Faculty of Psychology:
Predictive Brain
In order to fill a permanent position in full-time (39.83 hours/week = 100%) at the earliest possible date, we are looking for 1
Coordinator for Human Electrophysiology Core (m/w/d)
The position is based in the Predictive Brain Department, a newly established unit within the Faculty of Psychology. Our mission is to accelerate understanding of how perception, consciousness, and memory emerge from neural circuits, and how predictive processes shape experience and behavior in real-world contexts. The department brings together an international and multicultural team of researchers from psychology, medicine, computer science, physics, mathematics, and biology. It is part of the Research Center One Health within the Research Alliance Ruhr, with strong national and international collaborations supported by third-party funding.
| Scope: | full-time |
| Duration: | permanent,
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| Start: | at the earliest possible date |
| Apply by: |
2025-11-10 |
Your tasks:
- Coordinate the Human Electrophysiology Core within the Predictive Brain Department, ensuring its role as a central hub for cutting-edge research.
- Conduct advanced research using invasive and non-invasive electrophysiology, including mobile intracranial recordings and mobile EEG.
- Publish and disseminate scientific work through conference presentations, journals and also outreach activities
- Perform and supervise complex analyses, including single-unit data in both humans and animal models.
- Develop innovative approaches, such as mobile laboratory solutions for recording physiological and electrophysiological signals.
- Interface with clinical and technical personal to conduct research in clinical context
- Supervise and train students and junior researchers, ensuring the next generation of scientists acquires cutting-edge expertise.
- Maintain direct contact with patients, providing recruitment, reassurance, safeguarding, and ensuring ethical and safe practices during participation.
- Oversee safety protocols and technical infrastructure, providing guidance to ensure compliance with institutional and legal requirements.
- Secure third-party funding to advance the department’s research mission and expand international collaborations.
- Promote open science practices, including management of code and data repositories, sharing resources with the broader scientific community, and integrating them into RUB’s educational programs.
Your profile:
- Doctoral degree (PhD or equivalent) in neuroscience, physiology, or a related discipline.
- Proven expertise in mobile intracranial recordings and mobile EEG.
- Proven expertise in the analysis of single-unit data, both in humans and in animal models.
- Strong background in invasive and non-invasive electrophysiology and complex data analysis.
- Strong publication record in human or translational electrophysiology.
- Demonstrated ability to lead independent research and manage technical infrastructure.
- Experience in patient-facing research, with sensitivity to safeguarding and participant care.
- Successful track record in acquiring or contributing to third-party funding.
- Commitment to open science and reproducibility, with experience in managing shared data/code resources.
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, with the ability to train and mentor researchers at all levels.
- Very good command of English; German language skills are advantageous.
We offer:
- A full-time, permanent position (39.83 hours/week), compensated at pay grade E13 according to the collective agreement (TV-L).
- The opportunity to lead the Human Electrophysiology Core at the forefront of translational neuroscience research.
- A permanent position at one of Germany’s largest universities within the University Alliance Ruhr.
- A highly interdisciplinary and international working environment.
- Extensive professional development opportunities and flexible working arrangements.
- Access to RUB’s broad range of cultural, sports, and family support programs.
Further information:
The position is salaried and based on the collective agreement of the Länder (TV-L). If the personal and collective agreement requirements are met, the employee will receive pay grade E13 TV-L.
Further information can be found at https://oeffentlicher-dienst.info/ (in German).
The place of work is Ruhr University Bochum.If the position is funded by third-party funds the employee has no teaching obligation.
A qualified application is expected.
RUB sees itself as a university with an international presence. The campus languages are German and English. Competence in at least one of the two languages and the willingness to learn the other are a prerequisite. RUB provides corresponding free courses for employees.
German language courses are offered by the University Language Center (ZFA) in the field of German as a Foreign Language (DaF).
https://www.daf.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/sbgk/index.html.en
The Staff Council has the right to participate in all selection interviews. At the request of a candidate (m/f/x), it will ensure its participation in the entire procedure. Please contact wpr@rub.de.
The Ruhr-Universität Bochum is one of Germany’s leading research universities, addressing the whole range of academic disciplines. A highly dynamic setting enables researchers and students to work across the traditional boundaries of academic subjects and faculties. To create knowledge networks within and beyond the university is Ruhr-Universität Bochum’s declared aim.
The Ruhr-Universität Bochum stands for diversity and equal opportunities. For this reason, we favour a working environment composed of heterogeneous teams, and seek to promote the careers of individuals who are underrepresented in our respective professional areas. The Ruhr-Universität Bochum expressly requests job applications from women. In areas in which they are underrepresented they will be given preference in the case of equivalent qualifications with male candidates. Applications from individuals with disabilities are most welcome.
Contact persons for further information:
Lucia Melloni Buljevic
Tel.: +49 234 32 15582
Marta Rüdiger
Tel.: +49 234 32 12693
Travel costs, accommodation costs and loss of earnings or other application costs for job interviews can unfortunately not be reimbursed.
We look forward to receiving your application via our online application portal by 2025-11-10. Please make sure to mention the reference number ANR 5050.
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