Connectionists: Postdoctoral Fellowships in Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania

[Vijay Balasubramanian]

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience 
at the University of Pennsylvania

The Computational Neuroscience Initiative (CNI) of the University of 
Pennsylvania seeks exceptional candidates for a CNI Postdoctoral 
Fellowship. Candidates with strong quantitative skills from a variety of 
fields including neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, 
biophysics, physics, mathematics, systems biology, computer science and 
engineering will be considered. The selected Fellows will join an 
inter-disciplinary research environment in historic Philadelphia.  CNI 
Fellows will be encouraged to foster collaborative research between 
multiple labs,  organize a weekly seminar/chalk talk series for the CNI 
community, and serve as mentors to students.  The Fellowship will 
provide salary and travel support for the fellow over a 3 year term.

The CNI supports interdisciplinary and collaborative research at the 
frontier of knowledge about the brain, behavior, and the mind (see 
http://cni.upenn.edu/). We focus on systems-level approaches that 
integrate theory and computation with experiment. Our members include 
faculty, post-docs, and students from multiple programs and departments 
including neurobiology, cognitive science, psychology, physics, 
mathematics, electrical engineering, bioengineering, and computer 
science. Our research and training spans the three major elements of the 
field of Computational Neuroscience:

           1) Theory – understanding the brain as an 
information-processing machine;
           2) Experiments – providing quantitative methods to aid in the 
design, implementation, analysis, and interpretation of empirical 
studies that probe all levels of brain function, from molecules to 
behavior; and
           3) Applications – including robotics, brain-machine 
interfaces, and new clinical tools.

Applications should be submitted by email to compneuro at sas.upenn.edu, 
and should consist of a CV and a cover letter stating the candidate's 
research experience, reasons for applying to this Fellowship, and 
research interests. Please arrange for up to three letters of 
recommendation to be sent to the same email address as well, with the 
candidate’s name in the subject line. Review of applications will start 
on March 15, 2017.

The University of Pennsylvania values diversity and seeks talented 
individuals from diverse backgrounds (http://jobs.hr.upenn.edu).


Vijay Balasubramanian, Director
David Brainard, Co-Director
Joshua Gold, Co-Director