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<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">PhD and Postdoc positions - neurocognitive mechanisms of superior face processing</font></b><br></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Starting date:<span class="gmail-Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">     </span>between October 2019 and February 2020</font></span></p><p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p>
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<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none">The </span><span class="gmail-s2" style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-kerning:none">Applied Face Cognition Lab</span><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"> (Department of Psychology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland) studies individual differences in human face processing at various levels of processing using multiple techniques. Collaborating with different international police agencies to bridge the gap between the lab and real world, the lab’s aim is to advance our understanding of the mechanisms underlying superior face processing abilities.</span></font></p><p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><br></span></font></p>
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<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none">Skilled and motivated individuals with overlapping research interests and relevant experience (background in neuroscience, </span><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-kerning:none">psychology, biomedical science, computer science, or related area</span><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none">) are encouraged to apply to join the lab. In addition to a genuine interest in vision and cognitive neuroscience, the ideal candidate has skills in programming and data analysis, and a high level of written and spoken English. Experience with psychophysics and/or neuroimaging, and strong quantitative skills are a plus. Successful applicants are curious, solution-oriented and collegial, and will develop and conduct studies in the field of </span><span class="gmail-s3" style="font-kerning:none">translational</span><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"> cognitive neuroscience.</span></font></p><p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:12px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Application documents should include a personal statement detailing qualifications, career goals and research interests related to superior face processing, as well as contact details of up to people who could provide reference letters. Applications will be accepted until positions are filled. For informal inquiries please contact <a href="mailto:meike.ramon@gmail.com" style=""><span class="gmail-s4" style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-kerning:none">meike.ramon@gmail.com</span></a>; Meike will be at ECVP and available to talk to interested candidates.</font></span></p><p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></span></p><p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span class="gmail-s1" style="font-kerning:none"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)">---</span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" style="font-size:small" face="arial, sans-serif">Meike Ramon, PhD</font><div style="font-size:small"><b><font color="#000000" size="2" face="arial, sans-serif">SNSF PRIMA Fellow and Group Leader</font></b></div><div style="font-size:small"><b><font color="#000000" size="2" face="arial, sans-serif">- Applied Face Cognition Lab -</font></b></div><div><b><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></b></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">University of Fribourg</span><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Department of Psychology<br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Faucigny 2<br>1700 Fribourg<br>Switzerland<br></font><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Tel : <span style="line-height:16.5px">+41 26 300 7533</span></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Fax: </font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:16.5px">+41 26 300 9712<br></span><font color="#000000">Email : <a href="mailto:meike.ramon@gmail.com" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">meike.ramon@gmail.com</font></a></font></font></div></div><div><font size="2"><font color="#0000ff" face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></font></div><div><b><font color="#45818e"><a href="http://www.meikeramon.com" target="_blank"><font color="#45818e" face="arial, sans-serif">www.meikeramon.com</font></a></font></b><font size="2" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:small"><font color="#0000ff"><br></font></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>