Connectionists: PhD position at University of Düsseldorf (Germany) / Research Centre Jülich

[Caspers, Svenja]

The Institute for Anatomy I, University of Düsseldorf (Germany) together with the Connectivity Group of the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-1), Research Centre Jülich within the Helmholtz Association (Germany) (joint lead: Prof. Dr. Svenja Caspers) is seeking applications for a

PhD Position
on a topic of white-matter integrity of the brain and air pollution

The Institute for Anatomy I together with the Connectivity Group focuses on the investigation of brain variability throughout the life span in relation to environmental and genetic factors, with a particular focus on the aging brain, at this taking advantage of large population-based cohorts who underwent MR neuroimaging (e.g. UK Biobank, German National Cohort, Human Connectome Project, 1000BRAINS). These efforts are part of current projects within the Human Brain Project (HBP).
Within this particular project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the relevance of air pollution on white-matter integrity of the brain will be investigated conjointly with the Helmholtz Centre for Health and Environment in Munich.

The successful candidate holds a master’s degree in neuroscience, computer science, psychology, medicine or related fields. Experience with processing and analyses of MR neuroimaging data is highly desirable. Knowledge about advanced statistics (e.g. clustering methods) and a strong interest in applying new methods to MR imaging data, e.g. from the field of pattern recognition, would be valuable. Very good command of English is expected.

The applicant will become part of an interdisciplinary team of PostDocs, PhD and MD students with various backgrounds. He / she will have ample possibilities to expand his / her own knowledge and expertise and interact and collaborate with colleagues from different fields, including big data analytics, genetics, and epidemiology. With our group closely collaborating with the Jülich Supercomputing Center, the applicant will have access to high-performance computing clusters for efficient and novel analyses approaches.
Funding for the position is available for three years. Applications will continue to be received until the position is filled.
Please send your comprehensive application, including CV, copies of relevant certificates and either reference letters or names of two potential references to Prof. Dr. Svenja Caspers (s.caspers at fz-juelich.de<mailto:s.caspers at fz-juelich.de>).






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Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. pol. Svenja Caspers

   Direktorin Institut für Anatomie I
   Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
   40221 Düsseldorf (Deutschland)
   Tel.: 0211-8112678
   Email: svenja.caspers at hhu.de
               svenja.caspers at med.uni-duesseldorf.de

und

   Arbeitsgruppe Konnektivität
   Institut für Neurowissenschaften und Medizin (INM-1)
   Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
   52425 Jülich (Deutschland)
   Tel.: 02461-611742
   Email: s.caspers at fz-juelich.de


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Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH
52425 Juelich
Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich
Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498
Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDir Volker Rieke
Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Marquardt (Vorsitzender),
Karsten Beneke (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt,
Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt
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