A Postdoc position (100%) is available
at the Acoustics Research Institute (ARI) of the Austrian Academy
of Sciences in Vienna, Austria. ARI is an interdisciplinary
research institution covering the fields of psychoacoustics,
computational acoustics, mathematical signal processing, and
acoustical phonetics.
The position is available for up to three years as part of the
project "Bilateral Cochlear Implants: Physiology and
Psychophysics". The project combines binaural physiology,
performed at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI) in
Boston (PI: Bertrand Delgutte) and binaural psychophysics,
performed at ARI (PIs: Bernhard Laback, Piotr Majdak). The goal is
to advance bilateral electrical stimulation methods to improve the
access to binaural cues in cochlear-implant (CI) listeners.
The successful candidate with work at ARI in Vienna within the
Psychoacoustics and Experimental Audiology group. The lab at ARI
provides well-established and sophisticated infrastructure to
conduct highly controlled CI and acoustic-hearing psychophysical
experiments. The successful candidate will design, implement, and
conduct psychophysical experiments with CI and normal-hearing
listeners, and analyze as well as publish results in scientific
journals and conferences. The successful candidate will coordinate
the psychophysical experiments with the physiological work of our
cooperation partners in Boston.
Applicants should:
- hold a PhD in natural/technical sciences, psychology, or
another discipline related to hearing
- have scientific experience in a field related to hearing
science, preferably binaural hearing
- have extensive experience in designing, programming, and
conducting psychophysical experiments
- have excellent skills in scientific presentation and writing
- be able to integrate into a multidisciplinary research team
and cooperate with external project partners.
The salary will be EUR 48.767,- per year (before taxes; 100% = 40
hours/week). The place of work is in the city center of Vienna.
Applicants should submit a letter of application, a list of
publications, and recommendation letter(s) until July 16th 2014
to:
Bernhard Laback, Assoc. Prof., PhD
Acoustics Research Institute
Wohllebengasse 12-14, 1st floor
1040 Vienna, Austria
preferably per e-mail: Bernhard.Laback@xxxxxxxxxx
The Austrian Academy of Sciences is an
equal-opportunity employer. Female applicants are to be
preferentially considered in case of equal qualification. Disabled
persons with equal qualification will be given preference.