We are seeking support for our rapidly growing team starting June 1st 2026:

Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/x) Computational Psychiatry

Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie

Your tasks

• Develop and evaluate generative models for longitudinaldigital phenotyping data
• Build and refine a simulation framework for syntheticpatient trajectories
• Design and analyse virtual perturbation scenarios toinvestigate resilience and transition dynamics
• Develop and validate resilience metrics and approachesfor transition typing
• Contribute to the implementation of a research prototypeand reusable open resources
• Work closely with clinical and methodologicalcollaborators within and beyond the University of Cologne
• Contribute to scientific publications conferencepresentations documentation and open-science activities
• Support the supervision of junior researchers andcontribute to the development of the research group

Your profile

• PhD in computational psychiatry data science computerscience statistics neuroscience psychology biomedicalinformatics or a related field
• Strong expertise in at least some of the following areas:machine learning deep learning generative modellingtime-series modelling probabilistic modelling orsimulation
• Very good programming skills ideally in Python andrelevant ML frameworks such as PyTorch
• Experience working with longitudinal multivariatebehavioural data
• Strong interest in mental health research andinterdisciplinary collaboration with clinical partners
• A structured independent and reliable way of workingcombined with strong team skills
• Very good written and spoken English; German iswelcome but not required
• A solid publication record appropriate to career stage isdesirable

Our offer

• Everything but ordinary:You can expect a secure job in a challenging innovative environment including company pension schemes and regular working hours without business trips.
• Team spirit in R(h)ine culture:You will be warmly welcomed by an interdisciplinary team that values mutual respect and helpfulness.
• Strong perspectives:We offer extensive training opportunities so you can continuously grow and set new goals.

Your future with us

We are one of the leading university hospitals in Germany and network research teaching and health care at the highest level. Thats why many things are a lot bigger for us: the spectrum of exciting development opportunities. The limitless openness with which specialists from all over the world work together here. Or our commitment as an employer to support all employees as best we can in reconciling their job with their goals and life situations.

This is the University Hospital of Cologne: Everything but ordinary.

Your future in detail

We are looking to support a newly established research group as soon aspossible.

The position is embedded in the third-party funded research projectSiReD-MH (Tipping Minds: Simulation of Resilience Dynamics inMental Health). The project develops a hybrid in-silico framework tomodel resilience dynamics and transitions into mental illness in youngpeople at risk. Using longitudinal digital phenotyping data includingecological momentary assessment actigraphy and GPS-derived mobilitymeasures the project combines generative machine learning andsimulation to build synthetic patient trajectories and test resilience undervirtual perturbation scenarios.

The postdoctoral researcher will play a central role in shaping themethodological core of the project and in helping build a newinterdisciplinary research environment at the interface of psychiatrymachine learning dynamic systems theory and simulation.

Contact

Dr. Jessica Hartmann
Tel:49 8

Application deadline: May 31 2026

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