Post Doc

**wanted for november 2024 **at the **Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy**.

The Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, led by Prof. L. Poustka, is committed to advancing research in neurodevelopmental disorders. Our interdisciplinary team, including the research labs of Prof. Luise Poustka, Prof. Peter Marschik, and Dr. Martin Schulte-Rüther, focuses on early detection, diagnosis, and intervention for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other conditions impacting social development. Supported by multiple funding bodies (e.g., DFG, BMBF, Rett Syndrome Foundation, Volkswagen Foundation), our projects explore the development of motor, visual, verbal, and social functions in infancy, and their development from early childhood to young adulthood. Utilizing a broad spectrum of methodologies, from in-depth behavioral assessments to computer vision, machine learning and neuroimaging techniques, we aim to uncover the complexites of neurodevelopmental disorders.

Our department collaborates with numerous national and international partners and with local clinical and research departments. We offer a dynamic, interdisciplinary environment with extensive training opportunities and a supportive working atmosphere. By joining our team, you will contribute to improving early detection and understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders, ultimately enhancing the well-being of children and their families affected by these conditions.

Current projects include:

- Project EL-ASD - At Elevated Likelihood for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Early Infancy. (see GEPRIS - DFG, Marschik)
- Project IDENTIFIED - Interdisciplinary Delineation of Early Neurodevelopment. Tracing Identifiers for Improving Early Detection. (Volkswagenstiftung, Marschik)

**Job-ID**:
V000013303

Klinik für Kinder
- und Jugendpsychiatrie

**Location**:
Heidelberg

**Start date**:
November 2024

**Job Category**:
Science and teaching

**Working hours**:
full-time

**Published**:
04.10.2024

**Limitation**:
Temporary (3 years)

**Contract**:
TV-L

**Your tasks**:***
- Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team to design and carry out experiments with infants with neurodevelopmental disorders.
- Analyze and interpret complex behavioural and audio-visual data.

**Your Profile**:***
- PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience, Linguistics or related fields.
- Expertise in advanced neurofunctional assessments and methods (e.g., computer vision, bioacoustics, machine learning/AI, neuroimaging, eye-tracking, multimodal data fusion).
- Proficiency in German and English, with excellent scientific communication skills.

**What we offer**:***
- Goal-oriented, individual training and development opportunities
- Working with the latest techniques / technical equipment
- Possibility to publish scientifically is offered and supported
- Regular team meetings
- Interdisciplinary cooperation with scientific working groups of the ZPM
- Partial) project management / project responsibility possible if suitable
- Collectively agreed remuneration, attractive company pension scheme (VBL)
- 30 days vacation
- Sustainable travel: job ticket
- Family-friendly working environment: cooperative arrangements for childcare, subsidy for child vacation care, advice for employees with relatives in need of care
- Wide range of health, prevention and sports offers

**Contact & Application**:***

**Interested?**

Klinik für Kinder
- und Jugendpsychiatrie
Dr. Patrice van der Venne
Blumenstraße 8
69115 Heidelberg

The UKHD embraces diversity and values diversity.

Regardless of age, gender, sexual identity, disability, origin or religion, we offer everyone the same opportunities. If one gender is underrepresented in a particular area, we place particular emphasis on counteracting this imbalance. If they have the same aptitude, qualifications and professional performance, we give priority to people with severe disabilities when considering them for vacancies.