4 Nov
2014
4 Nov
'14
9:15 a.m.
Open Position, Reference Number: 177/2014
The Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg offers an open position for a
PhD student
at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Psychology II, Dept. of
Neuropsychology
salary group: 13 TV-L
start of position: 01.01.2015
duration until: 31.12.2017
time: 65%
Requirements:
- excellent graduation from university; major disciplines psychology,
medicine, neuro-science, neurobiology or related subjects
- experience with fMRI, EEG, and/or computational modeling of cognitive
processes and behavior is advantageous
- interest in/experience with research on performance monitoring,
cognitive control, decision making, learning in humans or nonhuman primates.
Goal:
The candidate shall contribute substantially to the German-Japanese
cooperation project “Testing computational models of learning from
social, real, and fictive feedback in human and nonhuman primates”,
funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the Japan Science and
Technology Agency (JST). Principal investigators: Prof. Dr. Markus
Ullsperger (OvGU Magdeburg) and Prof. Dr. Masaki Isoda (Kansai Medical
University, Osaka). The collaboration of both research groups shall be
fostered by research visits in the partner labs.
The project is embedded in Prof. Ullsperger’s lab’s general research
line. The team is multidisciplinary and combines a broad variety of
cognitive neuroscience methods. The Department of Neuropsychology and
Magdeburg in general offer cognitive neuroscientists a unique,
multidisciplinary working and learning environment with opportunities
for developing expertise in a diversity of research areas and
techniques. Four MRI scanners (7T, 3T), several (MR-compatible) EEG
systems, an MEG system, TMS and high-performance computational
facilities are available.
Content-related questions should be directed to: Prof. Dr. Markus
Ullsperger, phone: +49 (0)391/67-18475, e-mail: markus.ullsperger(a)ovgu.de.
Applications by women are especially welcome. Applicants with a severe
disability will receive preferential treatment if their qualifications
and experience are equal to those of the other candidates.
Please send your complete application (cover letter, curriculum vitae,
references) quoting reference number 177/2014 by November 25th, 2014
(date of receipt of application) to the address below:
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg Dezernat Personalwesen Postfach
4120, 39016 Magdeburg, Germany dezernat.personalwesen(a)ovgu.de