Sabbatical and post-doctoral positions

[Nestor Parga]

Computational and Systems Neuroscience
- Dept of Theoretical Physics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid -


Interested candidates are invited to apply for a sabbatical or a
post-doctoral position for research work in Computational and Systems
Neuroscience at the "Group of Computational Neuroscience", Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid, Spain.

These positions are funded by the Spanish Ministery of Education (MECD).
The program contains two modalities: sabbatical and post-docs.
Both are for non-spanish researchers (or spanish with residence outside
Spain).

Eligible candidates should have a Ph. D. in scientific disciplines
such as Neuroscience, Physics, Maths or Computer Science).

Candidates for a sabbatical position are required to have obtained their
PhD before Jan 1998, and to possess a good experience in research work
on Computational Neuroscience.

The duration of the stay for sabbatical positions is from 3 to 12 months.

Post-docs should have obtained their PhD after Jan 1998.
The duration of the stay for post-docs is from 9 to 18 months.

More information about these positions can be found at the MECD's web
address:

http://www.univ.mecd.es/univ/jsp/plantillaAncho.jsp?id=14

The position should start between Sept 1st, 2004 and March 1st 2005.


The final choice among the candidates - supported by research groups in
Spain -
will be made by the MECD.

Candidates are expected to work in interaction with the
theoretical team of the Computational Neuroscience group
to carry out joint work on information processing in the brain
Details about the current work of the group can be found at the web site:

http://www.ft.uam.es/neurociencia/

Interested candidates are encouraged to send a description of their
research interests
and their curriculum vitae, including a list of all publications to the
address below.

Candidates for the post-doctoral position should include the names of
three scientists
who could send recommendation letters.


The deadline for applications is March 23, 2004.


Contact person:   Néstor Parga

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