Phd Position in Human Neuroscience, Biology, Psychology or Related Field 100%

Vor 2 Tagen


Basel, Schweiz Universität Basel Vollzeit

**Project description**

The aim of the study project is to investigate the joint influence of caffeine and light on the internal clock in adolescents and adults. Currently it is known that caffeine can increase the influence of light in the evening and thus delay the biological night. However, caffeine is usually consumed in the morning. It is unknown whether it could also potentiate the effect of light at this time of day and which mechanism mediates such a potential effect. Answering these research questions is not only interesting from a basic science perspective but also for people who suffer from an endogenous delay of the internal clock, as is often the case in adolescents.

Therefore we will combine various methods (questionnaires, saliva samples for hormone measurement, electroencephalography, electrocardiography, pupillometry and cognitive tests) in a laboratory study with adults and adolescents. The project is fully funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation SNSF. It takes place at the Centre for Chronobiology (Director: Prof. C. Cajochen), which is part of the Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel and University of Basel.

**Your position**
- Experimental set-up of studies
- Recruitment of participants and data collection
- Data analyses and manuscript preparation, manuscript publication
- Presentation of results at national and international conferences

**Your profile**
- Strong interest in chronobiology and sleep research
- Experience and/or high willingness to work with teenagers and their parents
- Experience and/or high willingness to acquire and analyse EEG data
- A Master's degree (or equivalent) in psychology, neuroscience, biology, medicine, or a related field (at start of project)
- Organisational skills to independently manage a demanding multi-methodological project, including repeated measurements
- Good data analysis skills and experience with statistical methods and software (e.g., R, SPSS, SAS)
- Programming skills or strong interest in acquiring them (e.g., R, Python, Matlab)
- Strong academic writing skillsGood German language skills to communicate with participants (at least B2 level in the common European framework of reference for languages)

**We offer you**
- A timely and highly relevant research project, funded by SNSF after independent peer-review
- Joining a stimulating, interdisciplinary, and international research team
- Direct and continuous supervision and support of PhD thesis
- A 100% contract with a salary (before taxes) of CHF 56'065 (increasing after year 1 and 2)

**Application / Contact**

Salary and employment conditions will be according to the terms of the University of Basel and the SNSF.
- a motivation letter
- your CV (including your skills and previous research experience)
- an example of your academic writing skills (e.g. a chapter of your thesis)
- two references (at least one should be related to your current or previous professional/academic work) whom we can contact



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