Job description:
The Biomedical Institute for Research in Light and Image (IBILI) is a research department of the Faculty of Medicine – University of Coimbra and is an internationally recognized centre of excellence for research in health sciences. IBILI fosters an environment for research, education and training that promotes a multi-disciplinary approach to health sciences, crossing traditional boundaries between Medicine, Biology and Engineering. Integration between basic and clinical research is essential for the advance of modern health sciences and IBILI commits a major effort to support such integrated research programmes. At IBILI we believe that people are a vital component for the success of any major scientific endeavour. We intend to attract and retain talented staff and we are committed to provide to all our staff a rich and fruitful research and teaching environment. The successful candidate is expected to develop research in Brain Imaging, in the area of Cognitive Neuroscience and is expected to have a special interest in the relationship between neural circuits and behavior.
We offer a 5-year research position and the opportunity to develop an independent research line, at an externally recognized centre of excellence with modern research facilities and a network of research groups with focus in Vision Sciences. Successful applicants should have a good publication record and professional experience in Neuroimaging, particularly in the area of Cognitive Neuroscience. A background in psychophysics and behavior, analysis methods and multimodal imaging is also strongly valued. The successful candidate is also expected to contribute to graduate courses in Neuroimaging and Cognitive Neuroscience and, therefore, expertise in this type of activity will also be considered in the evaluation of the applicants. We expect a proactive attitude, the ability to establish and maintain local and international collaborations. Interest in activities of public awareness of science will also be valued.
Salary: Grade 195 of Scientific Research Career – Approx. €42,500/year
- Cover letter
- CV including list of peer reviewed publications.
- An original research proposal addressing specific issues on The Neural Basis of Human Behavior (maximum 3 pages).
- Two letters of recommendation
Equal opportunity statement: IBILI practices an affirmative action and equal opportunity policy. At IBILI we value diversity and we have a strong policy against discrimination at work of any kind.
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