Director (f/m/d) | Cognitive Neuroimaging

Job Offer from January 17, 2024

The MPI for Biological Cybernetics invites expressions of interest for andfrom outstanding scientists for the position of Director (m/f/d).

A Max Planck Director pursues a bold long-term research agenda in their own Department, and leads the Institute jointly with fellow Directors. Directors should have achieved internationally recognized distinction in cognitive neuroimaging. Research interests should complement the wide-ranging areas encompassed by the Institute across systems, cognitive and computational neuroscience, including foci on sensory and motor processing, decision-making, and interoception in humans, model organisms and computers. We offer an excellent international research environment, outstanding infrastructure, including 3T and 9.4T human MRI scanners, and generous long-term scientific funding.

The main criteria for a directorship are scientific and scholarly excellence and an innovative and ambitious research program. Directors should be academic leaders and mentors of the highest level and standard.

Please submit expressions of interest to Peter Dayan ([email protected] ) by 15th February 2024. Expressions of interest will be held in strict confidence. They should include a current CV and a brief motivational statement (a maximum of 200 words). As a result of this process, we will hold an initial online symposium in the spring of 2024.

The Max Planck Society is one of Europe’s leading research organizations and conducts basic research in the natural and life sciences, and humanities.  We are an equal opportunity employer, and are committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. We are dedicated to increasing the percentage of women among our scientific leadership, particularly at the director level. We strongly encourage expressions of interest from qualified female scientists.