<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Postdoctoral Researcher </span></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">in visual cognitive computational neuroscience</span></b><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23)">Supervisor: </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23)">Dr. Kamila Maria Jozwik, Jozwik lab, University of Cambridge </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23)">Application deadline: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">2 April 2026</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23)">Application link: </span></b><a href="https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoctoral-research-associate-fixed-term-su49028" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/postdoctoral-research-associate-fixed-term-su49028</span></a><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23)"></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Start date</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">: October 2026 (there is some flexibility)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The Jozwik lab studies visuo-semantic cognition combining cognitive science, neuroscience, and computational modelling. The lab’s research has focused on probing specific visual dimensions in the context of face, animacy, and object representations more generally. We collect and analyse human behavioural and brain imaging (fMRI and M/EEG) data. We also analyse macaque electrophysiology data obtained through collaborations </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">and perform cross-species comparisons</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">. We use machine learning techniques for neural data analysis and computational modelling with a special interest in biologically-inspired deep learning and AI models (NeuroAI). The computational models we work with include vision deep learning models (including topographical, recurrent, or developmentally inspired models), multimodal vision and language models, and Large Language Models. Please find prior work here: (Google Scholar: </span><a href="mailto:https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=oEifmSgAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=oEifmSgAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">).  We also began exploring how to apply our expertise in visuo-semantic cognition and AI to neurotechnology (Focused Ultrasound Stimulation) and understanding mental health conditions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 7.5pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The postdoctoral researcher is welcome to work on one (or more) of the three aspects of the research programme funded by the Royal Society that aims to disentangle and model behaviourally-relevant visual and semantic dimensions (</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">characteristics of objects: ”curved”, ”pink”, ”having eyes”, “being animate”, ”having agency”, or ones that are hard to name)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> of visual cognition in the human brain, while increasing the ecological validity of experiments (including mobile EEG and immersive technologies), </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23)">in the light of the below three aims. Note Dr. Jozwik would be happy to discuss projects related to these aims, as there is some flexibility in research directions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">1) characterise behaviourally-relevant visual and semantic dimensions by the use of large-scale brain imaging datasets of responses to images and model these representations with computational models and validate these predictions in follow-up neuroimaging experiments,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">2) define and model dimensions related to the perception of animacy when interacting with objects and people using videos (behaviour, fMRI, and MEG),</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">3) determine to what extent these brain representations and dimensions change when humans are immersed in the environment (VR/AR and/or mobile EEG).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23)">The ideal candidate</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23)"> will have:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">a </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">PhD (or will have a PhD awarded by the time of the postdoctoral position start date) in a relevant field such as neuroscience, computational neuroscience, cognitive science, NeuroAI. or similar </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">(essential)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- extensive experience in programming in Python or Matlab and data analysis (essential)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- experience with behavioural and neuroimaging (fMRI, M/EEG) data design/collection/analysis (essential)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- track record of first-author publications (essential)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- experience in machine learning and AI</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- a collaborative approach to doing science and </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">willingness to help other lab members</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- curiosity and motivation to work on the proposed or related research questions.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23)">Before applying, please contact Kamila Maria Jozwik</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23)"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">(Royal Society University Research Fellow and an Assistant Research Professor</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23)">, </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:jozwik.kamila@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(70,120,134)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">jozwik.kamila@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23)"> or <a href="mailto:kj287@cam.ac.uk" target="_blank">kj287@cam.ac.uk</a>).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23)">In the initial email, please include:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- your CV</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- information about the programming, computational modelling, and relevant research, data collection and analysis experience (fMRI, M/EEG, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23)">neuromodulation, electrophysiology, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">behaviour)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,23,23)">details of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">journal and conference publications, preprints, and research theses</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">- Please also ask 2-3 of your referees, ideally with whom you have worked on research projects, to email their reference letters to Dr. Jozwik.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">(If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact <a href="mailto:hr@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk" target="_blank">hr@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk</a>.)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;text-align:justify;font-size:12pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:bl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