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Postdoctoral Associate

Employer
Duke University
Location
Durham, North Carolina
Salary
$53,760 to $65,292 (NIH scale)
Closing date
Mar 26, 2021

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A postdoctoral position in neural engineering with an emphasis on experimental neuroscience is available in Dr. Marc Sommer’s laboratory in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University. The goal is to use neurophysiological techniques to understand the cortical response to transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) at the circuit level in non-human primates. The project is highly interdisciplinary and includes opportunities for collaboration across Duke, including with Dr. Warren Grill in Biomedical Engineering and Dr. Angel Peterchev in Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. The position is supported by a new BRAIN Initiative R01 award that aims to integrate neural data with computational modeling to establish how TMS affects the brain.

Applicants should have completed a PhD in biomedical or electrical engineering, neurobiology, or a related field and have experience or a dedicated interest in neurophysiology and research involving non-human primates. Candidates should have a strong experimental background, academic history, and publication record, excellent verbal and written communication skills, and proficiency in quantitative analysis, statistics, and programming.

Please email a description of research experience and goals, a CV that includes publications, and the names and contact information of 3 references directly to Dr. Marc Sommer at marc.sommer@duke.edu.

Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, national origin, race religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

 

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The Sommer Laboratory at Duke University studies circuits for cognition. Using a variety of biomedical engineering and neurophysiological techniques, we examine information processing in the primate brain. Ongoing projects include the rational design of TMS and other forms of neurostimulation, the neural basis of metacognition and decision-making, the brain's circuits for timing, and the coordination of perception and action. The lab is based in the Biomedical Engineering Department with close ties to the Neurobiology Department and Center for Cognitive Neuroscience.

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