Herc-Higher Education Recruitment Consortium

The Center for Cognitive Brain Imaging at Carnegie Mellon has a postdoctoral position available starting in Spring 2022, for 1 year (extendable to 2), working with Dr. Marcel Just. The research focuses on fMRI studies of concept representations, particularly on the alterations of concept representations in people with suicidal ideation.

The successful candidate will be part of a large project, joint between Dr. Just and Dr. David Brent at the University of Pittsburgh, investigating the identifiability of suicidal ideation by detecting systematic alterations in the neural representations of certain personal concepts. The position offers training and research opportunities working with a multidisciplinary Center team with excellent technical support and research staff. This project builds on the pioneering research of the CCBI in developing methods to identify and decode concept representations of many types from their fMRI signatures, including representations of concrete objects, abstract concepts, emotions, physics concepts, numerical concepts, and procedural knowledge. Relevant publications are available at the Center's website: http://www.ccbi.cmu.edu

Flexibility, excellence, and passion are vital qualities within the Psychology Department. Inclusion, collaboration and cultural sensitivity are valued competencies at CMU. Therefore, we are in search of a team member who is able to effectively interact with a varied population of internal and external partners at a high level of integrity. We are looking for someone who shares our values and who will support the mission of the university through their work.

Qualifications:

• A Ph.D. in a branch of cognitive neuroscience or closely related discipline.
• Experience in fMRI brain imaging as well as expertise in the computational methods related to this research area, particularly machine learning, classification, and MVPA.
• Facility with Matlab and Linux.

Requirements:

• Successful Background Check

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