[visionlist] PhD positions at UMass Amherst

[Rosie Cowell]

The laboratories of David Huber <http://people.umass.edu/dehuber/> and 
Rosie Cowell <http://people.umass.edu/cmap-lab/> at the University of 
Massachusetts, Amherst are actively recruiting new PhD students to start 
in September, 2018. Our joint lab offers training in both theory and 
experimentation, using fMRI (at the UMass scanner 
<https://www.umass.edu/ials/hmrc>), EEG, behavioral studies and 
mathematical modeling to address questions about memory, visual 
perception, attention and the BOLD signal. Research projects in the lab 
are supported by NSF (Cowell 
<https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1554871>, Huber 
<https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1431147>) and NIH 
<https://projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=9390666&icde=36316417&ddparam=&ddvalue=&ddsub=&cr=1&csb=default&cs=ASC&pball=> 
funding. More about our program, department and town:

  * all PhD positions fully funded through teaching and research
    assistantships
  * a highly interactive group of 10 faculty within the Cognition and
    Cognitive Neuroscience
    <https://www.umass.edu/pbs/research/cognition-and-cognitive-neuroscience>
    division, with particular expertise in mathematical modeling
  * five divisions within Psych and Brain Sciences
    <http://www.umass.edu/pbs/> (Cognitive, Developmental, Neuro,
    Social, Clinical)
  * new external funding in the Psych and Brain Sciences Dept in excess
    of $14m for 2017 so far
  * UMass Amherst <https://www.umass.edu/> is an R1 (Highest Research
    Activity) Institution
  * Amherst offers a lively intellectual environment thanks to the Five
    Colleges (UMass, Smith, Amherst, Mt Holyoke, Hampshire)
  * ... in a beautiful rural setting with mountain views (and cheap
    rent), 90 minutes' drive from Boston

Contact Rosie Cowell or David Huber with research-related questions. 
Students may apply to enter the lab through one of two Graduate 
Programs: Psychological and Brain Sciences (Cognitive) 
<http://www.umass.edu/pbs/graduate/cognition-and-cognitive-neuroscience/how-apply> 
or Neuroscience and Behavior <http://gpls.cns.umass.edu/nsb>.

-- 
Rosie A. Cowell
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Tobin Hall Room 431 | rcowell at umass.edu
http://people.umass.edu/cmap-lab/

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