Dr. Miriam Menzel

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Miriam Menzel studied Physics at RWTH Aachen University (Germany) and Imperial College London (UK), focusing on theoretical solid state physics, biophotonics, and medical imaging. In 2013, she joined the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine at Research Center Jülich (Germany), where she started working on optics simulation and polarization microscopy of brain tissue. After completing her PhD in 2018 with distinction, she shifted her focus to the experimental development of new light microscopy techniques for brain research, exploiting scattered light to visualize complex brain tissue structures. Menzel served as a visiting postdoctoral scholar at Stanford School of Medicine (USA), where she compared light and X-ray scattering in brain tissue. In 2022, she joined the Department of Imaging Physics at TU Delft as an Assistant Professor and founded a lab for computational scattered light imaging. Her research interests encompass computational scattered light imaging, neuroimaging, biomedical optics, and image processing.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

2022-01-01 — Present

Delft University of Technology • Delft, Netherlands

Joined the Department of Imaging Physics, founded a lab for computational scattered light imaging.

Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar

2021-01-01 — 2022-01-01

Stanford School of Medicine • Stanford, USA

Conducted comparisons of light and X-ray scattering in brain tissue.

PostDoc

2018-01-01 — 2022-01-01

Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich • Jülich, Germany

Worked on the development of new light microscopy techniques for brain research.

PhD Candidate

2014-01-01 — 2018-01-01

RWTH / Forschungszentrum Jülich • Jülich, Germany

Focused on experimental light microscopy and its application in neuroscience.

Requirements for Delft University of Technology

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:100
GRE General
Verbal
Required:154
Quantitative
Required:159
Analytical Writing
Required:4
Overall
Required:4
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree in a related field Sufficient credits in key subjects (Mathematics, Physics, Discipline-specific)
Application Checklist
  • Bachelor's degree certificate
  • Academic transcript
  • English language certificate
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Motivation letter
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • Identity document (Passport)
  • GRE General Test results (for international diplomas)
Specialization Notes

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