Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit (ZI)
Scientific Employee (m/f/d) - Theoretical Neuroscience
Publiziert am: 15.08.25 | Mannheim | Vollzeit
Jetzt bewerbenThe Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) stands for cutting-edge international research and ground-breaking treatment concepts in psychiatry, psychotherapy, child and adolescent psychiatry, psychosomaticsand addiction medicine.
The Dept. of Theoretical Neuroscience, in particular, develops novel AI and machine learning methodologies for neuroscience and psychiatry, as well as for dynamical systems modeling and time series analysis more generally.
We have openings for several fully-funded positions (PhD & PostDoc) at the intersection of AI/ML, dynamical systems, and neuroscience within a BMFTR-funded Neuro-AI consortium, situated at Heidelberg University & Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim (Germany). The idea is to develop and train AI foundation models for reconstructing from massive multiple single-unit, Ca2+ imaging, and behavioral data the computational systems and plasticity dynamics underlying flexible rule, in-context, and continual learning in animals. In a second step the results are to be used to improve AI models for learning and out-of-domain generalization in continuously changing environments, and to be applied in mental health. Please find links to some relevant publications below.
Relevant publications:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41583-023-00740-7
https://openreview.net/pdf?id=Vp2OAxMs2s
https://proceedings.mlr.press/v235/brenner24a.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60943-7
We have openings for several fully-funded positions (PhD & PostDoc) at the intersection of AI/ML, dynamical systems, and neuroscience within a BMFTR-funded Neuro-AI consortium, situated at Heidelberg University & Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim (Germany). The idea is to develop and train AI foundation models for reconstructing from massive multiple single-unit, Ca2+ imaging, and behavioral data the computational systems and plasticity dynamics underlying flexible rule, in-context, and continual learning in animals. In a second step the results are to be used to improve AI models for learning and out-of-domain generalization in continuously changing environments, and to be applied in mental health. Please find links to some relevant publications below.
Relevant publications:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41583-023-00740-7
https://openreview.net/pdf?id=Vp2OAxMs2s
https://proceedings.mlr.press/v235/brenner24a.html
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-60943-7
Your tasks
- Potential candidates should have a strong background in AI/ML and/or the mathematics of dynamical systems, and some basic knowledge and interest in the brain and neuroscience
Our expectations
- If interested, please send applications with the usual materials (CV, transcripts, 1 key publication, letters of recommendation or references, letter of intent)
We offer
- PhD positions in AI/ML are on a 100% salary scale in our groups (Durstewitz/Koppe)
- An exciting position at a leading research institute and clinic
- Collaboration in an excellent international network of public mental health researchers
- Internal and external training and career development
- A workplace in the heart of Mannheim
We are committed to equal opportunities
People with disabilities will be given preferential consideration if they are suitably qualified. The CIMH strives to increase the proportion of women in all areas and positions where women are underrepresented. Qualified women are therefore particularly encouraged to apply. Full-time positions can generally be split, provided that there are no operational or legal reasons preventing this.
Kontakt
Prof. Dr. Daniel Durstewitz, Head of Dept., phone +49 621 1703-6252
Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit (ZI)
J 5
68159 Mannheim
J 5
68159 Mannheim
