We announce a full-time post-doctoral position for two years with possibility of extension.
The successful candidate will work with the analysis and modeling of multimodal data from several studies of child development and cognitive training in children and young adults. The data consists of neuroimaging (fMRI, DTI, sMRI), behavioral and genetic measurements.
The work will be conducted at the Department of Neuroscience at the Karolinska Institute, Solna, Stockholm, which is a stimulating and international research environment (ki.se/neuroscience). The work will be co-supervised by Rita Almeida, statistician at the department for Neuroscience, and conducted in close association with the group for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (www.klingberglab.se) headed by Professor Torkel Klingberg.
Qualifications:
A desirable background is a PhD in cognitive neuroscience, including experience in neuroimaging and statistical image analysis as well as analysis of behavioral data. Experience in programing is valued (e.g. Matlab, Python) as well as knowledge of SPSS or R.
Application process
An application must contain the following documents in English:
1) Short cover letter describing interest in the position.
2) CV, including complete list of publications and degrees.
3) Contact information from three researchers willing to serve as reference persons.
The application is to be submitted on the NetRecruiter system.
Karolinska Institutet is one of the world´s leading medical
universities. Its mission is to contribute to the improvement of human health through research and education. Karolinska Institutet accounts for over 40 per cent of the medical academic research conducted in Sweden and offers the country´s broadest range of education in medicine and health sciences. Since 1901 the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has selected the Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine.
Closing date: 2013-06-20
Website: https://ki.netrecruiter.se/what:job/jobID:22715/where:4/