<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School</span></b><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">We are seeking a talented, highly motivated individual to join a multimodal human neuroimaging research group in Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Our NIDCD-funded research examines human auditory working memory, attention, and multisensory feedforward/feedback influences using multivariate statistical/machine learning analyses of MEG/EEG, high-field (3T) and ultra-high field (7T) fMRI, and MRI-navigated TMS/EEG. The noninvasive measures are validated by using ECoG/<span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_44 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_spell gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-ContextualSpelling gmail-ins-del gmail-multiReplace" id="gmail-44" style="display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;color:inherit;font-size:inherit">iEEG</span> recordings in presurgical human patients.</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital is one of the largest biomedical imaging centers in the United States with over 200 research faculty members, post-doctoral Research Fellows, and graduate students. This position offers a unique opportunity to work and collaborate with leading researchers who develop and implement cutting edge technologies that could have a high impact on researchers of human auditory cognition, attention/working memory, and multisensory processing, as well as on the broader non-invasive neuroimaging and brain stimulation communities.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Required Skills/Abilities/Competencies:</span></b><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard,serif"> </span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top:0in"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ph.D. or equivalent in Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Psychology, or related fields.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Must have experience in at least one of the imaging modalities utilized (MEG/EEG, TMS, TMS/EEG, fMRI, or fMRI/EEG). Experience in subdural or extracellular neurophysiological recordings is a plus.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Proven understanding of cognitive neuroscience, particularly auditory cognition, attention and working memory, and multisensory integration.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Experience in Matlab, Python, and Linux-based <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_39 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_spell gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-ContextualSpelling gmail-ins-del gmail-multiReplace" id="gmail-39" style="display:inline;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;background-repeat:no-repeat;color:inherit;font-size:inherit">command line</span> operations.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Applicants with experience in advanced multivariate statistical analysis and machine learning techniques are strongly preferred.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:15px;text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Excellent teamwork, time management <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_37 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