Missions

The selected researcher should demonstrate a sound scientific background and very good knowledge of experimental methods, allowing him/her to conduct the outlined research activities. He/she will work under the direct supervision of a CNRS scientist and will interact with other researchers in the team, scientific collaborators in biomechanics as well as scientists at the ESRF during the implementation of the method. The position entails furthermore multiple scientific visits to the European Synchrotron (ESRF) during the implementation of the in-situ experiment. The working language in the team is English.

Activités

The selected researcher will take active part in the ERC project, which requires:
- Design and implementation of an in-situ mechanical test rig, with support from a research engineer
- Experimental characterization of the bone-tendon insertion with texture tomography during in-situ mechanical deformation at synchrotron light sources (e.g. European Synchrotron (ESRF), Grenoble, France)

Compétences

- PhD degree with sound expertise in biomechanics, biomineralization or a related discipline.
- Very good knowledge in experimental mechanics
- Experience with synchrotron experiments is a bonus
- Familiarity with programming in python is a bonus
- Highly-developed critical and analytical skills
- Capability to work in an interdisciplinary, international team

Contexte de travail

The crystallographic texture is a major determinant for the behaviour of materials. Despite this importance, appropriate, quantitative methods to study the crystallographic texture in biomaterials in 3D are missing. In the framework of a project funded by the European Research Council (ERC Starting grant 'TexTOM'), our group is aiming to develop texture tomography as a quantitative tool to study the crystallographic texture in 3D, based on previous work [1]. We finally want to use it to study the mechanical behaviour of a functionally graded, hierarchically organized biomaterials, the bone-tendon insertion.

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