Senior Lecturer - Medical Physics

Grenoble, France

2026-04-02 (Europe/Paris)

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Euraxess research field: Physics - Applied Physics; Medical Sciences - Other (Medical Physics); Technology - Medical Technology, Measurement Technology; Biophysics.

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Expected skills:

Applicants must show a strong interest in teaching as well as a high-level scientific record in accordance with UGA’s ambitions. They must identify with UGA’s values, that is, being open to the world, emphasising ethics and scientific integrity, showing an interest in teamwork and being committed to the community. They should also have a sense of responsibility, in particular with regard to environmental and social issues.

Context and educational objectives:

The successful candidate will join the PhITEM Department teaching team, involved in the Master’s programme in Medical Physics and Radiation Protection for Humans and the Environment, in collaboration with faculty members from the Medicine department at Université Grenoble Alpes. The successful candidate may also propose innovative projects to promote the teaching of physical and numerical methods in health within the Planned Health thematic program of the UGA Graduate School.

They should be comfortable teaching a diverse audience composed of students from both initial and continuing education backgrounds, with varied academic profiles (degrees in physics or health sciences). Teaching duties will include lectures, tutorials, laboratory sessions, supervision of projects and internships, and will cover topics related to medical physics and radiation protection—such as ionizing radiation (production, interactions, detection, modelling) and medical imaging techniques (X-rays, nuclear medicine, MRI, ultrasound) at the Master’s (year 1 and 2) level.

Experience in developing educational content will be considered an asset. The courses offered in year 2 of the Master’s in Medical Physics and Radiation Protection for Humans and the Environment (PMRHE) programme are taught in French.

The successful candidate may also be required to teach general physics courses in undergraduate programmes under the responsibility of the PhITEM Department.

Research project and scientific impact:

Research Profile Title: Advanced Physical and Numerical Methods for Disruptive External Radiotherapy Techniques

The successful candidate will first be assigned to the UGA/INSERM Joint Unit UA7 Synchrotron Radiation for Biomedicine (STROBE), then they will join the ADvanced Methods in Innovative Radiotherapies (ADMIR) team, which will eventually become part of the Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences (GIN). GIN hosts around 250 people across 12 teams, including biologists, physicians, and physicists.

With more than two decades of preclinical, translational, and clinical research in medical applications of synchrotron radiation, members of the ADMIR team have achieved several world-firsts that have significantly impacted the international field of external radiotherapy for brain tumors. Within GIN, the ADMIR team will continue to develop these innovative radiotherapy methods outside the highly constrained synchrotron radiation environment. The main objective is to further develop these modalities for the treatment of tumors—particularly brain tumors—for which current therapeutic strategies remain largely inadequate.

In this context, the laboratory is recruiting an assistant professor in medical physics with expertise in instrumentation, physical modelling, and/or advanced numerical methods, capable of developing their own research projects within a multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate’s research record should demonstrate significant achievements, including international publications, supervision of Master’s students, and, ideally, PhD students in the field. Demonstrated ability to secure research funding and/or motivation to participate in preclinical and clinical trials will be considered a strong asset.

The proposed research activity should align closely with one or more of ADMIR’s three main scientific axes, which are fully consistent with GIN’s strategic vision:

• Combined radiotherapy with enhanced delivery of radiosensitizers (chemotherapy, nanoparticles, viral therapy agents) with a transient opening of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) using focused ultrasound.
• Spatial fractionation of radiation dose on conventional machines, such as microbeam or minibeam radiotherapy, and lattice radiotherapy.
• 4P radiotherapy (personalized, preventive, predictive, and participatory), leveraging patient and machine data and Bayesian or AI-based approaches.

The successful candidate’s research may cover several aspects of medical physics related to these themes, including development of dedicated instrumentation, metrology and dosimetric measurements, radiation dose calculation models, simulation and treatment planning, medical imaging techniques associated with advanced radiotherapy, focused ultrasound-mediated BBB opening techniques, radiobiology. Members of the ADMIR team conduct research spanning from cellular to clinical scales, including preclinical experiments.

Information for candidates:

• Université Grenoble Alpes recruits on the basis of skills and makes use of all talents. It encourages applicants with disabilities to apply for teaching and research positions.
• Senior lecturers and professors are required to reside at the place where they perform their duties (Art. 5 of Decree No. 84-431 of June 6, 1984).

HRS4R certified and committed to an OTM-R (Open, Transparent, and Merit-based Recruitment) approach, the University of Grenoble Alpes recruits on the merits of candidates and in accordance with a transparent procedure.

Job details

Title Senior Lecturer - Medical Physics

Employer Université Grenoble Alpes

Location 621 avenue Centrale Grenoble, France

Published 2026-03-10

Application deadline 2026-04-02 16:00 (Europe/Paris)

Job type Lecturer / Senior Lecturer

Field Medical Technology, Biophysics, Medical Physics, Applied Physics, Medical Imaging, Radiology, Nuclear Physics