A 3-year doctoral position is available in February 2011 at the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany.
The successful applicant will be involved in the application of neuroimaging methods using structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) combined with genetic and behavioural data to understand the brain's role in the development of obesity.
The PhD project is part of the new IFB Adiposity Diseases, a multi-disciplinary research centre based at the University of Leipzig. Researchers in various working groups from different fields study adiposity and its accompanying diseases from different perspectives using specific methods and instruments.
The PhD position will be based at the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig. A hallmark of the internationally renowned Institute and its research strategies is the dovetailing of research, development, and engineering. The centre draws on elaborate modern imaging techniques – a new 7-Tesla scanner was taken into use in summer 2007 – which are gaining ground even as part of more conventional behavioural approaches. Both Leipzig's long tradition in conducting psychological and neuroscientific research and the ultra-modern equipment at the Institute provide an environment that offers new perspectives in neuropsychological research.
The salary is based on the E 13 TV-L salary scale (1/2). In order to increase the proportion of female staff members, applications from female scientists are particularly encouraged. Disabled applicants are preferred if qualification is equal.
