Postdoctoral position (Grossman Center at UChicago)

[Noorman, Marcella]

The Noorman lab is seeking a postdoc in theoretical and computational neuroscience. We study how properties of synapses, neurons, and circuits shape the neural dynamics that enable flexible and efficient computation. Our approach combines analytic and computational methods by developing minimal models that capture core dynamical properties of neural computations and, in collaboration with experimentalists, data-driven computational models to uncover the mechanisms driving these dynamics. Examples include:

• Investigating the role of recurrence and plasticity in generating and maintaining stable yet adaptable internal representations.
• Building interpretable models informed by connectomics to reveal the functional roles of relevant circuit motifs.
• Examining how biological constraints shape the ways in which neural systems perform computations.

The Noorman lab is opening in July 2025 at the University of Chicago’s Grossman Center for Quantitative Biology and Human Behavior. There are currently multiple postdoctoral positions available within the Grossman Center. For more information: https://neuroscience.uchicago.edu/grossmancenter-postdoctoral-fellows-theoretical-and-computational-neuroscience

 

If interested, email noor...@uchicago.edu with a brief (one-paragraph max) summary of your research interests, your interest in the Noorman lab, and whether you’ll be attending and available to meet at Cosyne.