Researcher position (PhD student / Post-Doc level):
The Section for Neurodiagnostic Applications (Head: Prof. Dr. Nikolaos Koutsouleris) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (Chair: Prof. Dr. Peter Falkai) seeks an outstanding individual for the development of diagnostic and predictive models of major psychiatric diseases, with a particular focus on schizophrenic and affective psychoses. The position’s main goal is to construct reliable predictive tools that optimally integrate clinical information, neuroimaging, neurocognitive, genetic/metabolic information using state-of-the-art machine learning techniques. The position will open on November 1st and is full-time (37.5hrs/week), the minimum degree is M.Sc. Salary is according the German TV-L E13 (min. pre-tax salary: €3,517/month) and depends on the academic level of the applicant. The position is initially limited to one year, with possibility for a tenured extension.
Application Criteria:
The candidate should be highly experienced in MATLAB scripting and application programming and should be familiar with current neuroimaging processing techniques (e.g. VBM, cortex reconstruction) and software packages (SPM, FSL, Freesurfer). On the engineering side these skills are needed to further develop and extend in-house machine-learning techniques, including unsupervised and semi-supervised clustering techniques vector-machines and ensemble learning methods. On the scientific side the work will focus on the analysis of large datasets acquired in PRONIA (http://pronia.eu) and the HARMONY consortium.
The successful candidate will work in the coordinating centre of a multi-site European project with a young, dynamic and multidisciplinary team. The main roles associated with this position are not restricted to scientific output, they include software production and project coordination as well. Henceforth the candidate should have a flexible and structured profile complemented by a good strategic thinking ability and communication skills (fluent English).
Long-standing cooperations exist with the Section for Biomedical Image Analysis (Prof. Christos Davatzikos), the NAPLS 3 coordinating team at Yale University (Prof. Ty Cannon) and the Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre (Prof. Christos Pantelis).
Please send your application including a CV and a letter of recommendation to Prof. Dr. Nikolaos Koutsouleris, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Nußbaumstr. 7, 80336 Munich, Germany or by email to [log in to unmask] For further information concerning this position and our research group, please do not hesitate to contact Prof. Dr. Nikolaos Koutsouleris and/or Dr. Joseph Kambeitz ([log in to unmask]).
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