Influence of entrepreneurial expertise on cognitive flexibility and brain activity

• Candidate should be skilled, highly motivated, have excellent communication and organizational skills, able to work independently and as part of a team.
• A master's degree in psychology (experimental, cognitive, or neuropsychology), cognitive neuroscience or a related field.
• Excellent writing and communication skills in English. Learning French will be requested from those not mastering the language.
• Strong research skills including experimental designs, programming and statistical analyses.
• Coding skills (e.g., R, Matlab, Python)
• Experience in cognitive neuroscience is highly appreciated.
• Previous experience in eye-tracking and MRI is also appreciated.

Applicants are invited to respond as soon as possible  no later than August 15th 2023. Please include all the following documents in PDF format:

• a cover letter (maximum 2 pages) describing your personal qualifications, research interests and motivation for applying
• a CV, including a list of research projects you were involved in (with a brief description of your contribution) and a link to a copy of your master thesis (or other research reports if you have not finished your master thesis yet)
• contact information for two referees.

Applications or informal enquiries should be sent via email to f.collette@uliege.be and fooms@uliege.be. Interviews (on site or online) of shortlisted candidates are planned between August 15th and September 15^th 2023.

Work environment

The GIGA-CRC IVI (https://tinyurl.com/GIGA-CRC-IVI)  is a research team including psychologists, neurologists, chemists, physicists and engineers, gathering complementary skills in developing novel technical and methodological tools to better characterise the structure and function of the human brain. Applications and fields of research include many fields of cognitive neuroscience and are centred about healthy cognition and cognitive changes in neurodegenerative diseases.

The team has direct access to research-dedicated equipment, including a PET scanner (ECAT+, Siemens), whole-body MRI scanners (3T Magnetom Prisma and 7T Terra, Siemens), neuro-navigated TMS-EEG, high-density EEG system and a sleep and chronobiology unit with five temperature-controlled, light-calibrated, soundproof bedrooms equipped for EEG recordings.

Contract duration

The project is currently financed for 4 years Contract will start on October 1^st 2023 and no later than January 1^st 2024. Monthly salary will be provided upon request and follows Belgian regulations.