<div dir="ltr"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><br clear="all"></font><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Dear FieldTrip community,</font></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:black">One Postdoc position</span></b><span style="color:black"> is available in the <b>human intracranial EEG
Laboratory</b> at The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in New York (USA).
</span><span style="color:black">The open position is
funded by a newly awarded NIH grant to study the cortical and subcortical
mechanisms underlying interoception, particularly breathing sensations (respiroception)
including dyspnea (affective and sensory components of breathlessness), the neural
control of breathing, and brain-body interactions (biofeedback).</span><span style="color:black"></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">The lab
works with patients being evaluated for epilepsy surgery using methods
such as invasive stereo EEG and electrocorticography recordings
(iEEG, ECoG). </span><span style="color:black">Imaging</span><span style="color:black"> data (MRI, fMRI, DTI), surface EEG, eyetracking are
also available</span><span style="color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">. </span><span style="color:black">There is a focus on using neuromodulation methods (i.e., invasive and non-invasive electrical stimulation)</span><span style="color:black">. </span><span style="color:black">General research
topics include the investigation of neuronal dynamics underlying selective
attention and active sensing, auditory/speech analysis, and neural correlates
of object identification.</span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">The
ideal candidate has a PhD and/or MSc in neuroscience, biomedical engineering,
psychology, or related field. She/he should have a solid
background in signal processing (either ECoG, EEG/MEG, or fMRI), programming
(Matlab or Python), statistics, and scientific writing. He/she should be comfortable working in a lab where there is
interaction with clinical environments. The
position is computationally focused, and responsibilities include analysis of
neural, imaging, and behavioral data using existing scripts (Matlab and Python),
further development of analysis scripts, and database mining. Responsibilities
will also include assisting with the collection and analysis of data,
project management, assistance with preparing progress reports and grant
applications, and helping to present lab findings at conferences and
in journals. </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0.5in 0in 21.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">------------ Qualifications ------------- <br><u>
Minimum</u>: <br>
- MSc and/or PhD in an appropriate discipline (e.g., neuroscience, biomedical
engineering, computer science, physics, psychology) </span><span style="color:black"></span></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0.5in 0in 21.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">- Experience with at least one programming language (MATLAB,
R, or Python)  </font></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 27pt 0in 21.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">- Prior experience working with ECoG/EEG/MEG, neuroimaging,
or brain stimulation data </span><span style="color:black"></span></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 27pt 0in 21.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">- Previous experience working with patients </span><span style="color:black"></span></font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 27pt 0in 21.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:black"><font face="verdana, sans-serif">- Previous work in a research laboratory that shows evidence
of independent scholarship, problem solving, and motivation</font></span></p>

<p style="margin:0in 27pt 0in 21.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">- </span><span style="color:black">2 years </span><span style="color:black">commitment</span><span style="color:black"></span></font></p><p style="margin:0in 27pt 0in 21.75pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">- Previous publications</span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:black">The position is
funded by a newly awarded </span><span style="color:black">NIH </span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana,sans-serif">(NHLBI-RO1)</span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:black"> grant, 2 years guaranteed,
with expected start date <b>as soon as possible</b>. The candidate will have
ample opportunities to work closely with national and international
collaborators and</span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:black"> will expose the successful
applicant to basic and clinical neuroscience as well as neurosurgery,
neurology, and neuropsychology. The location of the institute allows
living in either Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan, or the suburban
neighborhoods of Long Island.</span></p>

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If you are interested, please send your CV, names and contacts of 2-3
references (ideally researchers), along with possible questions about the
positions to Jose Herrero, PhD (<a href="mailto:jherreroru@northwell.edu">jherreroru@northwell.edu</a>) and Ashesh Mehta, MD
PhD (<a href="http://amehta.northwell.edu">amehta.northwell.edu</a>). We are looking forward to hearing from you!</font></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font></p></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Thanks,</font></div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">-- <br></font><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Jose L Herrero, PhD</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Assistant Professor</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Department of Neurosurgery, Northwell</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">Feinstein Institute for Medical Research</font></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif">New York</font><br></div><div><br><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>