Profs Stefano Panzeri and Cristina Becchio and are seeking candidates for a fully funded postdoctoral position to research at the interface between Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany.

The successful candidate will conduct computational research in collaboration between the computational laboratory of Stefano Panzeri (Department of Excellence for Neural Information Processing) (https://www.uke.de/english/departments-institutes/institutes/department-of-excellence-for-neural-information-processing/index.html) and the experimental laboratory of Cristina Becchio (https://www.uke.de/english/physicians-and-scientists/wissenschaftlerprofilseite_cristina_becchio.html).

The aim of the project is to investigate the link between movement, decisions, and cognitive processes. One focus will be developing and applying advanced computational methods to study social transmission of information through movement kinematics. Another focus will be mathematical analysis on how information about covert cognitive states and ongoing individual and collective decision processes is encoded and readout in human movement.

 

Our laboratories offer a wide range of interdisciplinary expertise in computational and cognitive neuroscience, covering advanced analysis techniques and neural network modeling.  The laboratories also offer a thriving, ambitious and well-funded research environment (including several grants from the European Union, the NIH Brain Initiative, the Simons Foundation). This gives successful candidates ample opportunities for advanced training and personal scientific growth.   

 

We seek candidates holding a PhD in a numerate or cognitive neuroscientific discipline, with a solid computational background and a keen interest in neuroscience and cognition. The ideal candidate should be a highly motivated and creative individual who enjoys working in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary research environment and is willing to interact with both experimental and theoretical scientists. 

 

The job is available starting immediately and applications will be considered as soon as they are received and until the position is filled. The position is initially for 2 years, with the possibility of additional years of funding.

 

Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to email stefano.panzeri@gmail.com and c.becchio@uke.de as soon as possible, to inform us of the interest for the position and initiate a discussion about research projects. We suggest interested candidates to attach a CV when inquiring by email.

 

For recent publications from our labs relevant to this project, see:

Montobbio N., Cavallo A., Albergo D., Ansuini C., Battaglia F., Podda J., Nobili L., Panzeri S., Becchio C. (2022) Intersecting kinematic encoding and readout of intention in autism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119: e2114648119.

Patri J-F., Cavallo A., Pullar K., Soriano M., Valente M., Koul A., Avenanti A., Panzeri S., Becchio C. (2020). Transient disruption of the inferior parietal lobule impairs the ability to attribute intention to action. Current Biology, 30: 4594–4605.

Panzeri S., et al (2017) Cracking the neural code for sensory perception by combining statistics, intervention and behaviour. Neuron 93: 491-507

 

Stefano Panzeri and Cristina Becchio