<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">A PhD position is available in Giessen, Germany, to work in the field of <b class="">computational cognitive neuroscience</b> focusing on visual perception. The project combines machine learning with human behavioral and neural data. <div class=""><br class="">The position is within the SFB-funded project “Factors shaping categorical face processing” <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">in the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center Cardinal Mechanisms of Perception (</span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><a href="https://www.sfb-perception.de/index-en/" class="">https://www.sfb-perception.de/index-en/</a></font>). <font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class="">The project is jointly headed by Katharina Dobs </font><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class="">and Ben de Haas</font><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class="">.</font> The successful candidate will join the group of Katharina Dobs at the Psychology Department of Giessen University. </div><div class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font>Starting date is any time between October 1, 2022 and January 1, 2023 and the position is funded until December 31st, 2025.<br class=""><br class="">The lab is based at the Psychology Department of Giessen University, Germany, which offers excellent facilities for studying visual perception. These include a research-dedicated MRI facility (3T Siemens Prisma), access to high performance computing clusters, state of the art eyetracking labs and mobile eyetracking and a newly established virtual reality lab. The lab is part of a larger research group, with excellent links to scientists within Europe and worldwide (<a href="http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de" class="">www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de</a>), which offers a stimulating, multi-national and multi-disciplinary research environment. Giessen is a small university town, located just 60 km north of Frankfurt, right at the center of Germany.</div><div class=""><br class="">The position is for someone interested in computational approaches (mainly deep learning) to understanding face and object processing in the human brain. <br class=""><br class="">Recent work from our lab on these topics include: <br class=""><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl8913" class="">https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abl8913</a> </div><div class="">and some recent lectures and talks here:<br class=""><a href="https://www.katharinadobs.com/media" class="">https://www.katharinadobs.com/media</a><br class=""><br class="">Informal inquiries are encouraged and should be sent by email to Katharina Dobs (katharina.dobs@psychol.uni-giessen.de). Full applications should include a CV, a one-page statement of research interests, and the names of up to 2 people who could supply a letter of reference. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Apply by <b class="">August 29, 2022</b> via the online form <a href="https://www.uni-giessen.de/karriere/stellenangebote/application" class="">https://www.uni-giessen.de/karriere/stellenangebote/application</a> indicating reference number 493/06.<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><div class=""><font color="#929292" class="">Katharina Dobs, PhD</font></div><div class=""><font color="#929292" class="">Research Group Leader<br class="">Justus-Liebig University Giessen<br class="">Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10F<br class="">35394 Giessen</font></div><div class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""></div></div></body></html>