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<p class="western" style="line-height:150%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><br>
PhD </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">(65% E13 TVöD Bund) and Postdoc (100% E13 TVöD Bund) positions in chronobiology/psychology/vision science/human neuroscience (m/f/d)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Max Planck Research Group
<b>Translational Sensory & Circadian Neuroscience</b> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">based at the
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/en"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
in Tübingen, Germany, invites applications for fully funded PhD (65% E13 TVöD Bund) and Postdoc (100% E13 TVöD Bund) positions in chronobiology, psychology, vision science and human neuroscience (m/f/d/) with a start date of
<b>1 April 2022 or later</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Description<br>
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Max Planck Research Group
<b>Translational Sensory & Circadian Neuroscience</b> aims to understand the effects of light on human physiology and behaviour. The research group is led by
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://groupleaders.mpdl.mpg.de/group-leader/manuel-spitschan/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Dr. Manuel Spitschan</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
who jointly holds the professorship “Chronobiology & Health” at Technical University Munich. The research group is embedded in a network of international collaborators. Successful candidates will join a vibrant neuroscientific research community in Tübingen.
Current research questions include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mechanisms underlying human vision and circadian photoreception in health and disease<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="western" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Understanding and modifying light exposure in the real world<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="western" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Non-canonical light-sensitive pathways in humans<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="western" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Standardisation and open science<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="western" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We use a multi-modal hybrid-methods approach in our research. Methods include circadian and neuroendocrine assessment
methods, spectral engineering for tailoring and design of light stimuli (including using VR goggles and pectrally tunable lighting), (psycho)physiological measurements, including pupillometry, DLMO and core body temperature, measurement of rest-activity cycles
using actigraphy, functional neuroimaging, computational modelling, ecological momentary assessment, ambulatory light measurement measurements, survey-based methods, and behavioural interventions. For recent representative publications, please see:
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/braincomms/fcab159"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">10.1093/braincomms/fcab159</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16595.1"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16595.1</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
and </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.031"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">10.1016/j.cub.2019.11.031</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Your profile<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Essential<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">A postgraduate degree at Master’s level (PhD position) or a doctoral degree (postdoc position) in psychology, neuroscience, biology, medicine, biomedical engineering, vision science,
lighting science, and adjacent disciplines<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="western" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Experience in scientific, statistical or other programming in Python, R, MATLAB or similar languages<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="western" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Knowledge and experience in data analysis<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="western" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Experience working with human participants<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="western" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Scientific writing skills<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Desired<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Experience in version control with git<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="western" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Experience in open science practices</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE">
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Knowledge of linear algebra<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="western" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Proficiency in German<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Further details<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Positions are for three years with the possibility of extension. PhD students can enrol with the doctoral program of the
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/imprs-mmfd" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Graduate Training Centre/International Max Planck Research School (GTC-IMPRS)</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">,
the </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.neuroschool-tuebingen.de/master/neural-behav-sci/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Graduate School of Neural & Behavioural Sciences</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
or </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.neuroschool-tuebingen.de/master/neural-inf-process/"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Graduate School of Neural Information Processing</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Max Planck Society strives for gender and diversity equality, welcomes applications from all backgrounds, and strongly encourages individuals from underrepresented groups to apply. Applicants
with disabilities are treated with preference given comparable qualification.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We foster an engaging mutually enriching work environment, that is supportive of members’ professional and personal development.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Application requirements<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Please send the following documents via email to<b>
</b></span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:manuel.spitschan@tuebingen.mpg.de"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">manuel.spitschan@tuebingen.mpg.de</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">:
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Cover letter describing your interest in the position</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. Please provide evidence how you
meet each of the essential and, if applicable, desired expectations listed above. Where essential criteria are not met, the cover letter needs to include information for how these could be met at the start of the position.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="western" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">
<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Curriculum vitae</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> including publication list (if applicable) and contact information of
two references.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="western" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo4">
<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Writing samples from Bachelor’s or Master’s theses (PhD positions)
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">or<b> PDFs of two representative publications (Postdoc positions)</b>.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE">Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered. Informal inquiries can be addressed to
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:manuel.spitschan@tuebingen.mpg.de"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE">manuel.spitschan@tuebingen.mpg.de</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE">.
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