The Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience of the Maastricht University is seeking an Assistant Professor for the Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology. Eligible candidates have expertise in Clinical as well as Biological Psychology (preferably Psychopharmacology). The ideal candidate is also a passionate teacher who will coordinate courses in Clinical Drug Development and supervise students during their clinical skill training. We expect excellent teaching skills that match our small-scale student-centered Problem Based Learning program.

The research interests and experience of the candidate should preferably align with, or complement, our existing research lines in the section Psychopharmacology (https://psychopharmacologymaastricht.com/). Recent publications (as a first author) in peer-reviewed, high impact journals in the relevant research areas should reflect the research interest. The candidate should have post-doc experience, and preferably have been successful in acquiring (personal) research grants.

Tasks

Teaching and coordinating courses at Bachelor and Master level. Examples of topics: Applied Therapeutics, Clinical Development, Executive Functioning, supervising clinical skill training. For further specification see: https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/education/bachelor/bachelor-psychology/courses-curriculum; https://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/education/master/research-master-cognitive-and-clinical-neuroscience-specialisation-neuropsychology/courses-curriculum. We also expect that the candidate supervises individual student research projects at Bachelor and Master level, and co-supervises PhD students.

The candidate communicates research findings in scientific journals and at international conferences. We expect that (s)he contributes to the acquisition of external research funding that strengthens the Department’s research profile.