POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR - JIANG

University of Iowa; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Iowa invites a Postdoctoral Scholar to join a translational neuroscience program focused on brain circuits underlying emotion and cognition. The selected candidate will work on multimodal stimulation-recording datasets, spanning iES, TMS, iEEG, and fMRI, with cross-population research opportunities and robust manuscript output.

The role requires a PhD/MD in neuroscience or related fields, strong data-analysis skills, and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• PhD and/or MD in neuroscience, biomedical engineering, computer science, psychiatry, neurology, or a related field.
• Strong experience in EEG and/or fMRI data analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively to a multidisciplinary team.
• Desirable: experience designing brain stimulation, electrophysiology, or neuroimaging experiments.
• Desirable: expertise spanning both experimental and computational approaches.

Responsibilities

• Lead manuscripts and conference presentations, and contribute to grant applications and new research directions.
• Develop computational and network-neuroscience approaches for multimodal brain-circuit analyses.
• Study causal brain circuits relevant to emotion, cognition, and brain disorders in diverse populations.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to advance translational neuroscience.

Skills

EEG data analysis

fMRI data analysis

Publications in journals

Written and verbal communication

Independent work in teams

Education

PhD and/or MD in neuroscience or related field

Job description

POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR - JIANG

Requisition # 4671

Position Basics

Advertising Ends on: Thursday, September 17th, 2026

Advertising Started on: Thursday, September 3rd, 2026

College: Carver College of Medicine

Department: Pediatrics

Salary

Commensurate

Position Details

Full/Part Time Status: Full Time

Percent Time: 100%

Position Description:

Our interdisciplinary and translational research aims to uncover causal human brain circuits underlying emotion and cognition and advance mechanistically informed precision neuromodulation for brain disorders. Our framework integrates brain network discovery and individualized circuit targeting, multimodal concurrent brain stimulation-recording, and computational modeling. We bridge invasive approaches, including intracranial electrical stimulation (iES) and electrophysiological recordings (iEEG and single-unit recordings), with noninvasive brain stimulation and whole-brain neuroimaging to uncover causal brain circuit mechanisms across modalities, spatial scales, and diverse populations.

Position Highlights

• Work with cutting-edge multimodal concurrent stimulation-recording datasets spanning iES, TMS, iEEG, single-unit, and fMRI.
• Study causal brain circuits relevant to emotion, cognition, and brain disorders in healthy, psychiatric, developmental, and neurosurgical populations.
• Develop computational and network-neuroscience approaches for multimodal brain-circuit analyses.
• Lead manuscripts and conference presentations, and contribute to grant applications and new research directions.

Education Requirement

• PhD and/or MD in neuroscience, biomedical engineering, computer science, psychiatry, neurology, or a related field

Required Qualifications

• Strong experience in (i)EEG and/or fMRI data analysis.
• Strong record of peer-reviewed scientific publications.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively to a multidisciplinary team.

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience designing, implementing, and troubleshooting human neuroscience experiments involving brain stimulation, electrophysiology, and/or neuroimaging.
• Expertise spanning both experimental and computational approaches is particularly valued.

Online Application Required Documents

• Curriculum Vita
• Name and Contact Information of References
• Letters of Interest
• Number of References: 30

Contact Information

Contact: Natasha Johnson - [e-mail]

Cmed-Pediatrics

General Hospital

220 Hawkins Drive

SW164-10A GH

Iowa City, IA 52242

Department URL: https://jingjiang.lab.uiowa.edu

Equal Opportunity Statement

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