Post-doc position on neural mapping using Population Receptive Field analysis

[Jorge Almeida]

The Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra Portugal (FPCE-UC) invites applications from rising and enthusiastic researchers in Cognitive Neuroscience for a Post-Doctoral position to work with Jorge Almeida.

 

Position:

I am searching for Post-doctoral applicants with expertise on population receptive field analysis/connective field modeling (or other more computational methods) to work on topics related to object dimensionality and dimensional mapping, following the preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.11.29.568856v1

 

Qualifications:

Applicants should be recent graduates – the date in their PhD diploma should not be before October/November 2021 (i.e., no more than 3 years from the signing of the contract). The start date is negotiable.

 

Offer:

The positions do not involve formal teaching. They do involve, however, lab mentoring.

 

The salary is competitive for Portuguese standards – 1800 euro per month net value. According to Numbeo, 1800 euro in Coimbra correspond to a local purchasing power of about 3230 euro in Paris, 3520 pounds in London (UK), 2685 euro in Brussels, 2385 euro in Rome, 2890 euro in Munich, about 4750 USD in Los Angeles, Boston or Washington, 4830 CAD in Toronto, or 5940 AUD euro in Sydney.

The position will be for2 years, renewable potentially for another year.

 

About FPCE-UC and Coimbra:

The University of Coimbra is a 700-year-old University and is a UNESCO world Heritage site. Coimbra is one of the liveliest university cities in the world, and it is a beautiful city with easy access to beaches and mountains. The Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences has been consistently ranked as the best, or one of the best Psychology Departments in Portugal. In the last decade it has become the leading department in Portugal on Psychological research, holding, for instance the only ERC grants in Psychology in Portugal. FPCE-UC has a major laboratory for Cognitive Science and Cognitive Neuroscience research – the Proaction Lab. We have access locally to two 3T MRI scanners, and access to one 7T MRI remotely, to tDCS, to a 256 channel EEG, and to a fully set behavioral lab.

 

Application Instructions:

All candidates should submit the following documents in English: (1) a curriculum vitae; (2) a motivation letter describing their interest in the position, and their track record;

 

Equal Employment Opportunity statement:

The University of Coimbra is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and has a Gender Equality Plan in place. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive academic global community at the University. We particularly encourage applications from women, and from other under-represented groups in the University of Coimbra’s workforce and in the cognitive and brain sciences.   

 

Further information:

If you want to know more about the position you can informally contact Jorge Almeida (jorgecb...@gmail.com).