Postdoc: Computational Psychiatry & Neural Decision-Making

Mount Sinai; United States; On-site; USD 66,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Sinai invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral position in the Center for Computational Psychiatry. The role focuses on model-based analyses of behavioral and electrophysiological data recorded in human populations, with an emphasis on compulsive behaviors.

The successful candidate will design experiments, collect intracranial physiology data, perform computational analyses, and contribute to peer‑reviewed publications and conference presentations.

Qualifications

• Prior research experience in electrophysiology and model-based behavioral analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design novel experiments to examine the neurocomputational basis of decision-making.
• Conduct human intracranial physiology and behavioral data collection.
• Conduct computational analyses.
• Report findings in peer reviewed papers, international conferences and relevant research talks.

Skills

Electrophysiology

Model-based analysis

Computational Neuroscience

Education

PhD or MD

Tools

Python

Job description

Mount Sinai invites applications for a one-year postdoctoral position in the Center for Computational Psychiatry. The role focuses on model-based analyses of behavioral and electrophysiological data recorded in human populations, with an emphasis on compulsive behaviors.

The successful candidate will design experiments, collect intracranial physiology data, perform computational analyses, and contribute to peer‑reviewed publications and conference presentations.