<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span id="docs-internal-guid-4d6b52d9-7fff-ffa0-4b29-8410d721ab64" class=""><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; caret-color: rgb(55, 55, 55); font-size: 15.333333015441895px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Computational Brain Science group at Western University</span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The newly formed <a href="https://brainscan.uwo.ca/research/cores/computational_core/index.html" class="">Computational Brain Sciences Group</a> at Western University offers postdoctoral positions through Western’s prestigious </span><a href="https://brainscan.uwo.ca/research/cores/computational_core/postdoctoral_and_graduate_fellowship_program.html" class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(25, 130, 209); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">BrainsCAN postdoctoral fellowship program</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Applicants should have a PhD in a computational or neuroscience-related field. Candidates with expertise in both are strongly preferred. </span></div><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The successful applicant will play a key role in neuroimaging and computational investigations of human brain function. They will enjoy working as part of an interdisciplinary collaborative team and will join the </span><a href="https://www.uwo.ca/bmi/" class="" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(25, 130, 209); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brain and Mind Institute</span></a><span class="" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (BMI), which is one of the leading centres in cognitive neuroscience in Canada. The BMI hosts a full range of ultra-high field, research-dedicated MRI scanners and state-of-the-art research facilities for cognitive, behavioural, and neurophysiological testing.</span></div><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><div class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The applicant should contact one or more potential supervisors with a cover letter, a detailed CV and 2-3 referees.</span></div><p dir="ltr" class="" style="line-height: 1.38; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 20pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(55, 55, 55); background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Review of applicants will start on Dec 15, 2019. The deadline for submitting the final proposal is Feb 1st, 2020. In brief, applicants must be no more than 6 years post-PhD and the salaries are highly competitive (55-70K per year, CDN, with additional benefits). The proposed research should fit within the broad BrainsCAN remit, which covers research that addresses fundamental questions regarding how we learn, think, move, and communicate. </span></p></span><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">Jörn Diedrichsen</div><div class="">Western Research Chair<br class="">Brain Mind Institute <br class="">Department of Computer Science <br class="">Department of Statistics <br class="">Email: <a href="mailto:jdiedric@uwo.ca" class="">jdiedric@uwo.ca</a><br class="">Tel: 1-519-661-2111 x86994</div></div></div></body></html>