[FieldTrip] PhD position Perceptual Psychology (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany)

[Rohe, Tim]

Dear FieldTrip community,

I'm looking for a highly motivated PhD student to join my lab (for details, see below).

Best wishes,
Tim Rohe


The Perceptual Psychology group at the Institute of Psychology at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg is seeking a  doctoral researcher (m/f/d; 75 % TV-L E 13 for the DFG Project "Olfactory-Visual Causal Inference in Perception and the Brain" as of 1.6.2023 or as soon as possible, limited for 3 years.

The project investigates how people combine the appearance and smell of food into a multisensory perception using psychophysical, psycho-physiological and neurophysiological methods. Tasks in the project include

- the planning and conduction of olfactory-visual studies with electroencephalography (EEG), electromyography (EMG) and facial-expression analysis

- the analysis and presentation of data (e.g., at conferences)

- writing manuscripts for publications in international journals

- working in a team

- co-supervision of student assistants and study theses



Required Qualifications:

The applicant should have a strong interest in the research topics of perceptual psychology, especially multisensory perception. In addition, she/he should have a strong interest in scientific work oriented towards open-science principles. In addition to a high level of social competence, team and communication skills and the ability to work independently and on one's own responsibility, the following qualifications are required:

- Above-average degree in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, or a related discipline relevant to the research question (M.Sc., Dipl., about to be completed or completed upon hire).

- Very good knowledge of methods and statistics, experience with statistical software (e.g. JASP, R)

- Knowledge in programming (e.g. in Matlab, Python/Psychopy and/or R) or willingness to acquire the knowledge

- Good knowledge of German and English



Desirable Qualifications:

- Experience conducting research with human participants in behavioral and/or neuro-physiological experiments such as EEG

- Experience with the analysis of behavioral and/or neurophysiological data, especially EEG data (e.g., in Matlab with EEGLab, Brainstorm or FieldTrip).



We offer:

- the collaboration in an innovative and creative research project

- the possibility to do a doctorate under highly motivated supervision

- integration into a friendly, growing research team that is oriented towards Open Science principles

- remuneration according to the usual pay scale for scientific employees (TV-L E13, 75%, for 3 years)

- Access to up-to-date research equipment in a multisensory laboratory with 64-channel EEG and devices for the presentation of visual, olfactory and auditory stimuli, facial expression analysis, psychophysiological measurements (e.g., EMG) as well as eye-tracking



The Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg aims to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching and therefore expressly invites applications from appropriately qualified women. Severely disabled persons will be given preference in the case of equal suitability.



Earliest hiring date: June 1, 2023

Application deadline: April 30, 2023

Please send follow-up questions to Prof. Dr. Tim Rohe (tim.rohe at fau.de<mailto:tim.rohe at fau.de> ).



Please send your application documents including CV, letter of motivation (1 page) with a short description of own qualifications and research interests, copies of academic qualifications, contact details of at least 1 potential referee* and a writing sample (e.g. bachelor or master thesis) in electronic form in a single PDF file to Prof. Dr. Tim Rohe (tim.rohe at fau.de<mailto:tim.rohe at fau.de> ) by April 30, 2023.

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Prof. Dr. Tim Rohe
Wahrnehmungspsychologie
Institut für Psychologie
Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Nägelsbachstr. 49a
91052 Erlangen

Email: tim.rohe at fau.de<mailto:tim.rohe at fau.de>
Tel: 09131/85-20864
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