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<font face="Garamond"><span lang="EN-US">Dear vision colleagues, </span></font></p>
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<font face="Garamond"><span lang="EN-US">It is my great pleasure to announce that the <a href="https://www.scenegrammarlab.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);">Scene Grammar Lab</a> is looking for TWO (!) PhD candidates to join our team starting
early 2026 (4 years, pay scale: E13 TV-L, 75%). After 10 very fun and successful years in Frankfurt, the SGL has moved to the LMU in Munich, where we now keep busy studying scene perception, object memory and visual attention in real-world scenarios like Munich’s
famous beer gardens or its pristine mountain lakes.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Garamond"><span lang="EN-US">The SGL is part of the <a href="https://www.lmu.de/psy/en/chairs/neuro-cognitive-psychology/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);">Neuro-Cognitive Psychology Chair</a> and actively involved in raising the
new generation of eager scientists by contributing to the international Master’s program “<a href="https://www.lmu.de/psy/de/studium/m.sc.-neuro-cognitive-psychology/" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);">Neuro-Cognitive Psychology (NCP)</a>”, Iwhich is part
of the </span><span lang="EN-GB">"<a href="https://www.gsn.uni-muenchen.de/" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);">Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences <span lang="EN-US">(GSN)</span>"</a></span><span lang="EN-US">. Both PhD candidates have the option of
joining the GSN as part of their PhD, but this is no must. </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Garamond">In the lab, we use a variety of methods, including psychophysics, stationary, real-world and VR eye-tracking, EEG, as well as computational modelling approaches. Over the past years, we have become experts in studying
what we call “scene grammar”, the rules that govern real-world environments. But we also cherish other theoretical views and methodological approaches… as long as they continue to help us MAKING A SCENE! Most importantly, you would be joining an international
as well as super enthusiastic, fun, and warm-hearted team of great minds and personalities here in the lab.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<font face="Garamond"><span lang="EN-US">Now what are we hiring for? </span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Garamond"><u><span lang="EN-US">PhD#1</span></u><span lang="EN-US"> would join us i</span><span lang="EN-GB">n the context of Germany’s top-tier funding initiative, a new Cluster of Excellence The Adaptive Mind (TAM, EXC 3066)</span><span lang="EN-US">.
I</span><span lang="EN-GB">n The Adaptive Mind, we combine state-of-the-art behavioral and neurophysiological research with approaches from psychiatry and clinical psychology, as well as quantitative analyses and computational modeling using artificial intelligence,
machine learning and robotics. Our goal is to measure and model the continuous adaptation of natural human behavior in a constantly changing and unpredictable world. Further details on the cluster project can be found here: </span><span lang="DE"><a href="http://www.theadaptivemind.de/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><span lang="EN-GB">http://www.theadaptivemind.de</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB">.
In particular, the PhD (funded for 4 years) will push the frontiers on studying real-world search in real-world scenarios using a combination of eye tracking and (mobile) EEG recordings in VR. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Garamond"><u><span lang="EN-US">PhD#2</span></u><span lang="EN-US"> would join the lab on a university position. What does this mean? </span><span lang="EN-GB">While the position comes with 4h/week of teaching at the BSc/MSc level (which translates
to about 2 seminars/week), it provides a longer term perspective (4+2 years). All teaching done by our group is in English, but knowing how to pronounce “GRIASDI” in Bavarian would earn you some extra smiles. The big PRO of this position is that it is NOT
dependent on external funding, there’s no predefined research agenda and therefore you can be bold and creative in what you would want to work on in our lab with a perspective to stay up to 6 years! That said, with TAM’s research agenda greatly overlapping
with the interests of the Scene Grammar Lab, we would hope to find research topics for PhD#2 that could contribute to the excellent TAM agenda and its inclusive spirit.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Garamond"><span lang="EN-GB">Your profile:</span><span lang="EN-GB"> You should have obtained an MSc-degree in a relevant field (e.g., Psychology, Neuroscience, Computer Vision, Cognitive Science, ...) and share interest in the core research areas
described above. Ideally you have extensive experience with eye tracking in 2D/3D/VR experiments and/or with carrying out and analyzing state-of-the-art EEG experiments (e.g. time-frequency analyses, decoding approaches). A good foundation in programming (e.g.
Python, Unity) and statistical methods (e.g., Bayesian approaches, LMMs etc) would help hit the ground running, but .</span><br>
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<font face="Garamond"><span lang="EN-GB">Finally, if you have read this far you might also be interested in the perks of living in Munich, the “Weltstadt mit Herz”: </span><span lang="EN-US">With its roughly 1.5 million people it is the third largest city in
Germany, but has retained a quite mellow “small town feeling”. You can come up with new experimental ideas while biking through town along the beautiful river, walking through the English garden or enjoying some “Gemütlichkeit” in one of the relaxing beer
gardens (all just outside the lab)</span><span lang="EN-GB">. </span><span lang="EN-US">For those more culturally inclined, t</span><span lang="EN-GB">he city is home to world-renowned museums </span><span lang="EN-US">(</span><span lang="EN-GB">such as the <a href="https://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);">Deutsche
Museum</a>, the <a href="https://www.pinakothek.de/en/alte-pinakothek" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);">Alte Pinakothek</a>, and the </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.pinakothek.de/en/Pinakothek-der-Moderne" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);">Pinakothek
der Moderne</a></span><span lang="EN-GB">, showcasing art, history, and science</span><span lang="EN-US">), a lively theatre and club scene as well as the one and only Oktoberfest. All that just to say that </span><span lang="EN-GB">Munich is an inspiring
place to live, work, and thrive both inside and outside the lab.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<font face="Garamond"><span lang="EN-GB">Interested candidates should send a CV, a brief statement of research interests, and the names and contact details of at least two academic references</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">to</span><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="DE"><a href="mailto:melissa.vo@psy.lmu.de" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(150, 96, 125);"><span lang="EN-GB">melissa.vo@psy.lmu.de</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB"> preferably
before Advent 🕯️ (Sunday, November 30th 2025), but later applications will be considered until the positions are filled. <o:p></o:p></span></font><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.666667px;">We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds,
who bring passion and advanced skills to our lab and the Cluster as a whole and encourage </span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.666667px;">particularly women to apply</span><span style="font-family: Garamond; font-size: 14.666667px;">.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><font face="Garamond">I look forward to hearing from you,<br>
Melissa<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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Prof. Dr. Melissa Lê-Hoa Võ<br>
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Scene Grammar Lab<br>
Chair of Neuro-Cognitive Psychology (NCP)<br>
Department of Psychology<br>
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München<br>
Leopoldstraße 13<br>
80802 Munich<br>
Germany<br>
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