ERC-funded Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Psychiatry / ERC-funded Postdoctoral Researcheress in Computational Psychiatry

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Your Responsibilities

The successful candidate will take a leading role in this exciting and timely international project, collaborating with a motivated and multidisciplinary team in Zurich and with investigators across three European sites. We are seeking an exceptional postdoctoral researcher to lead a small team of junior scholars in advancing the objectives of the DELTA-LANG ERC Synergy Project and exploring the intricate connections between language, brain function, and mental health.

The successful candidate will:

• Work with rich multimodal datasets.
• Propose innovative spin-off projects.
• Drive high-impact research at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience and psychiatry.
• Disseminate study results, including publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at conferences.
• Supervise graduate and undergraduate students.

While the candidate will primarily work within the DELTA-LANG project, they will also have the opportunity to contribute to other ongoing projects within the lab of Prof. Philipp Homan and will be encouraged to initiate new research and collaborations.

Your Profile

• A motivated individual with a PhD degree in a relevant field, including computational linguistics, cognitive neuroscience, electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, or computer science.
• Proven track record of strong first-author publications and preprints.
• An interest in working at the intersection of neuroscience, computational science, and psychiatry.
• Excellent skills in neuroimaging (experimental design and analysis), computational modeling, and statistics.
• Proficiency in data management and programming skills (for example, Python, R, Matlab, Stan).
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and self-management skills.
• Demonstrable commitment to Open Science and computational reproducibility.
• A track record of successful mentorship of undergraduate or graduate students.
• Excellent verbal and written English skills (German language skills are also desirable).

Application Process

Apply online using the form below. Please note that only applications matching the job profile will be considered.

For direct inquiries, please contact Dr. Victoria Edkins at victoria.edkins@bli.uzh.ch.