PhD position in Cognitive Neuroscience

We are seeking an enthusiastic PhD student with a particular interest in understanding sensory mechanisms of human communication. The PhD position is supervised by Prof. Dr. Katharina von Kriegstein at the Chair of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience at TU Dresden, Germany.

Task: The task of the successful candidate involves using high-resolution neuroimaging to test for predictive coding mechanisms in the human sensory pathway in typically developed populations as well as in populations with developmental dyslexia. The project is based on prior work of our group listed here.

Requirements: Candidates should have experience with at least one experimental method of cognitive neuroscience (e.g., psychophysics, functional or structural MRI, neurostimulation), analysis software (e.g., JASP) or programming language (e.g., matlab, python). Experience with special populations (e.g., developmental dyslexia) would be an asset but is not essential. PhD student candidates must have a Master’s degree (or equivalent) in neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science, or a related field.

The setting: TU Dresden is one of eleven German Universities of Excellence. It provides an outstanding scientific infrastructure. The successful candidate will be based at the Chair of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience. The Chair is part of ReDyslexia, which is a research consortium of neuroscientists and clinicians that have the aim (1) to better understand sensory pathway dysfunction in developmental dyslexia, and (2) to directly use this knowledge for improving treatment strategies. ReDyslexia includes studies in humans with developmental dyslexia as well as experiments in animal models. Experiments will be performed at the TUD Neuroimaging Centre (NIC). The NIC is equipped with a research-only MRI machine (Siemens 3T Prisma), MRI-compatible EEG, eye-tracking and noise-cancellation headphones, and a neurostimulation unit including TMS, tDCS, and tFUS. The experimental facilities are supported by experienced physics and IT staff. For computational work, there is access to the Centre for Information Services and High Performance Computing at TU Dresden. The TU Dresden Graduate Academy offers a comprehensive training programme and individual career advice for early career researchers. The Dresden-concept Welcome Centre facilitates the start in Dresden for international researchers. The TU Dresden is an equal opportunities employer, committed to the advancement of individuals without regard to ethnicity, religion, gender, or disability.

The PhD position is available at the next possible date. Subject to personal qualification, employees are remunerated according to salary group E 13 TV-L 75%.

For more information on the post and the application procedure please see the official job advertisement: PDF