Connectionists: Professor in psychology, University of Plymouth, UK (Closing date: 13th January)

[Haline Schendan]

University of Plymouth, UK

Job title: Professor in psychology

Salary grade/ range: Senior Managers Scale

Hours per week/ weeks per year: 37.5

Fixed term/ permanent: Permanent

The School of Psychology is looking to make a senior professorial appointment to strengthen its current staffing. In RAE2008 the School was ranked in the top third of psychology departments in the UK, with 85% of its research activity judged to be of international standard. We are looking to build upon this success through the appointment of a world leading research professor.

We are looking to appoint a candidate who has an outstanding research track record as demonstrated through publication and income generation. The successful candidate will have an international reputation and be a world leader within their field. They will have a successful record of research income generation leading to 4* research outputs. We will consider applications from excellent candidates in any area of psychology. Currently the School has established expertise in several fields, with research organised around the recently recognised University Research Centre in Brain, Cognition and Behaviour. The centre encompasses research excellence in Thinking and Reasoning, Memory, Vision, Cognitive Neuroscience, Language Development, Social Psychology and Health and Well Being.  Applicants would be expected to contribute to one of these research groups, or be involved in the creation of a new research grouping.

A competitive salary and start up package will be available to the successful candidate.

Informal enquiries may be made by email to Professor Simon Handley, Head of School at shandley at plymouth.ac.uk<mailto:shandley at plymouth.ac.uk> although applications must be made in accordance with the details shown below.

Closing date:  12midnight, 13th January

Shortlisting to be completed by: 27th January

Interview date: To be Confirmed

Contact for informal discussion:
Informal enquiries may be made by email to Professor Simon Handley, Head of School at shandley at plymouth.ac.uk<mailto:shandley at plymouth.ac.uk> or by telephone on 01752 584829
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The Centre for Brain, Cognition and Behavior (CBCB) has 36 research active academic staff:  http://psychology.plymouth.ac.uk/research/. This vibrant centre is well resourced. 5 dedicated technicians support the Centre's laboratories. The Centre houses 513m2 of lab space across 35 rooms with 95 networked computers for behavioral testing, including eye tracking, visuomotor affordance equipment, and virtual reality. Portable equipment, such as laptops, video-cameras and headphones, are available on demand. The Centre houses a state-of-the-art, multi-modal neuroimaging, computer lab. Cognitive neuroscience laboratories cover the full range of techniques. For EEG/ERP/psychophysiology, there are three fully-equipped, 128-channel, active-electrode systems and two 64-channel passive amplification systems, which can allow EEG recording during TMS. The fully-equipped TMS lab houses single pulse and repetitive stimulation with stereotactic positioning to integrate with fMRI data. The research-dedicated fMRI scanner is housed at the Peninsula Medical School (http://centres.exeter.ac.uk/pmrrc/) and has systems for stimulus delivery, response collection, and eye tracking. CBCB includes several EUCOGII members and links closely with the Centre for Robotics and Neural Systems (CRNS): http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/SOCCE/CRNS/
See also: http://www.psy.plymouth.ac.uk/research/Neuroscience/

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