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Colleagues,</span></p>
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seeking a PostDoc with a quantitative background who has
finished (or about to finish) a doctoral degree in preferably in
physics but other quantitative backgrounds will be considered.
The candidate should show enthusiasm for tackling theoretical
foundations of biological phenomena and creativity to address
difficult research questions. The researcher will be based in
the Integrative Biophysics group at the University of Konstanz
and Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, located in
Konstanz, Germany.</span></p>
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href="https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/collective-behaviour/about-us/people/integrative-biophysics-group/">Integrative
Biophysics group</a> at the CASCB led by Dr. Ahmed El Hady.
The group focuses on a diverse set of theoretical biophysics
problems. The PostDoc project can potentially address the
following:</span></p>
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word-spacing:0px"><span
style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;">1. How can
one couple spatial movement dynamics to temporal decision-making
process in an analytically tractable model, accounting for
environments with different statistical structures?</span></p>
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social learning in a foraging context be regarded as a
statistical learning process?</span></p>
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word-spacing:0px"><span
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are the effects of extracellular matrix characteristics and
membrane biophysical properties on electromechanical wave
propagation in neurons?</span></p>
<p
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word-spacing:0px"><span
style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;">4. What
are the collective neuronal modes one can derive from coupling
electrically driven mechanical waves in single neurons?</span></p>
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word-spacing:0px"><strong><span
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Publications:</span></strong><span
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style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;">Blum
Moyse, L., & El Hady, A. (2024). Social patch foraging
theory in an egalitarian group. </span><span
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float:none;word-spacing:0px"><span
style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; background: white;"><a
href="https://doi.org/10.1103/mqxr-1nyv"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://doi.org/10.1103/mqxr-1nyv</a>
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<p style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span
style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;">Kilpatrick,
Z. P., Davidson, J. D., & El Hady, A. E. (2020). Normative
theory of patch foraging decisions. <a
href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.22.055558"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.22.055558</a>.</span></p>
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word-spacing:0px"><span
style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;">El Hady,
A., Machta, B. Mechanical surface waves accompany action
potential propagation. Nat Commun 6, 6697 (2015). <a
href="https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms7697"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms7697</a></span></p>
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postdoc position will be embedded within the highly
collaborative environment of the cluster for advanced study of
collective behavior at the University of Konstanz. The expected
starting date is 01/01/2026 and deadline for application is
15/09/2025. For more information and application , please visit
the website: </span></p>
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questions about the position , please do not hesitate to contact
me via email : <a href="mailto:ahmed.el-hady@uni-konstanz.de"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">ahmed.el-hady@uni-konstanz.de</a> or
<a href="mailto:ahady@ab.mpg.de" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">ahady@ab.mpg.de</a></span><span
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<p style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span
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best regards,</span><span
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<p style="text-align:justify;background:white"><span
style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif;">Ahmed El
Hady</span><span
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Hady<br>
Research group leader <br>
Cluster for Advanced Study of Collective Behavior<br>
University of Konstanz/Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior<br>
Universitätsstraße 10, 78464 Konstanz<br>
Room ZT 907</span> <br>
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