Postdoctoral Research Assistant: Cognitive Computational Neuroscience - University of Oxford

Vacancy Reference Number

139417

Closing Date

22 Mar 2019

Salary

£32,236 to £39,609

Address

Department Of Psychiatry, University of Oxford

Duration

Fixed term for 2 years in the first instance

Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford 

Grade 7: £32,236 - £39.609 with a discretionary range to £43,267 p.a. 

We are looking to appoint a postdoctoral research assistant to join the Cognitive Computational Neuroscience Laboratory (CCN Lab), led by Dr Laurence Hunt. The post will be based in the CCN Lab in the Oxford Centre for Human Brain Activity (OHBA) in the Department of Psychiatry, at the Warneford Hospital. OHBA forms part of the newly established Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, with outstanding onsite neuroimaging facilities including MEG, 3T and 7T MRI, EEG, TMS, and tDCS. 

The post is for a fixed-term (funded for 2 years in the first instance). 

The main focus of this role will be on collection and analysis of novel behavioural and neuroimaging (EEG and MEG) experiments to investigate neural mechanisms of decision making, learning, inference and other cognitive processes in healthy human volunteers. You will characterise experimental paradigms prior to collection of imaging data, and potentially develop descriptions of this behaviour using computational models. You will explore how behaviour and imaging data are affected by administration of neuropharmacological interventions of relevance to psychiatry. 

You will have or be working towards completion of a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, neuroimaging, experimental psychology, psychiatry or a closely related discipline. With strong quantitative and programming skills, you will have knowledge of one or more relevant programming languages (e.g. Matlab; Python; JavaScript) and experience of collecting and analysing human behavioural and neuroimaging data (in particular MEG and/or EEG). Some experience of collection and analysis of studies involving neuropharmacological interventions in human volunteers would be desirable. 

You will be required to upload a supporting statement, a CV, and details of two referees as part of your online application. 

The closing date for applications is 12.00 midday on 15 March 2019. Interviews will be held on 22 March 2019. 

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