[visionlist] PhD and Post-doc position available in Switzerland

[Petra Vetter]

*_PhD and Post-doc position available in Switzerland _*

One PhD and one post-doc position are available in the Visual and 
Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, headed by Petra Vetter at the Dept. of 
Psychology of the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. The positions 
are funded by a Swiss Consolidator Grant (“Mapping Space in the Blind 
Brain”) to study space representation in the brain of congenitally blind 
individuals. The projects will involve designing auditory and tactile 
spatial localisation experiments, recruitment and testing of 
congenitally blind individuals and sighted participants, using 
ultra-high field fMRI at 7 Tesla, advanced fMRI analysis methods and TMS.

Information on past and current research in the lab can be found on the 
lab website: https://www.unifr.ch/psycho/en/research/vcnl/

*_PhD position _*_(fully funded for 3 years, with a possible extension 
to 4 years):**_

Required qualifications and skills:

- Masters degree in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience or related field, 
with a minimum grade of a Swiss 5 (= 2^nd best grade, equivalent to a UK 
2.1/German 2/US B)

- Experience in psychological lab experimentation

- Basic programming skills and/or high motivation to become proficient 
in programming

- Strong analytical and statistical skills

- Ability to work independently

- Good scientific writing and communication skills (in English)

Desired:

- Basic experience with cognitive neuroscience methods, e.g. 
psychophysics, fMRI, TMS, EEG.

*_Post-doc position _*_(funding available for 3.5 years):_

Required qualifications and skills:

- PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience or related field, e.g. Psychology, 
Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Engineering or similar

- Programming proficiency, preferably in Python, R, or Matlab

- Excellent analytical and statistical skills

- Experience in designing, conducting and analysing fMRI experiments

- Excellent scientific writing and communication skills, documented by 
peer-reviewed publications

- Ability to work independently

- Ability to supervise junior students

Desired:

- Experience in advanced fMRI analysis methods, e.g. population 
receptive field modelling, multi-variate pattern analysis, 
representational similarity analysis, retinotopic mapping or 
machine-learning approaches.

- Experience with 7 Tesla fMRI

- Experience in conducting TMS experiments.

The positions do not require teaching, but there is the opportunity to 
gain teaching and supervision experience. The University of Fribourg is 
a bilingual university (French & German). Basic French or German 
language skills are an advantage but not a requirement.

Switzerland is multilingual and multicultural, offers a high standard of 
living and great opportunities for outdoor activities. Fribourg is a 
vibrant student city located between Bern and Lausanne, both lie within 
easy commuting distance. Zurich and Geneva are commutable, too. Salaries 
are in accordance with the guidelines of the Swiss National Science 
Foundation and the University of Fribourg. Start dates are flexible, for 
the PhD position the ideal start date would be autumn 2024.

Informal enquiries and applications including CV, motivation letter and 
contact details of at least 2 referees should be sent to 
petra.vetter at unifr.ch. Applications received by 22 July 2024 will be 
reviewed first (later applications may be considered if no suitable 
candidate has been found).

Best wishes,

Petra

-- 
Petra Vetter, PhD
Assistant Professor
SNSF PRIMA & Consolidator Grantee
Head of the Visual & Cognitive Neuroscience Lab
President of the Psychology Ethics Committee
President of the Interfaculty Center of Cognition
Dept. of Psychology, University of Fribourg
Rue P.-A.-de-Faucigny 2, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland
Tel: +41 26 300 7646
petra.vetter at unifr.ch
https://www.unifr.ch/psycho/en/research/vcnl/
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