Connectionists: Postdoctoral Associate(s) in Cognitive/Visual/Computational/Systems Neuroscience

[Kendrick Kay]

The lab of Dr. Kendrick Kay at the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research at the University of Minnesota is recruiting one or more postdocs. We are a highly collaborative lab that seeks to integrate broad interdisciplinary insights to understand function in the visual system.

• One postdoc position is on a newly funded NIH R01 to develop, design, and collect a large-scale 7T fMRI dataset that samples a wide range of cognitive tasks on a common set of visual stimuli. The predecessor for this effort is the Natural Scenes Dataset (NSD) (http://naturalscenesdataset.org <http://naturalscenesdataset.org/>), which is a freely available dataset that is heavily used in the cognitive and computational neuroscience communities. The project is being conducted in close collaboration with co-PI Dr. Clayton Curtis (New York University). Activities in this grant include either (i) designing, collecting, and analyzing the large-scale neuroimaging dataset, (ii) technical work focused on extending and expanding the GLMsingle analysis method (http://glmsingle.org <http://glmsingle.org/>), and/or (iii) other related experimental or modeling work in visual/cognitive neuroscience. For more information, please see this recent review (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2023.03.022), the NSD paper (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-021-00962-x), and the GLMsingle paper (https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.77599).

• Another postdoc position is aimed towards integrating fMRI and intracranial EEG measurements during visual tasks (NSD-iEEG) and electrical stimulation. The general goal of this effort is to better understand signaling across the visual hierarchy (from early visual to higher order areas ventral temporal cortex and frontal/parietal areas). This project is in collaboration with PI Dr. Dora Hermes (Mayo Clinic). For more information, see these papers: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1325-22.2023 and https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47035.

More information can be found for Dr. Kendrick Kay at http://cvnlab.net <http://cvnlab.net/>, Dr. Clayton Curtis at https://www.clayspacelab.com <https://www.clayspacelab.com/>, and Dr. Dora Hermes at https://www.mayo.edu/research/faculty/hermes-miller-dora-ph-d/bio-20471548.

Interested applicants should e-mail kay at umn.edu <mailto:kay at umn.edu>. The positions have flexible start dates, and could potentially be conducted remotely. Applicants are required to have a Ph.D. and strong quantitative, technical, and programming skills. Appointments will be made for one year, with the possibility to renew for additional years.


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Kendrick Kay (kay at umn.edu)
Assistant Professor
Center for Magnetic Resonance Research
University of Minnesota
Lab web site: http://cvnlab.net
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