Postdoctoral Associate / Research Scientist in Systems Neuroscience and/or Neuroengineering
Core
Investigate basal ganglia systems, dopamine neuromodulator dynamics, and their role in learning, decision making, and disorders like Parkinson's disease using Rhesus monkeys and human studies.
Role type
Postdoctoral Associate / Research Scientist in Systems Neuroscience and/or Neuroengineering
Builds
Research projects bridging animal work with human studies, developing new tools for chronic high-density neural activity measurement in primates
Domain
Neuroscience, Neuroengineering, Systems Neuroscience
Deliverable
research
Required skills
Design and carry out independent research, high-quality publication record, PhD in neuroscience/engineering/biology/psychology/CS/math/physics
Preferred skills
Animal handling and surgeries (nonhuman primates), electrophysiology, behavioral training, programming in MATLAB or Python, data science, statistics, machine learning, modeling, dynamical systems
Technologies
Neuropixels, Dlight, fast-scan cyclic voltammetry, high-density sensing arrays
Responsibilities
Investigate neural processes underlying behaviors and their compromise in disorders, integrate high-density electrophysiology and optical sensors with behavioral tasks, develop new tools for measuring neurochemical and electrical neural activity
Seniority
Postdoctoral / Early Career Researcher