[FieldTrip] 1 PhD and 1 Postdoctoral Position - Charité Berlin

[Pomper, Ulrich]

The Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (http://psy-ccm.charite.de/en/) invites applications for a Post-doctoral and a PhD student position. A Starting Grant of the European Research Council (ERC) will fund both positions for initially 2 years with the possibility of extension.

The main objective of this ERC research program is to examine neural and neurochemical markers of multisensory integration and to test a new hypothesis that considers dynamic interplay of synchronized neural populations as a key to multisensory processes (Senkowski et al. 2008, Trends in Neurosciences). The studies within this program include healthy subjects and patients with schizophrenia, as a prototype of a mental disorder with deficits in multisensory integration. Multisensory processes will be examined in a series of experiments requiring both bottom-up and top-down processing (Talsma et al. 2010, Trends in Cognitive Sciences). Reaching beyond the state-of-the-art, this comprises a combination of human EEG/MEG data as a macroscopic measure of cortical processing; source modeling of synchronized EEG/MEG activity; and neurochemical markers using MR spectroscopy.

Applicants should have a background in psychology, medicine, biology, physics or neuroscience. Experience in human EEG/MEG studies or biosignal analysis (e.g., Matlab) is desirable (i.e. required for the Post-doctoral position). An interest in neurophysiologic studies in clinical populations is expected, as well as basic German language skills for interacting with patients.

Applicants are asked to submit their CV, a short motivation letter, 2 names of referees, and documentation of relevant qualification (e.g., copies of diplomas and/or transcripts of grades) until September 15, 2011, electronically to Dr. Daniel Senkowski (daniel.senkowski at charite.de; www.danielsenkowski.com).

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Daniel Senkowski, Ph.D

Head of the research group Multisensory-Mind
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Charité, University Medicine Berlin
St. Hedwig Hospital, Große Hamburger Str. 5-11
10115 Berlin, Germany
Phone: +49-30-2311-2738
Fax:      +49-30-2311-2750
www.danielsenkowski.com