About your role
As a postdoctoral researcher, you will work at the intersection of neuroimaging, computational modelling and psychiatry. You will actively contribute to the development and direction of a growing research programme.
Your responsibilities include:
- acquisition and analysis of advanced MRI data, including fMRI, fMRS and MRSI;
- evaluation and validation of neurochemical MRI measures, including the sensitivity, specificity and temporal characteristics of fMRS signals;
- integration of neurochemical and functional connectivity data using statistical and computational approaches;
- collaboration with physicists, computational neuroscientists and clinicians in an interdisciplinary research environment;
- dissemination of research findings through scientific publications, conference presentations and collaborative projects.
About youYou are an independent and proactive researcher with a strong interest in mechanistic questions within psychiatry and experience in neuroimaging or computational neuroscience.
You also have:
- a PhD in computational neuroscience, functional neuroimaging, physics, engineering or a related field;
- experience with MRI data analysis, preferably including MRS and/or fMRI;
- strong quantitative, statistical and programming skills, including experience developing or adapting analysis and simulation pipelines;
- experience leading methodological or conceptual research projects, such as multimodal data integration, modelling or fMRS signal characterization;
- experience with scientific writing, publishing and supervising or mentoring junior researchers. Experience with MRI pulse programming, for example on Philips systems, is considered an advantage.
Our offer- You will be employed by Amsterdam UMC Research BV.
- A contract for 12 months, with the intention to extend for a total of at least 2.5 years.
- Classification in salary scale 10: € 3.598 to € 5.669 gross for full-time employment (depending on experience). In addition to a good basic salary, we offer 8.3% end-of-year bonus. Calculate your net salary here. As of 1 July 2026, the salary will be increased by 3.5% in accordance with the collective labor agreement (CAO UMC).
- Holiday hours: 194.4 per year for full time and a possibility to save additional hours.
- 100% reimbursement for public transport travel costs. If you travel by foot, bicycle, or car, a mileage allowance of €0.21 per km applies (up to a maximum of 40 km one way).
- Do you prefer walking or cycling? Take advantage of our good bike scheme.
- Pension accrual with BeFrank, a modern, comprehensible and fairly priced pension.
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