Research Fellow (IBOV)

Updated: over 2 years ago
Location: Birmingham, ENGLAND
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: 02 Dec 2021

College of Life and Environmental Sciences 

Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK 

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £31,406 to £40,927. With potential progression once in post to £43,434 a year.

Fixed Term Contract to 1 November 2023

Background

The Centre for Human Brain Health (CHBH) at University of Birmingham is seeking to recruit a postdoctoral research fellow in the field of MEG. The CHBH houses state-of-the-art brain imaging equipment including a MEGIN MEG system, OPM facilities and a Siemens 3T MR system. The position is in the Neuronal Oscillations group and the project is funded by a Wellcome Trust Investigator Award.

Summary of role

Applications are invited for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work within the Centre for Human Brain Health, School of Psychology at University of Birmingham. The successful candidate will work on a project to study the role of brain oscillations and attention in the visual system (lab of Dr. Ole Jensen). The methodological approach of the project is MEG recordings and brain stimulation in human subjects. There will be a special focus on the application of multivariate approaches to investigate phase-coding in the visual system. The postdoctoral researcher will be involved in all stages of designing and conducting experiments, analysing electrophysiological data. The postdoctoral researcher will be expected to prepare the results for high quality academic publications, to present at national and international academic conferences, and to engage in public activities. Furthermore that Research Fellow will take part in supervision students and contribute to the School of Psychology through leadership.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities may include some but not all of the responsibilities outlined below.

  • Develop research objectives and proposals for own or joint research, with assistance of a mentor
  • Contribute to writing bids for research funding
  • Supervise students on research related work and provide guidance to PhD students where appropriate to the discipline

Person specifications

  • The successful candidate(s) must have a Ph.D. (or be near to completion) in neuroimaging, human electrophysiology, cognitive neuroscience, biomedical engineering or an associated area.
  • Candidates should be experienced in MEG or EEG data acquisition
  • In particular, candidates should be experienced in analysizing EEG/MEG data including strong programming skills using Matlab and/or Python
  • Experience with MNE Python as well as SciKit-learn desirable

Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Ole Jensen, email: [email protected]

To download the full job description and details of this position and submit an electronic application online please click on the Apply Online button below or visit https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/jobs/index.aspx . Please quote Job Ref 98646 in all enquiries.

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