The Department of Psychology, part of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG), currently has a Postdoctoral position Sleep and Memory

Your main research topic will regard the manipulation of sleep and memory. To this purpose you can use a well-validated method, developed at the UvA-Sleep and Memory lab, that allows precise and flexible targeting of stimuli to specific oscillatory sleep dynamics. This closed-loop neurostimulation (CLNS) method has thus far been used successfully to deepen sleep and boost or depress individual memories.

You will be expected to further develop this research line into innovative directions, e.g. investigating manipulation of as yet unexplored oscillatory dynamics. Responsibilities will also involve assistance on valorisation efforts and co-supervision of interns and junior investigators working on other CLNS projects.

We expect you to have a PhD in (cognitive) neuroscience, bio-electrical signal analysis, or a related field. You should have extensive experience in with EEG signal analysis (preferably involving methods development and application) and strong programming skills, especially in MATLAB. Excellent scientific writing skills in English are required and some level of IT and engineering know-how will be considered a plus. Finally, flexibility with regard to working hours is expected in view of the type of research.

Initial appointment will be for approximately 10 months, in case of full-time employment (38 hours per week). Part-time (0,6 fte) employment can be discussed. There may be the possibility to extend the appointment using expected ulterior funding. Based on a full-time appointment the gross monthly salary will be between €3,545 and € 4,852 (scale 11 conform the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities).

We are looking to appoint someone as soon as possible.

University of Amsterdam

With over 5,000 employees, 30,000 students and a budget of more than 600 million euros, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is an intellectual hub within the Netherlands. Teaching and research at the UvA are conducted within seven faculties: Humanities, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Economics and Business, Law, Science, Medicine and Dentistry. Housed on four city campuses in or near the heart of Amsterdam, where disciplines come together and interact, the faculties have close links with thousands of researchers and hundreds of institutions at home and abroad.  

The UvA’s students and employees are independent thinkers, competent rebels who dare to question dogmas and aren’t satisfied with easy answers and standard solutions. To work at the UvA is to work in an independent, creative, innovative and international climate characterised by an open atmosphere and a genuine engagement with the city of Amsterdam and society.

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Department of Psychology

The Department of Psychology is a part of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG), which is the largest educational and research institution in the social sciences in the Netherlands. The Faculty serves 7500 students in numerous Bachelor and Master programs in Psychology, Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Communication Science, Social Geography, Planning and International Development Studies, and Educational Sciences. Psychology is situated centrally in Amsterdam, and hosts program groups focusing on social, organizational, developmental, clinical, statistical, and cognitive psychology. It offers excellent facilities for undertaking research in a broad range of areas, including a range of psychophysiological, behavioral, EEG and TMS laboratories, as well as a 3T and 7T MRI scanner.

Our Department is one of the leading psychology departments in the world, currently ranked nr. 1 in mainland Europe and 17th in the QS World Universities Rankings (Subject Psychology).

The research will be executed at the UvA’s state of the art Sleep and Memory Lab, which is embedded in the Brain and Cognition Group, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam. The lab takes part in the interdisciplinary ABC (Amsterdam Brain and Cognitive Science Center).

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