Connectionists: Positions at University of Oldenburg, Germany, Centre for Hearing Research

[Jutta Kretzberg]

University of Oldenburg, Centre for Hearing Research

For establishing junior research groups for the Research Cluster 
“Hearing for all” (*www.hearing4all.de*) that has entered the final 
round of the German excellence initiative, we are seeking for
*
a) 5 Postdoctoral fellows (E13/14, 2 years initial term)
b) Senior research fellow (A13, 3 +3 year term)
c) Junior professor (W1, 3+3 years term)*

in one of the following areas
• Hearing research
• Audio Signal processing
• Audiology and medical acoustics
• Auditory neuroscience (1 PostDoc Position)
• Implementing an auditory brain-computer interface (1 PostDoc Position)
• Speech communication

(details of the positions see www.hearing4all.de --> Jobs). Option for a 
prolongation and (competitive) options for a tenured position depend on 
the success of the cluster application.

For positons a) (3 positions), b) and c) we are seeking for candidates 
with a PhD (or equivalent) degree in electrical or biomedical 
engineering, physics or computer science, who have an excellent research 
and publication record in the field of acoustics, signal processing, 
speech processing and/or auditory perception.

For one of the Postdoctoral positions a), candidates should have an 
excellent PhD in Biology, Neuroscience, Genetics or related relevant 
subjects. They are especially qualified if they have experience with one 
of the following methods: neurophysiological in vivo or in vitro 
recording, imaging (e. g., voltage sensitive dyes) or RNAi 
interferenceof the PostDoc

For one of the Postdoctoral positions a), condidates should have an 
excellend PhD in Psychology, Biology, Physiology or a related subject 
and international publications and practical experience in the areas 
Psychophysiology (EEG), Advanced computational skills and Signal 
analysis techniques (e. g. FFT).

A strong interest in interdisciplinary and application-oriented work, 
familiarity with scientific tools and programming languages, as well as 
good English language skills are required.

The successful applicant will join one of the research groups in the 
centre for hearing research that is performing top-level hearing 
research and its applications to hearing instruments within the cluster 
“Hearing4all” in an interdisciplinary and research-sector-transcending 
environment (see www.hearing4all.de).

In case of a success in the ongoing grant application procedures, the 
successful candidate should actively contribute to the envisaged 
Forschergruppe “Individualisierte Hörakustik” and the envisaged cluster 
of excellence “Hearing4all”. Within this framework, successful 
applicants will have the chance to establish their own junior research 
group and to acquire one of the tenure track options available for 
successful postdoctoral researchers in this program.

Applications (including a CV and a list of publications) should be sent 
to the Centre for hearing research, Universität Oldenburg, D-26111 
Oldenburg, Germany. Review of applications will start on May 31st, 2011.

The University of Oldenburg is an equal-opportunity employer that seeks 
to increase the percentage of female faculty members. Women qualified 
for this position are therefore especially encouraged to apply. 
Applicants with disabilities will be preferentially considered in case 
of equal qualifications.

Further information: Prof. Dr. Dr. Birger Kollmeier 
(birger.kollmeier at uni-oldenburg.de)