Fellow Position in Systems Neuroscience

We are announcing an open search for our new members of the inaugural Institute of Neuroscience Fellows Program, co-sponsored by the University of Oregon and the Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact. This program is aimed at recruiting exceptional postdoctoral scholars whose interests lie at the interface between Systems and Computational Neuroscience. The ION Fellow will have intellectual freedom to develop their independent research on the neural mechanisms of brain function across the entire range from experiments to theory. Research funds to support the independent project will be available to the Scholar to spend at their discretion.

ION Fellows will play a central role in our intellectual community and will be encouraged to pursue collaborative projects that span the interests of multiple labs and faculty mentors. Our Institute has a strong culture of theory/experiment collaboration, which has been powered by the interdisciplinary approach of our trainees. The faculty will provide extensive training in both scientific aspects and career development with the goal of charting a successful path to independence for the ION Fellow.

Our Institute features a wide range of expertise including sensory processing (visual, auditory and olfactory), motor control, naturalistic behavior, neuronal development, neural engineering, and brain-computer interfaces. Our newly established NeuroAI Center combines data science and computational approaches for modeling large neural and behavioral datasets and developing the new generation of brain-inspired Artificial Intelligence.

Currently, we are particularly interested in an ION fellow that will examine mechanisms of state-dependent neural dynamics in the mouse visual system and how they impact behavior, in collaboration with the McCormick (experimental) and Mazzucato (theoretical) laboratories.  See www.neurobiology.org and www.mccormicklab.org. 

Minimum qualifications for this position include a PhD in Neuroscience, Physics, Biology, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Psychology, Human Neurophysiology, Statistics or a related discipline; and a track record of productive research, including publications. A competitive salary and benefits arrangement will be provided including travel funds. To apply please send your CV, a 1-2 page summary of research accomplishments, and a 1-2 page statement of research interests, to David McCormick (davidmc@uoregon.edu) with subject line “ION Fellow application”; please arrange to have 3 letters of reference sent to the same email address.

Our Institute strongly advocates for inclusivity in science and we encourage applications from underrepresented groups. Application reviews will start immediately and will continue until the position is filled.