Postdoctoral Researcher

Vor 6 Tagen

Bochum, Deutschland Ruhr Universität Bochum Vollzeit

**Faculty of Psychology**:
**Predictive Brain**

In order to fill a **fixed-term position in full-time (39.83 hours/week = 100%) at the earliest possible date**, we are looking for 1

**Postdoctoral Researcher (m,f,x) - Consciousness and Memory**:
The position is based in the Predictive Brain Department, a newly established unit within the Faculty of Psychology. Our mission is to accelerate understanding of how perception, consciousness, and memory emerge from neural circuits, and how predictive processes shape experience and behavior in real-world contexts. The department brings together an international and multicultural team of researchers (m,f,x) from psychology, medicine, computer science, physics, mathematics and biology. It is part of the Research Center One Health within the Research Alliance Ruhr, with strong national and international collaborations supported by third-party funding.

**Scope**:

- full-time

**Duration**:

- fixed-term, 1 year

**Start**:

- at the earliest possible date
- 2025-10-20

**Your tasks**:

- Conduct independent and collaborative research within the project
- Analyze and integrate multimodal human neuroscience data
- Design and carry out behavioral experiments, including online studies
- Publish results in high-impact international journals
- Contribute to open science by sharing tools, code, and data
- Engage in interdisciplinary collaboration with international project partners

**Your profile**:

- PhD in psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, or related fields
- Strong publication record in the neuroscience of memory and/or consciousness
- Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively in an interdisciplinary setting
- Very good command of English; good command of German as necessary for institutional and collaborative contexts
- International collaboration experience is an advantage
- Demonstrated expertise in intracranial EEG (iEEG) and/or fMRI
- Strong skills in computational modeling and advanced data analysis
- Commitment to open science, including code and data sharing
- Experience with behavioral paradigms, ideally including online studies
- Track record of publications in internationally recognized journals in the relevant field

**We offer**:

- Flexible working hours with consideration for study times
- Challenging and varied tasks with a high level of independence
- Employment at one of the largest universities in Germany within the University Alliance Ruhr
- Collaboration in a committed and appreciative team
- Support in combining family life and work (including childcare arrangements/holiday offers/
- Possibility of extension pending favorable review and funding

**Further information**:
The position is salaried and based on the collective agreement of the Länder (TV-L). If the personal and collective agreement requirements are met, the employee will receive pay grade E13 TV-L.

The place of work is Ruhr University Bochum.

If the position is funded by third-party funds the employee has no teaching obligation.

RUB sees itself as a university with an international presence. The campus languages are German and English. Competence in at least one of the two languages and the willingness to learn the other are a prerequisite. RUB provides corresponding free courses for employees.

**Contact persons for further information**:
Lucia Melloni Buljevic Tel.: +49 234 32 15582
Marta Rüdiger Tel.: +49 234 32 12693

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