PhD positions in visual neurophysiology, Univ Marburg, Germany

The German Research Council (DFG) has established a research unit on "Perception and Action" (http://www.allpsych.uni-giessen.de/for560) at the universities of Marburg and Giessen. At the NeuroPhysics Group, Department of Physics, Univ.-Marburg, 3 PhD positions are available to investigate neural mechanisms of space and object representation in the visual system.

The Marburg NeuroPhysics Group has a strong research focus on the neurophysiology of vision, including the study of space and object representation in the visual system, neural coding mechanisms, retina implant research, psychophysics, and computational modeling. The laboratory includes state of the art equipment for the study of single- and multi-unit activity in non-human primates as well as for the study of eye movements in humans and non-human primates (Multielectrode extracellular recording systems, TREC eye tracker, EyeLink II systems)

Projects 1 and 2) will study the multisensory encoding of spatial information during eye movements. Both projects will combine neurophysiological recordings in the visual cortex of awake non-human primates with psychophysical studies in humans.

Project 3) will study the coding of objects by neural populations in the visual cortex and specifically the implications of eye movements for neural mechanisms underlying stable object perception, using multi- channel recordings from visual cortex of awake non-human primates.

Salaries will be according to German salary scale BAT IIa/2. Applicants should have appropriate background in a relevant field, i.e. neuroscience, biology, physics, psychology, computing sciences, or mathematics. Programming skills and/or experience in neurophysiology are desirable.

Applications for positions 1) and 2) should be sent to Prof. Frank Bremmer , for position 3) to Dr. Thomas Wachtler :

  NeuroPhysics Group
  Department of Physics
  Philipps University
  Renthof 7
  35032 Marburg
  Germany