The Department of Experimental Psychology at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen is looking to fill the position of a

 

Post-Doc Research Assistant

 

Regular working hours will be (currently 39.8 hours per week) with a limited contract of 3 years with a possible extension of another 3 years after positive evaluation. This position should be filled by 01.04.2015. Salary: Pay grade 13 TV-L.

 

 

Our group studies the behavioral and neural mechanisms of processing of unconscious visual stimuli and masked priming. We use psychophysical (RT, Eye-Movements), physiological (EEG, fMRI, tDCS), and phenomenological approaches to better understand these mechanisms.

 

Your Duties

You will have the opportunity to perform basic research and will be intimately involved in all aspects of data collection, analyses, and the publication of results. The research project focusses on physiological approaches to priming and visual masking. It is expected that you develop a new branch of research within this field and gain corresponding funding. You will teach courses as defined in Section 31 of the Higher Education Act of Lower Saxony (NHG) in the Bachelor and Master of Psychology programs in German. Administrative duties including supervising student coworkers, maintaining protocols, subject recruitment and scheduling, and record keeping related to active studies will also be required.

 

Your profile

•  You studied psychology and hold a highly qualified PhD in Psychology.

•  Excellent programming experience (e.g., Matlab, Presentation) and statistical software like R.

•  Publications on psychophysiological studies of visual processes (preferably fMRI).

•  Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills. Must have a demonstrated ability to work

    independently and as part of a team.

•  Proficiency in German and English.

•  Knowledge of and interest in the visual system, visual cognition, neuroanatomy, and statistics.

 

 

This post is designed to serve in fostering young researchers and scientists and give the successful applicant the opportunity to pursue a post-doctoral degree.

 

The University of Göttingen is an equal opportunities employer and places particular emphasis on fostering career opportunities for women. Qualified women are therefore strongly encouraged to apply as they are underrepresented in this field. Disabled persons with equivalent aptitude will be favored.

 

Please send your application with the usual documents (also in electronic form) by January, 18^th, 2015 to Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Institute for Psychology, Department of Experimental Psychology, Gossler-Str. 14, 37073 Göttingen, e-mail: uwe.mattler@psych.uni-goettingen.de.

 

If you have any questions, please contact Uwe Mattler (e-mail: uwe.mattler@psych.uni-goettingen.de).

 

We request that you send us copies of your application documents, as no returns will be made. We will destroy the documents after a holding period of five months. Application documents will only be returned to you if you provide a self-addressed adequately stamped envelope.