Dear colleagues,

I am advertising a PhD position in computational neuroscience in my group (Neural Computation) - fully funded (3 years) - at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig.

The position is part of an international collaborative effort (4 labs) to test and develop further computational models of episodic and spatial memory by combining human intracranial electrophysiology and computational models. Specifically, the project will explore computational/neural mechanisms underlying cognitive maps, spatial (and episodic) memory, and navigation. The candidate will have two main tasks: 1. develop new and improve existing models, 2. co-develop an analysis pipeline for human single units.

Prerequisites are outstanding records in an area relevant to neuroscience. A strong quantitative background in the natural sciences, mathematics, computer science or engineering is also suitable (e.g., physics, mathematics, electrical engineering etc.). Excellent programming skills (Python, Matlab) are required.

This project is part of an international collaboration with the Universities of Bonn (Prof. Lukas Kunz), Berlin (Prof. Richard Kempter), and Columbia (Prof. Josh Jacobs).

Please direct potential candidates to the ad at:
https://www.cbs.mpg.de/stellenmarkt/stellenangebote

Reference: PhD17/24

The intended starting dates are as early as possible in 2025. Applications will be considered as long as the above advert is up.

You can read more on the group here:
https://www.cbs.mpg.de/psychology/neural-computation

Best wishes,
Andrej Bicanski

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Dr. Andrej Bicanski
Neural Computation Group
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Stephanstrasse 1a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
Email: bicanski@cbs.mpg.de
Tel.: +49 (0)341 9940197