[visionlist] Ph.D. Position in Visual Perception of Material Qualities as part of the EU-funded PRISM network at BILKENT UNIVERSITY

[Katja Doerschner]

Location: Bilkent University, Ankara (Turkey)
Position: Full Time, 1 year, can be extended up to 4years
Application Deadline: April 01, 2013

One Ph.D. position is available at Bilkent University, National Magnetic Resonance Research Center (UMRAM), Ankara Turkey, as part of the EU-funded PRISM network https://sites.google.com/site/prismitn/home
 
The project will investigate the contributions of motion cues to object appearance. Planned work focuses on the interaction of motion, shape, and material qualities and includes psychophysical and fMRI experiments and computational modeling. 

Successful candidates will be offered a one-year contract, with the possibility of extension up to four years after a positive evaluation.  Depending on their qualifications they will pursue a degree in either Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Molecular Biology or Neuroscience at Bilkent University. 

Requirements
Applicants should have a recent B.S. or M.S. degree in computer science, electrical engineering, molecular biology, neuroscience or a similar field - with a clear interest in experimental visual perception research, and fMRI. They should have some programming background in Matlab and/or Java. Neuroimaging skills are a benefit but are not required. For PRISM specific requirements see: 
https://sites.google.com/site/prismitn/opportunities

Bilkent University
Bilkent University is a well established non-profit private research university. Founded in 1984, it has currently more than 10,000 students and over 1000 academic staff in nine faculties, four professional schools, and six graduate schools. According to ISI Citation Indexes Bilkent University ranks first in Turkey in number of published papers per faculty member and ranks high internationally (Source: http://www.yok.gov.tr/istatistikler/istatistikler.htm). The medium of teaching and research in the University is English. www.bilkent.edu.tr

National Magnetic Resonance Research Center (UMRAM)
The National Magnetic Resonance Research Center (UMRAM) has been established in May 2009 at Bilkent-Cyberpark with the support of the Turkish Ministry of Development. The mission of UMRAM is to promote, facilitate and conduct research on magnetic resonance imaging. The facilities include a Siemens MAGNETOM Trio A Tim System MR Scanner with a static magnetic field of 3 tesla, and a POLYSTAR Angiography machine, which are solely dedicated to research, as well as animal research, electronics and psychophysics laboratories. UMRAM brings together an interdisciplinary group of investigators to study and use the technology of magnetic resonance imaging. Currently the center consists of three research groups: Biomedical Engineering, Radiology Research and Cognitive Neuroscience.
www.umram.org

Information and application
For more information about this position, please contact Dr. Katja Doerschner, phone: +90 312 290-3004 or +90 312 290-1153, e-mail: katja at bilkent.edu.tr. To apply, please send a letter of application, a detailed CV, a statement of research interests and the names of three people who could provide a letter of reference. Please submit your materials by 01. April 2013 to katja at bilkent.edu.tr or to the coordinator of Project PRISM: Dr. Roland Fleming: Roland.W.Fleming at psychol.uni-giessen.de.

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Katja Doerschner
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology 
& National Magnetic Resonance Research Center (UMRAM)
Bilkent University
Bilkent Cyberpark, C-Blok, 2. Kat
http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~katja/
office: +90 (312) 290 3004
cell: +90 (530) 640 31 33

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