PhD position [1] - Position assigned!
In computational neuroscience and ultrasonic brain stimulation
The Crone Lab (https://neurocognition.org/) at the University of Vienna is hiring a PhD student for the duration of 36 months. The successful applicant will use cutting-edge technology, i.e., ultrasonic brain stimulation with concurrent functional magnetic resonance imaging, to investigate the causal link between complexity measures of the brain and creativity related to Parkinson’s disease. The Crone Lab is interested in how conscious, aesthetic, and hedonic experiences emerge from complex brain interaction combining computational neuroimaging, psychopharmacological approaches (psychedelics/psychoplastogens), and brain stimulation methods (ultrasound) in the healthy and clinical population. Dr. Crone is a recipient of the NIH K99 Pathway to Independence Award and multiple large-scale grants. Employment is based on standard personnel costs for FWF projects (https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/research-funding/personnel-costs) for a maximum of 3 years. The successful candidate will be associated with the Vienna Doctoral School for Cognition, Behavior, and Neuroscience (https://vds-cobene.univie.ac.at) and will be provided with all the necessary support by the supervisor to promote their career. The Crone Lab offers a fun and interdisciplinary research environment in a city with a high quality of life and at a university ranked within the top 50 of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 for psychology. The University, and especially the Crone Lab, pursues a non-discriminatory employment policy and values diversity. The spoken language in the lab is English.
The candidate needs to meet the following requirements:
- University degree in the field of neuroscience/psychology/cognitive science/bioengineering/informatics or similar fields
- Excellent English writing skills
- Highly motivated to implement advanced data analyses and computational approaches (fMRI data analyses, complexity analysis, information theoretical approaches)
- Enthusiastic about programming and expanding these skills
- Independent in solving problems
- Interested in being part of a highly social, international, and interdisciplinary team
A candidate will be preferred who has experience with:
- Brain stimulation methods
- fMRI data analyses
- Writing scientific papers
- Matlab/Python
Please send the following application documents by July 9th, 2023 to julia.crone @ univie.ac.at:
- Letter of motivation indicating that you are applying for the PhD position in brain stimulation
- Academic curriculum vitae including (if applicable) education, research experience, fellowships & awards, and list of publications
- A proposal describing the intended PhD project (1-2 pages)
- Example of a piece of scientific writing as a first author (submitted/published paper, scientific thesis, scientific blog-post, etc.)
- Contact details of 2 people who can provide a letter of reference
Interviews will probably take place in the first two weeks of July. Starting date will be August/September 2023. The project will be implemented at the University of Vienna.
This position is one of two PhD positions available in the interdisciplinary FWF project Unlocking the muse: Transdisciplinary approaches to understanding and applying the intersection of artistic creativity and Parkinson’s disease (https://unlockingthemuse.univie.ac.at/) led by Dr. Matthew Pelowski (University of Vienna), Dr. Julia Crone (University of Vienna), and Dr. Blanca Spee (Radboud University). The second PhD position with a different focus will open up soon in the ARTIS lab (https://artis-h2020.eu/).9th
