disease diagnostics and intervention planning.
• have an established track record of publishing in key journals, conferences and workshops.
• has demonstrated the ability to perform and lead software development for image analysis and machine learning applications, also involving Big Data, using PyTorch, Tensorflow and other related frameworks. This could, e.g. be documented by contributions to large-scale software packages for medical image analyses.
• has active collaborations with international key research groups.

You must be responsible for the teaching of courses. DTU employs two working languages: Danish and English. You are expected to be fluent in at least one of these languages, and in time are expected to master both.

As formal qualification you must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent) as well as academic qualifications equivalent to those obtained by holding an assistant professorship and documented didactic/pedagogic training.

You will be assessed against the responsibilities and qualifications stated above and the following general criteria:

• Experience and quality of teaching 
• Research experience 
• Research vision and potential
• International impact and experience 
• Societal impact
• Innovativeness, including commercialization and collaboration with industry
• Leadership, collaboration, and interdisciplinary skills
• Communication skills

Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union. The position is a part-time position (40%).

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.

Further information
Further information may be obtained from Professor Axel Thielscher, Head of Section Magnetic Resonance, tel.: +45 4525 5313.

You can read more about the Department of Health Technology at www.healthtech.dtu.dk. 

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark.

Application procedure
Please submit your online application no later than 4 July 2025 (23:59 Danish time). Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply now", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)
• Vision for teaching and research 
• CV including employment history, list of publications indicating scientific highlights, H-index and ORCID (see http://orcid.org/)
• Teaching portfolio including documentation of teaching experience
• Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD)

You can learn more about the recruitment process here.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. As DTU works with research in critical technology, which is subject to special rules for security and export control, open-source background checks may be conducted on qualified candidates for the position.

DTU Health Tech
With a vision to improve health and quality of life through technology, DTU Health Tech engages in research, education, and innovation based on technical and natural science. We educate tomorrow’s health tech engineers and create the foundation for new and innovative services and technologies for the globally expanding healthcare sector with its demands for the most advanced technological solutions. DTU Health Tech’s expertise can be described through five overall research areas: Diagnostic Imaging, Digital Health, Personalised Therapy, Precision Diagnostics, and Sensory and Neural Technology. Our technologies and solutions are developed with the aim of benefiting people and creating value for society. The department has a scientific staff of about 210 persons, 140 PhD Students, and a technical/administrative support staff of about 100 persons of which a large majority contributes to our research infrastructure and related commercial activities.

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.