2 jobs for "Riverside"
Sort by
2 jobs for "Riverside"
Find Your Dream Jobs
The University of California, Riverside (UCR) Postdoctoral Recruitment 2024-2025
Job role insights
-
Date posted
September 4, 2024
-
Closing date
September 4, 2024
-
Hiring location
Riverside
-
Offered salary
64,480$ - 77,327$/year
-
Qualification
Doctorate Degree
Description
The University of California, Riverside (UCR) is inviting applications for a postdoctoral position in the cognitive neuroscience of aging. This position will involve collaborative research on an NIA-funded project aimed at understanding how individual differences in the structure and function of the locus coeruleus influence perception and memory in older adults.
Key Details:
- Position Title: Postdoc
- Salary Range: $64,480-$77,327
- Start Date: The appointment begins as soon as possible.
- Review Timeline: August 16, 2024 - Applications will continue to be accepted until this date. Applications received after this date will only be considered if the position remains unfilled.
Application Window:
- Open Date: July 12, 2024
- Most Recent Review Date: August 16, 2024, at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
- Final Date: June 30, 2025, at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Position Overview: This postdoctoral role offers the opportunity to work with a multidisciplinary research team, including Professors Xiaoping Hu, Ilana Bennett, and Weiwei Zhang at UCR, Professor Aaron Seitz at Northeastern University, and Megan Peters at UC Irvine. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in the project, managing experimental setups, data collection and analysis, collaborating with graduate students and undergraduate research assistants, and presenting research findings at conferences and in publications.
Qualifications:
- Basic Qualifications:
- A doctoral degree in Engineering, Psychology, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, or a related field.
- Preferred Qualifications:
- Strong background in fMRI data collection and analysis, advanced computational and statistical skills, project management, and expertise in one or more relevant areas: neuroimaging, cognitive aging, brain aging, psychophysics, perception or memory processes, eye-tracking, metacognition, or the role of the locus coeruleus in cognition.
- Experience in programming psychophysical experiments using MATLAB or Python is preferred.
Application Requirements:
- Documents:
- Curriculum Vitae (most recent C.V.)
- Cover Letter
- Statement of Research Interests
- 1-2 Sample Publications
- Statement of Past and/or Planned Future Contributions to Advancing Diversity and Inclusive Excellence
- References:
- Three letters of reference are required.
Application Link: Apply Here
Salary Information:
- Postdoc salary ranges from $64,480 to $77,327, depending on experience. The salary is determined based on the UC salary scales, which are aligned with experience levels. See Postdoctoral Scholar Salary Scale.
For more information about this position, please contact Trudi at trudi@engr.ucr.edu.
Working with UCR’s diverse and interdisciplinary team will offer a unique research and training experience, conducted at the UCR Center for Advanced Neuroimaging, which is equipped with a 3T Prisma fMRI system and state-of-the-art eye-tracking and psychophysical systems.
The University of California, Riverside is dedicated to educational success for underrepresented and first-generation college students and is a member of the AAU and the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities (HSRU). A commitment to this mission is a preferred qualification.
Overview
As a proud member of the world’s most prestigious public university system, UC Riverside both embodies and empowers the California Dream. Right here in Inland Southern California, on our nearly 1,200-acre campus, tomorrow’s leaders come together today, finding new ways of thinking, doing, and achieving to make a difference in an increasingly multicultural and interconnected global society.
At UCR, belonging, motivation, and sustainable progress for students, the region, and the world is real — and really important. We’re among the top 1.3% of universities worldwide, according to the Center for World University Rankings, and have been named the nation’s leader among public universities for social mobility by U.S. News for four of the past five years.
Off campus, our more than 26,000 students and 1,100 faculty — among them two Nobel Prize winners and 15 members of the National Academies of Science and Medicine — have access to our region’s diverse geography, from the desert to the coast, as well as Riverside’s vibrant cultural and recreational activities. On campus, all are empowered to accelerate their bold ideas. Because our mission is clear: to launch a new generation of innovative thinkers.
Root your education right here in Inland Southern California, and watch your ideas impact the world. As a Highlander, you’ll join a community where diversity equals vitality. Where support and empowerment lift spirits and propel ideas forward. And where getting an education means more than attending class. Here, you won’t just answer problems. You’ll be part of global solutions.
Read moreCategories
Company size
5000+
Founded in
1907
Location
Riverside
Phone
Interested in this job?
0 days left to apply