[vslist] postdoc or PhD position

[Nikolaus Troje]

Position available for postdoctoral fellow or PhD student

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research assistant to work
on a DFG funded project at the Biopsychology department of the
Ruhr-University in Bochum, Germany. Skilled graduate students are also
encouraged to apply.  The project involves investigations about the role
of active head and body movements for spatial navigation and distance
estimation in birds. Both behavioural as well as physiological methods
are being used.

The ideal applicant would have prior experience in one or more of the
following fields: neuroethology, visual psychophysics,
electrophysiology, computational modelling, avian taxonomy and ecology,
as well as programming skills using Matlab and C. Applicants who have
strengths in particular areas, or who have the enthusiasm, willingness
and aptitude to develop the required skills will also be considered.

The Ruhr-University in Bochum has a very active vision community and
offers interdisciplinary training in neuroscience in English language.
Our laboratory is well equipped with real-time motion capture technology
and all the means to generate sophisticated visual stimulation. You will
join a team of researchers from different countries and with mixed
academic background.

For further information please contact Nikolaus Troje, +49 234 322 4082,
troje@uni-bochum.de or visit our webpage at
http://www.bml.psy.ruhr-uni-bochum.de. Formal applications should be
sent to: Nikolaus Troje, Department of Psychology, Ruhr-University,
D-44801 Bochum.