<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Geneva, sans-serif;">Postdoc in Human Laminar Electrophysiology at NYU (BRAIN Initiative)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(29, 29, 29);">A full-time Postdoc position will be available in the </span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(29, 29, 29);">NYU Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, </span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(29, 29, 29);">to study the electrophysiological basis of laminar functional MRI (fMRI). The position is part of a National Institutes of Health BRAIN Initiative-funded project in collaboration with the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR) at the University of Minnesota and Department of Cognitive Neuroscience at Maastricht University.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: justify; background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(29, 29, 29);">The postdoc will conduct intracranial and laminar electrophysiological recordings, as well as 7T laminar fMRI studies in people with epilepsy, and collaborate closely with a team of leading neuroscientists, physicians, and biomedical engineers. </span><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The aim of the project is to understand the neural underpinning of the laminar functional MRI signals by combining in-vivo electrophysiology in humans (NYU), high field MRI (NYU/CMRR/Maastricht) and computational modeling (Maastricht/CMRR). <span class="" style="color: rgb(29, 29, 29);">The candidate will benefit from the rich resources of our neuroscience community, which includes researchers at NYU School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health’s <a href="https://med.nyu.edu/departments-institutes/neuroscience/" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(29, 29, 29); text-decoration: none;">Neuroscience Institute</span></a>, and the Center for Neural Science at NYU. The candidate will work closely with collaborators at the CMRR (Dr. Yacoub), Maastricht (Drs. Formisano, De Martino, Havlicek) and CMRR/Toronto/Suwon (Dr.Uludag). <o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(29, 29, 29);">The ideal candidate has a PhD in neuroscience, biomedical engineering, psychology, or a related field. She/he should have a solid background in (human) electrophysiology and signal processing (EEG, MEG and/or ECoG), programming (Matlab or Python), statistics, and scientific writing. The candidate is expected to be able to work independently, to enjoy interacting within an interdisciplinary research environment as well as with a clinical team, and to have a track-record of peer-reviewed publications. Some supervision and mentoring of research assistants and students is expected. Previous experience with human electrophysiology will be an asset. Preferred starting date: </span><i class=""><span lang="EN-GB" class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(29, 29, 29);">August</span></i><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(29, 29, 29);"> 2019 or as soon as possible.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(29, 29, 29);"> </span></i><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(29, 29, 29);">Initial appointment will be for 2 years with the option to renew up to 4 years.</span></p><p class="" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: justify; background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" class="" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(29, 29, 29);">Interested individuals should send an email to <a href="mailto:lucia.melloni@nyulangone.org" class="">lucia.melloni@nyulangone.org</a> and <a href="mailto:sasha.devorea@nyulangone.org" class="">sasha.devorea@nyulangone.org</a> including a cover letter describing research experience and qualifications, an academic CV, and contact information of 2-3 referees who have agreed to be contacted, by <b class="">March 30<sup class="">th</sup>, 2019</b>. </span></p></body></html>