Postdoc: Intracranial Neural Data & Brain Modeling

University of Colorado System; South Dakota; On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Colorado Anschutz in Aurora, CO, seeks a Post-Doctoral Fellow to advance intracranial neural recording projects from epilepsy patients performing cognitive tasks. The role sits within the Eissa lab in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and offers rich collaboration across neuroscience disciplines.

You will develop pipelines, run behavioral tasks with patients, and contribute to data analysis, modeling, and manuscript preparation, with opportunities to present at national

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in neuroscience, computer science, or a closely related field.
• A record of first-author publications in high-caliber field journal.
• Experience in physiology, neuroscience, physics, computer science, or biology.

Responsibilities

• Develop pipeline for collecting and processing intracranial recordings across multiple institutions.
• Run behavioral tasks with patients.
• Data analysis and modeling.
• Oral communication of preliminary results at lab meetings.
• Oral and written communication of completed work at national or international meetings.
• Create figures and write papers.
• Collaborate with and support Principal Investigators (PI) and other stakeholders with laboratory and research functions.
• Independently and creatively identify laboratory solutions.
• Independently review, develop and implement new or modified laboratory techniques required for research projects.
• Provide laboratory science expertise and leadership in study design, data management, and manuscript preparation.

Skills

Coding

Electrophysiology

Behavioral quantification

Bayesian inference

Neural network modeling

Education

PhD in neuroscience or related field

Tools

Python

MATLAB

R

Job description

University of Colorado Anschutz in Aurora, CO, seeks a Post-Doctoral Fellow to advance intracranial neural recording projects from epilepsy patients performing cognitive tasks. The role sits within the Eissa lab in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics and offers rich collaboration across neuroscience disciplines.

You will develop pipelines, run behavioral tasks with patients, and contribute to data analysis, modeling, and manuscript preparation, with opportunities to present at national