Research assistant

Technische Universität Berlin

Faculty V - Mechanical Engineering and Transport Systems, Insitute of Psychology and Ergonomicst / Chair of Biological Psychology and Neuroergonomics

Research assistant - 0.75 working time

Your responsibility

You will conduct independent scientific work within the ERC project URBRAIN in the field of neuro-urbanism, using multimodal psychophysiological measurements (EEG, ECG, EDA, eye tracking) combined with scene and audio recordings in real-world and laboratory protocols. In particular, you will:

• plan, conduct and analyze several mobile and stationary EEG-experiments, including one real-world multimodal experiment running across the full three-year project period with large sample sizes
• analyze complex multimodal physiological data in combination with environmental data
• publish results in international peer-reviewed journals and present them at conferences and workshops

Opportunity to pursue a PhD.

Your profile

• Successfully completed university degree (Master's, Diplom or equivalent) in neuroscience, environmental neuroscience, computer science, data science, psychology or a comparable field; candidates expecting to complete their doctorate by the time of appointment may apply (proof of completion of the degree program must be provided no later than the date the contract is signed)
• Very good practical and analytical knowledge of EEG, together with familiarity with further physiological measurement methods (ECG, EDA, eye tracking)
• Very good knowledge of statistics
• Very good programming skills in Python, R or MATLAB
• Very good written and spoken English
• Experience with machine-learning or multivariate approaches for multimodal data desirable
• Experience in the field of neuro-urbanism desirable
• Experience with mobile or real-world psychophysiological measurement is a plus

What we offer

This three-year position gives you the scope to develop your own research expertise, advancing experimental and analytical methods in neuro-urbanism and apply them both in real-world environments and in state-of-the-art laboratory settings. You will work in an international team with full access to the Berlin Mobile Brain/Body Imaging Lab (BeMoBIL; ), internationally leading in mobile imaging of human brain activity. Through the Berlin neuroscience community, you will benefit from close exchange with groups at TU Berlin, Humboldt-Universität, Charité and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development. TU Berlin is certified under the audit familiengerechte Hochschule, and offers flexible working hours, 30 days of annual leave, a subsidised job ticket, extensive career development and continuing education, and support with relocation and dual-career questions.