Doctoral student in Cognitive Neurophysiology (f/m/x)

The position is to be filled as soon as possible. This part time position (65%) is initially limited to 36 months, with remuneration according to the Collective Agreement for the Public Service of the States (TV-L), entailing possible placement in pay group E13 TV-L contingent upon personal qualifications. A long-term collaboration is intended.

The main focus of the research group "Cognitive Neurophysiology" (head: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christian Beste) at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy and the Institute of Psychology at the TU Dresden is the investigation of neurobiological basics of cognitive control and executive functions using modern experimental psychological, neurophysiological and neurobiological methods in healthy people and neuropsychiatric diseases.

The position is to be filled within a third-party funded project focusing on neurophysiological processes underlying the integration of perception and action. The focus is on experimental studies in healthy individuals. The project seeks to gain insights into the interplay of different frequency bands/oscillatory patterns during perception-action integration processes with special emphasis on cross-frequency coupling processes. Within the project, also brain stimulation methods will be employed to provide mechanistic insights into the neurophysiological pattern being analyzed (cross-frequency couplings etc.). The research area will be extended to neuropsychiatric diseases in adults and children/adolescents. The position is connected to research in DFG-funded research groups FOR2698 and FOR2790 as well as to the newly established Center for Child and Adolescent Health (DZKJ). We offer a chance to develop your scientific career with ample opportunities for personal growth. You'll work in a vibrant environment with diverse research groups and associations, participating in groundbreaking research with clinical relevance, which you can actively help to shape and develop further. There is the possibility to do a doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.) or PhD at the Institute of Psychology or the Faculty of Medicine at the TU Dresden.

Your Profile:

• degree in psychology, cognitive neuroscience, biosignal Engineering
• programming/scripting skills is required (e.g. in MATLAB)
• interest in one of the following methods would be an advantage (EEG, TMS, tDCS)
• willingness to work independently, on your own responsibility and in a Team
• a high degree of personal commitment and interest in an academic Career
• interest in working with patients
• excellent communication skills in english

We offer you the possibility to:

• activity in the medical-psychological leading Research
• implementation of own ideas and the work in an innovative interdisciplinary team in research and teaching
• collaboration and active shaping of the scientific-clinical work at the German Centre for Child and Adolescent Health (SaxoChilLD site)
• job-orientated further and advanced training with individual planning of your professional career and thus the development of a future-oriented, individual professional profile
• reconciling flexible working hours to make the combination of family and career a reality
• care of your children through partnerships with children's institutions near the University Hospital
• use of company prevention offers, courses and fitness in our Carus Vital health centre

Your contact in the HR Directorate

Kati Weise

Mail: kati.weise@ukdd.de

Tel: 0351-458 3164