We are seeking an enthusiastic PhD student with a particular interest in neuroscience of
auditory (speech) perception. The PhD position is part of the Chair of Cognitive and
Clinical Neuroscience led by Prof. Dr. Katharina von Kriegstein at the TU Dresden,
Germany. The position is funded by the ERC-project SENSOCOM
(
http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/199655_en.html).
The aim of the SENSOCOM project is to investigate the role of auditory and visual
subcortical sensory structures in analysing human communication signals and to specify how
their dysfunction contributes to human communication disorders such as developmental
dyslexia. For examples of our work on these topics see von Kriegstein et al., 2008 Current
Biology, Diaz et al., 2012 PNAS, Müller-Axt et al., 2017 Current Biology.
TU Dresden is one of eleven German Universities of Excellence and offers an
interdisciplinary scientific environment. The Neuroimaging Centre at the TU Dresden
(
http://www.nic-tud.de) has cutting-edge infrastructure with 3-Tesla MRI, MRI compatible
headphones and eye-tracking, several EEG systems, a neurostimulation unit including
neuronavigation, TMS and tDCS devices.
The PhD position is available at the next possible date. Subject to personal
qualification, employees are remunerated according to salary group E 13 TV-L 50%. There
will be the opportunity to participate in the TU Dresden graduate academy
(
https://tu-dresden.de/ga?set_language=en).
For more information on the post please see the official advertisement:
https://tinyurl.com/ybwe47bc
For more information on our research group see:
https://tu-dresden.de/mn/psychologie/kknw
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Katharina von Kriegstein
Professor of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience
Technische Universität Dresden
Bamberger Str. 7, 01187 Dresden, Germany
Phone +49 (0) 351-463-43145
https://tu-dresden.de/mn/psychologie/kknw
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