Postdoctoral Research Associate in Neuroscience/Neuroengineering (massgeneralbrigham)

Job Description

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At Mass General Brigham, we know it takes a surprising range of talented professionals to advance our mission—from doctors, nurses, business people and tech experts, to dedicated researchers and systems analysts. As a not-for-profit organization, Mass General Brigham is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community.  We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve.

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At Mass General Brigham, we believe a diverse set of backgrounds and lived experiences makes us stronger by challenging our assumptions with new perspectives that can drive revolutionary discoveries in medical innovations in research and patient care. Therefore, we invite and welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups in healthcare — people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ community, and/or gender expansive, first and second-generation immigrants, veterans, and people from different socioeconomic backgrounds – to apply.

 

 

Job Summary

To apply, please send your CV and a letter of interest to Beth Travers at Beth_Travers@brown.edu.

As part of our ongoing clinical trials of an intracortical neural interface system (BrainGate), we seek enthusiastic individuals with substantial experience in computer science, high-resolution neurophysiology, creative approaches in machine learning and/or neuroengineering to join our internationally recognized research team. Our lab and consortium focus on developing brain-computer interfaces that will restore communication and upper limb function for people with severe speech and motor impairments, including people with spinal cord injury, stroke, or ALS. Throughout our clinical research, we also conduct fundamental human neuroscience research in movement control, cognition, and attention.

As a highly multidisciplinary endeavor, our team includes a tight-knit and collaborative group of neuroscientists, engineers, computer scientists, mathematicians, and clinicians. Opportunities are available for each team member to interact directly with clinical trial participants. We are currently seeking a postdoctoral scholar interested in:

• Full-stack programming of an advanced neural interface system that can provide people with severe speech and motor disorders with a 24/7 system that restores intuitive, communication and control over a tablet computer;
• Harnessing the rich information embedded in intracortical signals for the development of communication interfaces;
• Developing innovative real-time signal processing and decoding strategies to improve the control of multidimensional effectors across different contexts;
• Analyzing neuronal ensemble activity, including how kinematics and dynamics of intended movement are encoded in cortical single units, multi-unit activity, and local field potentials toward the robust decoding of intended movement.

 

Candidates must have strong computational and neuroscientific skills, including proficiency in Python and Linux, as well as demonstrated skills in peer-reviewed manuscript preparation. Preferred educational background is a PhD in CS, applied mathematics, BME/neural engineering, EE, neuroscience, or other closely related fields. Experience in app development for iOS/MacOS/Windows is required; knowledge of C/C++ and Unity is preferred. Prior experience with single or multi-unit recordings, neuronal ensemble analysis, dimensionality reduction and machine learning, deep learning, and signal processing is preferred.

Inquiries should be directed to the laboratory of Leigh R. Hochberg, MD, PhD, c/o Beth Travers (Beth_Travers@brown.edu). The primary workplace is at the BrainGate lab at Brown University in Providence, RI.

 

 

Onsite

 

123 Main Street

 

The General Hospital Corporation is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

 

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