PhD positions in Neurolinguistics

University of Groningen offerσ two 4-year PhD positions in Neurolinguistics to work on a project regarding language testing in awake brain surgery (see The PhD project, below). The two PhD candidates will be supervised by Dr. Adrià Rofes (daily advisor), Prof. Dr. Roel Jonkers (promotor), and Prof. Dr. Thomas Picht (co-advisor). The PhD candidates will spend the first three years at the Image Guidance Lab of the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Germany) and one year at the laboratory of Dr. Adrià Rofes at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands). Three to five days of travel outside of the working place per year will be paid and encouraged (i.e., conferences, workshops). Teaching duties are not required during the 3-year period in Berlin. However, teaching duties are recommended during the last year in Groningen. Patient assessments will also include additional neuropsychological assessments as part of the routine pre-operative clinical work-up. The project presupposes knowledge of cognitive science or related (e.g., neurolinguistics, speech therapy, psychology), experience with neuroimaging or willingness to learn (i.e., navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Direct Electrical Stimulation), and capacity to gather and analyze linguistic data in German.