Postdoctoral Fellow-MSH-13400-375

Mount Sinai; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Sinai Health System in New York invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to engage in projects on social cognitive neuroscience, including dyadic and multi-agent interactions, social learning, and belief inference.

Responsibilities include developing and running studies, building computational cognitive models, programming in Python, and analyzing behavioral and neural data, with aim to publish results.

Qualifications

• PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Electrical or Biomedical Engineering, or other related fields
• Evidence of high-impact peer-reviewed publications in any of the above areas
• Organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Computational skills (e.g., prior coursework in mathematics, programming in Python, computational modeling)
• Strong interests in social computational neuroscience, behavioral economics, and/or computational psychiatry

Responsibilities

• Developing and running studies
• Developing computational cognitive models
• Programming in Python
• Running analyses on behavioral and/or neural data
• Writing results in publications

Skills

Python programming

Computational modeling

Neural data analysis

Communication skills

Education

PhD in Psychology or Neuroscience or related field

Tools

fMRI analysis tools

Bayesian inference

Job description

Physical work location: 1399 Park Ave. New York, NY 10029

The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will participate in various projects, including but not limited to the following topics:

• dyadic and multi-agent interactions
• social learning and decision-making
• social belief inference
• socioemotional well-being

Technical Duties (include any protocols):

• Developing and running studies
• Developing computational cognitive models
• Programming in Python
• Running analyses on behavioral and/or neural data
• Writing results in publications

Qualifications

Educational and other Requirements for the position:

• PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, Electrical or Biomedical Engineering, or other related fields
• Evidence of high-impact peer-reviewed publications in any of the above areas
• Organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Computational skills (e.g., prior coursework in mathematics, programming in Python, computational modeling)
• Strong interests in social computational neuroscience, behavioral economics, and/or computational psychiatry

Experience Required:

• Experience with neural data collection and/or analysis (e.g., fMRI, intracranial EEG)
• Experience with computational modeling (e.g., Bayesian inference, reinforcement learning)
• Experience with large-online and/or in-person behavioral data collection
• Computer science/IT skills

Goals and Outcomes of the Research Project

• Collecting data for ongoing funded projects (e.g., DP5)
• Pilot data for lab grants (e.g., R01, R21)
• For completed studies, academic research papers reporting the findings

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer, complying with all applicable federal civil rights laws. We do not discriminate, exclude, or treat individuals differently based on race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are deeply committed to fostering an environment where all faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve feel respected and supported. Our goal is to create a healthcare and learning institution that actively works to remove barriers, address challenges, and promote fairness in all aspects of our organization.