[visionlist] RA job at Royal Holloway

[Zanker J]

Royal Holloway University of London, Department of Psychology 


Postdoctoral Research Assistant


Salary in the range of £22,779 to £27,217 per annum inclusive of London Allowance depending on experience

A Postdoctoral Research Assistant (funded by The Leverhulme Trust) is available in the Department of Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London (http://www.pc.rhul.ac.uk/index.html ). 

The project will investigate explanations behind illusory motion experienced when viewing certain Op Art paintings, such as those of Bridget Riley. Our previous work (Zanker & Walker, 2004) has shown that small involuntary eye movements are sufficient to account for this phenomenon. It is not clear, however, if there are other (necessary) explanations. This 12 month project will examine the contribution of other types of eye movements, such as slow gaze drifts, to these motion illusions.  It is led by Prof. Johannes M. Zanker (expert in psychophysics and computational modelling) in collaboration with Prof. Robin Walker (expert in eye movement research).

We are looking for a creative and enthusiastic person with good analytical and programming skills, and preferably some experience in some area of psychology, visual neurosciences, machine vision, or computer sciences, but applications will be invited from individuals with a PhD in a range of scientific disciplines. 

The position is initially funded for one year, with the intention to seek further funding to continue this line of research. The successful candidate will be part of a team of researchers firmly embedded into the Brain and Behaviour Research Group www.pc.rhul.ac.uk/website/Research/bab_home.htm , and has the opportunity to get actively involved in a cutting edge project at the boundary of neuroscience and visual arts. 

Royal Holloway is a constituent college of the University of London, located about 20 miles to the west of Central London, close to Windsor and to Heathrow. The campus is dominated by the Victorian Founder's Building and offers modern academic, residential and recreational facilities in a parkland setting. Royal Holloway welcomes a truly diverse community - approximately 7,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students coming from over 80 countries. 

The College has been confirmed as one of the leading universities in the UK in the last Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), ranking in the top ten in the major league tables. Within Royal Holloway, the Department of Psychology is one of the larger academic departments, which has been consistently ranked as one of the best Psychology Departments in the country. It has a very strong research record, to which the Brain and Behaviour Group makes a substantial contribution, as demonstrated by its lead in a regional university consortium to host a 3T fMRI brain scanner on the Royal Holloway campus. In the framework of a dense network of national and international collaborations, and supported by recent appointments in this area, the Vision Group at Royal Holloway is developing the reputation of a focal point of expertise for the functioning of the human visual system. In this context, the department is strategically developing its expertise in various aspects of the control of eye movement. 

Informal enquiries can be made by e-mail to Johannes M. Zanker (j.zanker at rhul.ac.uk ).

Further details and an application form <http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Personnel/application.pdf>  are available below or from the Personnel Department, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX; tel: 01784 414241; Fax: 01784 473527. Email: recruitment at rhul.ac.uk . Please quote the ref AC/4703

 

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johannes m. zanker

department of psychology, royal holloway university of london

egham, surrey TW20 0EX, england

phone +44 - 1784 - 44 3521 fax +44 - 1784 - 43 4347

e-mail J.Zanker at rhul.ac.uk

http://www.pc.rhul.ac.uk/staff/J.Zanker/johannes.html

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