POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH POSITIONS
FUNDED BY BRAIN INITIATIVE GRANT
Postdoctoral research positions are available in the lab of Nitin Tandon in Houston. This position is funded by a BRAIN Initiative U01 grant project that uses electro-corticographic
(ECoG) recordings and fMRI on a large cohort (n>80) to evaluate psycholinguistic models of reading and speech production to create network level representations of language. Collaborators on the project include Greg Hickok, Stanislas Dehaene, Nathan Crone
and Xaq Pitkow; the post-doc will benefit from a close interaction with these experts in the fields of reading, semantics, speech production and computational neuroscience.
The selected individuals are expected to be a highly motivated team players with a passion to study cognitive processes using imaging, direct recordings and closed-loop
cortical stimulation in humans. They will be responsible for
1) data collection in the epilepsy monitoring unit and in the MRI scanner
2) ECoG and/or fMRI data analysis using analysis pipelines existent in the lab and via the development of innovative analytic strategies
including machine learning and AI approaches
3) data presentation at conferences and manuscript preparation.
The selected individuals must have a Ph.D. in a field relating to: neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science, mathematics,
electrical engineering or computer science. Previous experience in neural time series data analysis, functional imaging studies or studies of language and speech production are desirable – but not crucial. They must possess the ability to independently code
in any or all of the following: MATLAB, R or Python.
Given the multiple unpredictable variables and privacy issues around data collection in human patients, the individual
must possess high ethical and professionalism standards, be able to adapt to a changing environment, reorganize schedules dynamically, and work with short deadlines. A strong publication record and excellent academic credentials are highly desirable.
CONTACT DR. NITIN TANDON:
Candidates who are attending the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting at San Diego in November should reach out to schedule a meeting.