Fwd: Subject: Researcher position: Multivariate Image Analysis, Munich, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

Researcher position (PhD student / Post-Doc level): The Centre for Early Psychosis Studies (Head: Dr. Nikolaos Koutsouleris) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Chair: Prof. Dr. Peter Falkai), under the EUFP-7 project PRONIA (http://www.pronia.eu), seeks an outstanding individual for the development of multivariate biomarkers of major psychiatric diseases, including schizophrenic and affective psychoses, borderline personality and anxiety disorders. The project's aim is to construct reliable diagnostic and predictive methods that integrate neuroimaging, neurocognitive, genetic, metabolomic and clinical biomarkers using state-of-the-art machine learning techniques. The salary is according the German TV-L E13 and depends on academic level of the applicant. The position is initially limited to one year, with the possibility to further extend it for another two years. Application Criteria: The candidate should be experienced in MATLAB programming and should be familiar with current neuroimaging processing techniques (e.g. VBM, cortex reconstruction) and software packages (SPM, FSL, Freesurfer). These skills are needed to further develop and extend in-house machine-learning techniques, including unsupervised and semi-supervised clustering techniques vector-machines and ensemble learning methods. An important focus of the work will be the analysis of genetic data acquired within PsyCourse (http://www.psycourse.de/) using the aforementioned techniques. The successful candidate will work in the coordinating centre of a multi-centre EU Project's with a young, dynamic and multidisciplinary team. The main roles associated with this position are not restricted to scientific output, they include software production and project coordination as well. Henceforth the candidate should have a flexible and structured profile complemented by a good strategic thinking ability. Long-standing cooperations exist with the Structural Brain Mapping Group at the University of Jena (Prof. Christian Gaser) and the Section for Biomedical Image Analysis (Prof. Christos Davatzikos). Please send your application including a CV and a letter of recommendation to Dr. Nikolaos Koutsouleris, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Nußbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany or by email to nikolaos.koutsouleris(a)med.uni-muenchen.de. For further information concerning this position and our research group, please do not hesitate to contact Dr. Nikolaos Koutsouleris and Carlos Cabral (carlos.cabral(a)med.uni-muenchen.de). Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. The start date is as soon as possible.