Connectionists: Postdoc position studying brain dynamics in healthy and patient populations

[Manish Saggar]

The Brain Dynamics Lab (BDL) directed by Dr. Manish Saggar at Stanford
University has an immediate opening for a Postdoctoral Fellow to develop
and employ computational methods that can quantify transitions in brain
activity (or connectivity) from neuroimaging data from patients with
psychiatric illness and healthy controls.

Specifically, we have several ongoing projects using multi-modal
neuroimaging (e.g., simultaneous fMRI and EEG; and more recently
simultaneous EEG and fNIRS) to develop computational methods that can
capture and quantify transitions in brain activity (or connectivity). Once
validated we plan to deploy these methods to neuroimaging data gathered
from patients with psychiatric illness (e.g., depression and ADHD) so that
disorder-specific and person-centric biomarkers can be established.

We use a number of neuroimaging modalities including simultaneous EEG/fMRI,
structural/functional connectivity, and fMRI/fNIRS/EEG to measure brain
activity across space and time during complex tasks. We develop and employ
several computational tools to capture and quantify transitions in brain
activity (or connectivity) using Applied Mathematics and Machine Learning.
We also use computational modeling (e.g., The Virtual Brain) for realistic
bio-physical network model simulations and neuromodulation (e.g., TMS) to
gain mechanistic understandings for the observed aberrant brain dynamics in
patients with psychiatric illness.

Successful applicants will have a background in several of the following
areas: Recording and analysis of simultaneous (and independent) EEG and
fMRI, structural and dynamical functional connectivity analyses, the design
of complex behavioral experiments/tasks, signal detection theory,
computational modeling, machine learning.  A Ph.D. in Biomedical
Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Neuroscience or
Psychology is preferred.

The BDL (http://bdl.stanford.edu) is within the Department of Psychiatry &
Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. We are part of a dynamic and
vibrant neuroimaging division of the department (Division of
Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences; DIBS).
Interested candidates should send via email their CV, three representative
papers, the names of three references, and a cover letter to Dr. Manish
Saggar (saggar at stanford.edu).

The position is for one year, with the option to renew for 2-3 years, given
satisfactory performance and available funding. The positions are available
immediately and applicants will be considered on a rolling basis.


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Manish Saggar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Faculty, Hasso-Plattner Institute of Design (a.k.a. d.school)
Stanford University, Stanford CA
ph: +1-650-723-3656
www: http://bdl.stanford.edu
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