Description

The University of Zurich, Switzerland's largest university, offers a range of attractive positions in various subject areas and professional fields. With around 10,000 employees and currently 12 professional apprenticeship streams the University offers an inspiring working environment on cutting-edge research and top-class education. Put your talent and skills to work with us. Find out more about UZH as an employer! ###

Your responsibilities

• Implementation and application of advanced methods to map individual differences in functional brain organisation using resting-state fMRI
• Statistical analysis of differences in functional brain organization associated with autism, age, sex and clinical and biological measurs
• Application of multivariate and data-driven methods to identify reproducible subtypes
• Development of reproducible analysis workflows and contribution to open-source code and docu mentation
• Presentation of research findings at national and international scientific conferences
• Publication of research findings in peer-reviewed scientific journals
• Contribution to the supervision of Bachelor and Master students and to activities of the research group

Your profile

We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with a strong interest in psychiatric neuroscience, neurodevel-opment, and computational neuroimaging.

Requirements:

• A Master's degree in neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science, biomedical engineering, data science, or a related discipline
• Solid programming skills (Python and/or R, MATLAB)
• Experience with quantitative data analysis and good statistical skills
• Be able to work both independently and collaboratively within an interdisciplinary and international research environment
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Interest in autism and neurodevelopment
• Motivation to work both independently and in a team

Desirable:

• Experience with MRI data, ideally fMRI preprocessing and analysis
• Experience with machine learning, clustering or predictive modelling
• Familiarity with high-performance computing, and open science practices

What we offer:

• A stimulating, collaborative environment within UZH and the Neuroscience Center Zurich
• Access to unique large-scale datasets and international collaborators
• Training in advanced neuroimaging, scientific writing and career development
• Close supervision and a clear publication plan with several first-author opportunities
• Supportive team and high quality of life in Zurich