Postdoctoral Researcher — Sleep, DBS & Parkinson's Neuroscience

Myana; Minnesota; Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive wages

Paid holidays

Generous time off

Job summary

The Neuromodulation Research Center (NMRC) at the University of Minnesota invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Associate to study brain mechanisms of sleep disturbances in Parkinson's disease and to develop sleep-specific deep brain stimulation therapies. The role involves recording neural activity in DBS patients and may include 7T MRI tractography and computational modeling.

Hybrid work schedule, opportunities for collaboration across Neurology, Neurosurgery, Biomedical Engineering,

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with others.
• Strong quantitative background and signal processing expertise for neural activity analysis.
• Strong record of presenting research results through publications and conference abstracts.

Responsibilities

• 75% Research Duties: Data collection, analysis, method development, publication of results in manuscripts, proceedings, and conference abstracts.
• 10% Supervision and Project Management: Manage junior lab members, and volunteers to ensure timely completion of project aims.
• 5% Career Development: Professional skills, leadership training, technical skills development.
• 5% Outreach: Patient/community outreach, Industry Partnerships.
• 5% Travel: Attending/presenting at local/national/international conferences.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Quantitative analysis

Signal processing

Education

PhD in Neuroscience, BME, ECE or similar

Tools

MATLAB

Job description

The Neuromodulation Research Center (NMRC) at the University of Minnesota invites applications for a Post-Doctoral Associate to study brain mechanisms of sleep disturbances in Parkinson's disease and to develop sleep-specific deep brain stimulation therapies. The role involves recording neural activity in DBS patients and may include 7T MRI tractography and computational modeling.

Hybrid work schedule, opportunities for collaboration across Neurology, Neurosurgery, Biomedical Engineering,