美国加州大学伯克利分校博士后职位招聘–神经科学或心理学方向
Position description
The Department of Psychology at the University of California Berkeley invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar Employee, specifically in the area of cognitive neuroscience.
The Building Blocks of Cognition Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley, headed by Professor Silvia Bunge, studies the cognitive and neural processes that support reasoning, memory, and goal-directed behavior in humans. To investigate these phenomena, the lab leverages behavioral, brain imaging, and eyetracking methods.
Postdoctoral employee will work on a National Institute of Mental Health project titled ‘Narrowing the mechanistic gap for anterior prefrontal cortex function’. This project targets the lateral aspect of anterior PFC, a brain region whose anatomy in humans is not clearly defined and whose fundamental role in cognition is poorly understood. At a descriptive level, aLPFC is involved in higher-level cognitive abilities such as planning, multi-tasking, reasoning, memory retrieval monitoring, and decision-making. Seeking to investigate its function at a more granular level via fMRI, structural MRI, and diffusion-weighted imaging on the 3 Tesla and 7 Tesla scanners at the Brain Imaging Center at UC Berkeley. Close collaborators on the project include Associate Professor Kevin Weiner (functional neuroanatomist) and Adjunct Professor David Feinberg (MR physicist) at UC Berkeley.
Specific duties include:
- Assist with finalizing study design and task presentation code, oversee piloting and data collection, and set up behavioral and fMRI preprocessing and analysis pipelines.
- Taker the lead on writing and revising manuscripts, and present results locally and at conferences.
- Provide mentorship to the graduate student researcher and full-time research assistant, as well as other lab members.
- Expertise in structural and functional MRI data collection and analysis
Lab: http://bungelab.berkeley.edu
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
PhD or equivalent international degree or enrolled in a PhD program or equivalent international degree program at the time of application
Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
-PHD or equivalent international degree
-No more than 3 years of post PhD research experience
Preferred qualifications
-A Ph.D. or equivalent international degree in Neuroscience or Psychology
Established publication record in human cognitive neuroscience
Experience with fMRI data collection and up-to-date analysis methods
Coding experience (ideally Python)
Ability to carry out a variety of statistical analyses (ideally in Python, R)
Ability to write up results for publication in a timely manner
Strong initiative and organizational and interpersonal skills
Experience with open science data practices (e.g., preregistration on OSF; sharing code to Github, etc.)
Experience with layer fMRI is a bonus
Application Requirements
Document requirements
- Curriculum Vitae – Your most recently updated C.V.
- Cover Letter
Reference requirements
- 3-6 required (contact information only)
Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04378
Help contact: dreamartinez@berkeley.edu
About UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The excellence of the institution requires an environment in which the diverse community of faculty, students, and staff are welcome and included. Successful candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skill related to ensuring equity and inclusion in the activities of their academic position (e.g., teaching, research, and service, as applicable).