[Eeglablist] Postdoc at the Psychology Research Center of University of Minho (Braga, Portugal)

[Pinal Fernández Diego]

Psychology Research Center at Universidade do Minho (Braga, Portugal)

Position: Postdoctoral Researcher

Recruitment Period:  Open until 20th May

A Postdoctoral Researcher position is available at the Psychological Neuroscience Lab at the "Centro de Investigação em Psicologia" of the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. The position duration is for 24 months with a competitive salary according to the cost of living in Portugal. The position is within an ongoing project intended to Boost Executive Functions in the Elderly using non-invasive transcranial electrical stimulation (tES). tES protocols are applied in combination with electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings. Thus, tES effects on behavioral performance and brain activity related to executive functions (inhibition of proactive interference) will be assessed.  Additionally, since several protocols are being used and their effects contrasted, conditions maximizing the beneficial effects of tES will be identified.

Requirements:  The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. with research experience in the cognitive neuroscience of aging. Albeit the position is framed in an ongoing project the selected researcher will be expected to start and carry out his/her own projects and work with other researchers and students of the lab.


Applications must be submitted electronically, to the email scientific.employment at psi.uminho.pt, indicating in the subject “Refª CTTI-62/19-CIPSI(1)”.

Applications are formalized through completion and submission of a template addressed to the Rector of the University of Minho. You can find the template (and more information at:  http://www.eracareers.pt/opportunities/index.aspx?task=global&jobId=113893 )


They must also be accompanied by the following documents:

a) Copy of the certificate or degree diploma;
b) Detailed curriculum vitae structured according to the items in point 10;
c) Proof of professional experience;
d) Motivation letter;
e) Two letters of recommendation;
f) Copy of the 5(five) most relevant publications indexed in ISI/SCOPUS databases;
g) Any other documents that the applicant considers relevant.
All documents must be sent in PDF format.


For further information, do not hesitate to contact: diego.pinal at psi.uminho.pt

Diego Pinal Fernández, PhD
Psychological Neuroscience Lab,
Centro de Investigação em Psicologia,
Universidade do Minho. Braga, Portugal.