The University Clinic Essen is a hospital of maximum care. All fields of medicine are represented by 54 special clinics or institutes. The hospital has a total of 5.500 employees. 180.000 patients are treated each year. The University Clinic Essen has a strong, internationally competitive background in research and teaching.

A PhD or Postdoctoral position is available at the earliest date possible at the Experimental Neurology Laboratory of the Department of Neurology:

PhD position or Postdoctoral position

(Allowance/Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L / 75% or 100%)

Salary will be dependent on the candidate’s profile and collective bargaining law („Tarifrecht“). Job duration is four years (doctoral position) or three years (postdoctoral position). Extension of job duration depends among others on the general agreement for universities concerning conditions of employment („Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz“) and availability of external funds.

The project is supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of the DFG Research Unit „Extinction Learning: Neural Mechanisms, Behavioral Manifestations and Clinical Implications“ (FOR 1581). The position is available as part of the subproject „Contribution of the human cerebellum to extinction learning and renewal“ (PIs Prof. Dr. D. Timmann and Prof. Dr. M. Ladd).

Job description:

Focus will be on acquisition and analysis of structural and functional MRI of the cerebellum using an ultra-high-field (7 Tesla) MR scanner. Experiments will be performed at the Erwin L. Hahn Institute for MRI (www.hahn-institute.de).

Job qualifications:

We are looking for students/postdocs with a background in physics, computer science, or engineering. Experience in (f)MRI and good Matlab skills are expected. Students/postdocs with a background in neuroscience, neuropsychology or neurobiology and advanced experience in (f)MRI are also invited to apply.

Secondary employment („Nebentätigkeiten“) depends on the general agreement for universities concerning conditions of secondary employments of Nordrhine-Westfalia („Hochschulnebentätigkeitsverordnung des Landes Nordhein-Westfalen“) . Applications from appropriately qualified handicapped persons will be given priority.

The University of Duisburg-Essen seeks to increase the number of female academic staff and encourages women with the necessary qualifications to apply for this position. Applications from appropriately qualified women will be given priority.

The job is open until filled.

Please send your application including CV via email to:

Dagmar Timmann-Braun

Professor of Experimental Neurology

Dagmar.Timmann-Braun@uni-duisburg-essen.de

Department of Neurology

Universitätsklinikum Essen

Hufelandstraße 55

45147 Essen.

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