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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The Child Development Laboratory (CDL) led by Dr. Nathan A. Fox is looking for a post-doc to work on developmental cognitive neuroscience research leveraging fNIRS and high-density EEG.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The focus of the CDL is on the development of typical and atypical cognitive and socio-emotional processing, with an emphasis on understanding neural systems supporting the human mirroring system, attention and cognitive control. The lab maintains close collaborations with researchers at the neighbouring National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) with </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Amir H. Gandjbakhche, Ph.D., Chief, Section on Analytical and Functional Biophotonics and Daniel Pine, MD, Chief Section on Developmental Affective Neuroscience, NIMH.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The CDL has a history of performing cutting edge research and publishing in high-impact journals. We now seek a well-qualified postdoctoral fellow to aid in fNIRS and advanced EEG research, along with exploring the simultaneous acquisition (and integration) of both modalities.<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Candidates with a strong background in EEG and/or fNIRS will be most suited for the job. Prior programming experience (e.g. Matlab or Python) is a requirement. Psychologists, cognitive neuroscientists and other candidates are particularly encouraged to apply. Prior experience with developmental populations is not a requirement, but an interest in pursuing developmental research is expected.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The position’s start date is flexible, with a preference for late Spring, 2018. Interested candidates should submit a CV, research statement, preprints/reprints of papers, and the names and contact information for two references who can be contacted for letters of recommendation. Please email these materials to:<span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Nathan Fox, </span><a href="mailto:fox@umd.edu" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">fox@umd.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> and George Buzzell </span><a href="mailto:gbuzzell@umd.edu" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">gbuzzell@umd.edu<br></span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></p>





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