10 Jan
2014
10 Jan
'14
4:03 p.m.
Applications are invited for a post-doctoral position to work on the
neurobiology of anxiety and fear. The Comparative Emotion Neuroscience
Group (www.bachlab.org) currently hosts 1 PostDoc, 3 PhD students, and
several support staff, and is looking for a second post-doctoral fellow.
The group’s aim is to develop formal models of animal and human
defensive emotions (panic, fear, anxiety), characterise their
neuroanatomy and the underlying neural computations using neuroimaging
techniques (fMRI, M/EEG) in humans, and apply this knowledge to
psychiatric syndromes involving pathological emotions. The laboratory
offers a friendly and collaborative research environment, a
research-dedicated 3T MRI scanner, a fully equipped
psychological/psychophysiological testing facility, access to EEG, and
collaboration with MEG and 7T MRI facilities. The position is funded for
3 years and paid according to work experience, usually in grade 18. The
lab, behavioural testing facilities, EEG, and 3T scanner are located in
the Department of Psychiatry, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
The successfull applicant will have either (a) an undergraduate degree
in physics/engineering/mathematics/computer science, and a PhD in
cognitive neuroscience, or (b) an undergraduate degree in
biology/psychology/neuroscience, and a PhD in neuroscience with a
computational or technological focus. The candidate will be experienced
in human experimentation, in particular fMRI or M/EEG.
Fluent English is mandatory, German is not. We are looking for a highly
motivated individal with interest in neurobiology who develops
independent research ideas within the group’s framework.
Starting date is 2014. Applications are accepted until the position is
filled. Applicants should send, in one merged PDF, a CV, publication
list, letter of intent with a statement of research interest, and the
name and contact of two references to:
jobs(a)bachlab.org