[AUDITORY] postdoc and RA positions - Duke Univ - please share (Jennifer M Groh )


Subject: [AUDITORY] postdoc and RA positions - Duke Univ - please share
From:    Jennifer M Groh  <jmgroh@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Sat, 11 Mar 2023 16:16:53 -0500

--------------ohUpR0KA1H8tDzrafXXbKBUf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by edgeum3.it.mcgill.ca id 32BLHFBW050302 Hello, We are recruiting for postdoc and RA positions - please circulate to any=20 and all interested parties! Thanks very much, --Jennifer Groh https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RNTOkxeuPm3WpRn2cbWuDmorAK8U18y5MUWec= gLeNUg/edit?usp=3Dsharing ** *Postdoctoral Fellow and Postbacc Researcher Positions - Neuroscience -=20 Duke University* * The SPACE<www.duke.edu/~jmgroh>lab at Duke University (PI: Jennifer=20 Groh, www.duke.edu/~jmgroh) has three positions to fill!=C2=A0 Our resear= ch=20 involves visual, auditory, and multisensory processing in the brain=20 using neurophysiological and computational/statistical techniques. Research Assistant/Postbacc Researcher: The ideal candidate will be a=20 recent college graduate having training in the domain of=20 neuroscience/psychology as well as coursework in a=20 computational/quantitative subject area (such as statistics, computer=20 science, engineering, physics, or math), and be willing to make a 2+=20 year commitment to the position. Previous holders of this position have=20 participated actively in the development of research projects in the=20 laboratory and have gone on to graduate school in neuroscience. Primary job duties include training macaques on behavioral tasks and=20 assisting lab members with miscellaneous coding projects.In addition,=20 the role involves partial responsibilities for general animal care=20 responsibilities, regulatory compliance, and miscellaneous=20 administrative tasks.=C2=A0 Experience in coding or interest in expanding= =20 coding skills (matlab, R, or python) will facilitate additional in depth=20 research opportunities concerning neural representations and=20 interactions between vision and hearing. A completed a bachelor=E2=80=99s degree in neuroscience or a relevant=20 quantitative field is required prior to the start date (spring-summer=20 2023).=C2=A0 Previous experience working with a mammalian species in a=20 laboratory setting is a plus.=C2=A0 However, we are interested in hearing= =20 from candidates with experience in some but not necessarily all of the=20 areas mentioned =E2=80=93 this is a starter position for a motivated indi= vidual=20 who wants to gain skills and advance in this field. For more information or to apply, send resume, cover letter, and a list=20 of references via email to Dr. Jennifer Groh (Depts of Psychology and=20 Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Computer Science, and Biomedical=20 Engineering) as soon as possible. Review will begin immediately and=20 continue until the position is filled. Contact info: Jennifer Groh, jmgroh@xxxxxxxx Lab web=20 site:www.duke.edu/~jmgroh <http://www.duke.edu/~jmgroh> Postdoctoral Fellow #1: =C2=A0This position will involve collaborative=20 research concerning how the brain represents more than one stimulus at a=20 time (multiplexing).=C2=A0 Techniques involve neurophysiology in awake=20 macaques (multiple electrode recordings) in visual and auditory brain=20 regions.=C2=A0 The work is collaborative with Prof. Surya Tokdar (Statist= ics,=20 Duke University) (see [Tokdar Lab=20 <http://www2.stat.duke.edu/~st118/>]).=C2=A0 Our groups recently found=20 evidence that when confronted with two stimuli, neural populations=20 contain fluctuating activity patterns: some neurons alternate between=20 encoding one stimulus and encoding another on a sub-second to second=20 time scale (e.g. see Caruso et al Nat Comm=20 <https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05121-8>=C2=A0 andJun et al e= Life=20 <https://elifesciences.org/articles/76452>). This NIH funded project now=20 seeks to understand the organizing principles through which such=20 fluctuating activity patterns serve to preserve and/or select information. We are especially interested in hearing from candidates who see=20 themselves as eventually launching an independent research program for=20 which this training would provide a strong boost. =C2=A0 A completed PhD = in=20 neuroscience or a related field is required prior to the start date=20 (target:=C2=A0 spring-summer-fall 2023). =C2=A0 Previous experience worki= ng with a=20 non-human species is a plus. For more information or to apply, send resume, cover letter, and a list=20 of references via email to Dr. Jennifer Groh (Depts of Psychology and=20 Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Computer Science, and Biomedical=20 Engineering) as soon as possible. Review will begin immediately and=20 continue until the position is filled. Contact info: Jennifer Groh, jmgroh@xxxxxxxx Lab web=20 site:www.duke.edu/~jmgroh <http://www.duke.edu/~jmgroh> Postdoctoral Fellow #2: =C2=A0This position will involve studying the=20 properties and functional role of eye movement-related eardrum=20 oscillations or EMREOs. EMREOs are small sounds made by the brain via=20 the ear=E2=80=99s motor actuators (middle ear muscles, outer hair cells) = and=20 were discovered by our group in 2018 (Gruters, Murphy PNAS)=20 <https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1717948115>.=C2=A0 You may hav= e=20 seen some press coverage=20 <https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/01/when-your-eyes-move-= so-do-your-eardrums/551237/>:-)=C2=A0=20 We hypothesize that this signal plays a role in coordinating hearing=20 with vision.=C2=A0 Current work focuses on the mechanisms and functional=20 significance of this phenomenon and involves testing in normal humans,=20 human clinical populations, and monkeys. =C2=A0 Recent findings can be fo= und=20 here <https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.27.518089v1>, here=20 <https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.03.09.531896v1>, and here=20 <https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.03.08.531768v1>. As above, we are especially interested in hearing from candidates who=20 see themselves as eventually launching an independent research program=20 for which this training would provide a strong boost. =C2=A0 A completed = PhD=20 in neuroscience or a related field is required prior to the start date=20 (target:=C2=A0 spring-summer-fall 2023). =C2=A0 Previous experience worki= ng with a=20 non-human species is a plus. For more information or to apply, send resume, cover letter, and a list=20 of references via email to Dr. Jennifer Groh (Depts of Psychology and=20 Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Computer Science, and Biomedical=20 Engineering) as soon as possible. Review will begin immediately and=20 continue until the position is filled. Contact info: Jennifer Groh, jmgroh@xxxxxxxx Lab web=20 site:www.duke.edu/~jmgroh <http://www.duke.edu/~jmgroh> =E2=80=94----------------------------------------------------------------= ---------------------------- Duke is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer committed to=20 providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual=E2=80=99= s age,=20 color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic=20 information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation,=20 or veteran status. * --=20 Jennifer M. Groh, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Department of Neurobiology Department of Computer Science (secondary) Department of Biomedical Engineering (secondary) Mailing address: Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Duke University B203 LSRC, Box 90999 Durham, NC 27708 919-681-6536 Website: www.duke.edu/~jmgroh Twitter: @xxxxxxxx --------------ohUpR0KA1H8tDzrafXXbKBUf Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"> </head> <body> <p> </p> <div class=3D"moz-forward-container"> <p>Hello,</p> <p>We are recruiting for postdoc and RA positions - please circulate to any and all interested parties!</p> <p>Thanks very much,</p> <p>--Jennifer Groh</p> <p><a moz-do-not-send=3D"true" href=3D"https://docs.google.com/docume= nt/d/1RNTOkxeuPm3WpRn2cbWuDmorAK8U18y5MUWecgLeNUg/edit?usp=3Dsharing" class= =3D"moz-txt-link-freetext">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RNTOkxeuPm3W= pRn2cbWuDmorAK8U18y5MUWecgLeNUg/edit?usp=3Dsharing</a></p> <p><b style=3D"font-weight:normal;" id=3D"docs-internal-guid-6ff06657= -7fff-bc45-5deb-c399700bc99f"> </b></p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;mar= gin-top:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><b style=3D"font-weight:normal;" id=3D"docs-internal= -guid-6ff06657-7fff-bc45-5deb-c399700bc99f"><span style=3D"font-size:12pt;f= ont-family:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:7= 00;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-alig= n:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Postdoctoral Fellow and P= ostbacc Researcher Positions - Neuroscience - Duke University</span></b></p= > <b style=3D"font-weight:normal;" id=3D"docs-internal-guid-6ff06657-7f= ff-bc45-5deb-c399700bc99f"> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;m= argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;padding:2pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;c= olor:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal= ;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-spa= ce:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The </span><a style=3D"text-decoration:none;"= moz-do-not-send=3D"true" href=3D"www.duke.edu/~jmgroh"><span style=3D"font= -size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;f= ont-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underl= ine;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertica= l-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">SPACE</span><span s= tyle=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#1155cc;background-color:t= ransparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decor= ation:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:= none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span= ></a><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;backgr= ound-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:norma= l;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:= pre-wrap;">lab at Duke University (PI: Jennifer Groh, <a class=3D"moz-txt-l= ink-abbreviated" href=3D"http://www.duke.edu/~jmgroh" moz-do-not-send=3D"tr= ue">www.duke.edu/~jmgroh</a>) has three positions to fill!&nbsp; Our resear= ch involves visual, auditory, and multisensory processing in the brain usin= g neurophysiological and computational/statistical techniques.&nbsp;&nbsp;<= /span></p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;m= argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;= color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:norma= l;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-ski= p:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pr= e;white-space:pre-wrap;">Research Assistant/Postbacc Researcher: </span><sp= an style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-col= or:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-d= ecoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap= ;">The ideal candidate will be a recent college graduate having training in= the domain of neuroscience/psychology as well as coursework in a computati= onal/quantitative subject area (such as statistics, computer science, engin= eering, physics, or math), and be willing to make a 2+ year commitment to t= he position. Previous holders of this position have participated actively i= n the development of research projects in the laboratory and have gone on t= o graduate school in neuroscience.</span></p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;m= argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;= color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:norma= l;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-sp= ace:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Primary job duties include training macaques= on behavioral tasks and assisting lab members with miscellaneous coding pr= ojects.</span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2a= 2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-vari= ant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;whi= te-space:pre-wrap;"><span class=3D"Apple-tab-span" style=3D"white-space:pre= ;"> </span></span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#= 2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-= variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre= ;white-space:pre-wrap;">In addition, the role involves partial responsibili= ties for general animal care responsibilities, regulatory compliance, and m= iscellaneous administrative tasks.&nbsp; Experience in coding or interest i= n expanding coding skills (matlab, R, or python) will facilitate additional= in depth research opportunities concerning neural representations and inte= ractions between vision and hearing.</span></p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;m= argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;= color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:norma= l;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-sp= ace:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">A completed a bachelor=E2=80=99s degree in n= euroscience or a relevant quantitative field is required prior to the start= date (spring-summer 2023).&nbsp; Previous experience working with a mammal= ian species in a laboratory setting is a plus.&nbsp; However, we are intere= sted in hearing from candidates with experience in some but not necessarily= all of the areas mentioned =E2=80=93 this is a starter position for a moti= vated individual who wants to gain skills and advance in this field.&nbsp;<= /span></p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;m= argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;= color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:itali= c;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-ski= p:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pr= e;white-space:pre-wrap;">For more information or to apply</span><span style= =3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-color:trans= parent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoratio= n:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">, sen= d resume, cover letter, and a list of references via email to Dr. Jennifer = Groh (Depts of Psychology and Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Computer Science,= and Biomedical Engineering) as soon as possible. Review will begin immedia= tely and continue until the position is filled.&nbsp;</span></p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;m= argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;= color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:norma= l;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-sp= ace:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Contact info: Jennifer Groh, <a class=3D"moz= -txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D"mailto:jmgroh@xxxxxxxx= " moz-do-not-send=3D"true">jmgroh@xxxxxxxx</a> Lab web site:</span><a href= =3D"http://www.duke.edu/~jmgroh" style=3D"text-decoration:none;" moz-do-not= -send=3D"true"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2= a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-var= iant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;wh= ite-space:pre-wrap;"> </span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verd= ana;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:n= ormal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration= -skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-spac= e:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">www.duke.edu/~jmgroh</span></a><span style=3D"= font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transpare= nt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:no= ne;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</s= pan></p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;m= argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;= color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:norma= l;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-ski= p:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pr= e;white-space:pre-wrap;">Postdoctoral Fellow #1: </span><span style=3D"font= -size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;f= ont-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;v= ertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp;This po= sition will involve collaborative research concerning how the </span><span = style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-color:= transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-deco= ration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">= brain represents more than one stimulus at a time (multiplexing)</span><spa= n style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-colo= r:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-de= coration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;= ">.&nbsp; Techniques involve neurophysiology in awake macaques (multiple el= ectrode recordings) in visual and auditory brain regions.&nbsp; The work is= collaborative with Prof. Surya Tokdar (Statistics, Duke University) (see [= </span><a href=3D"http://www2.stat.duke.edu/~st118/" style=3D"text-decorati= on:none;" moz-do-not-send=3D"true"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-famil= y:Verdana;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-s= tyle:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-deco= ration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;whit= e-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Tokdar Lab</span></a><span style=3D"font= -size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;f= ont-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;v= ertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">]).&nbsp; Our= groups recently found evidence that when confronted with two stimuli, neur= al populations contain fluctuating activity patterns: some neurons alternat= e between encoding one stimulus and encoding another on a sub-second to sec= ond time scale (e.g. see </span><a href=3D"https://www.nature.com/articles/= s41467-018-05121-8" style=3D"text-decoration:none;" moz-do-not-send=3D"true= "><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#1155cc;backgroun= d-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;t= ext-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-= skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;= ">Caruso et al Nat Comm</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family= :Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-st= yle:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline= ;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp; and</span><a href=3D"https:/= /elifesciences.org/articles/76452" style=3D"text-decoration:none;" moz-do-n= ot-send=3D"true"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#1= 155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-v= ariant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;t= ext-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-= space:pre-wrap;"> Jun et al eLife</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;f= ont-family:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:4= 00;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-alig= n:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">). This NIH funded projec= t now seeks to understand the organizing principles through which such fluc= tuating activity patterns serve to preserve and/or select information.&nbsp= ;</span></p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;m= argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;= color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:norma= l;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-sp= ace:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">We are especially interested in hearing from= candidates who see themselves as eventually launching an independent resea= rch program for which this training would provide a strong boost. &nbsp; A = completed PhD in neuroscience or a related field is required prior to the s= tart date (target:&nbsp; spring-summer-fall 2023). &nbsp; Previous experien= ce working with a non-human species is a plus.&nbsp;</span></p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;m= argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;= color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:itali= c;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-ski= p:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pr= e;white-space:pre-wrap;">For more information or to apply</span><span style= =3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-color:trans= parent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoratio= n:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">, sen= d resume, cover letter, and a list of references via email to Dr. Jennifer = Groh (Depts of Psychology and Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Computer Science,= and Biomedical Engineering) as soon as possible. Review will begin immedia= tely and continue until the position is filled.&nbsp;</span></p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;m= argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;= color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:norma= l;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-sp= ace:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Contact info: Jennifer Groh, <a class=3D"moz= -txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D"mailto:jmgroh@xxxxxxxx= " moz-do-not-send=3D"true">jmgroh@xxxxxxxx</a> Lab web site:</span><a href= =3D"http://www.duke.edu/~jmgroh" style=3D"text-decoration:none;" moz-do-not= -send=3D"true"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2= a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-var= iant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;wh= ite-space:pre-wrap;"> </span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verd= ana;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:n= ormal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration= -skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-spac= e:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">www.duke.edu/~jmgroh</span></a></p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;m= argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;= color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:norma= l;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-ski= p:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pr= e;white-space:pre-wrap;">Postdoctoral Fellow #2: </span><span style=3D"font= -size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;f= ont-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;v= ertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">&nbsp;This po= sition will involve studying the properties and functional role of </span><= span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-c= olor:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text= -decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wr= ap;">eye movement-related eardrum oscillations or EMREOs</span><span style= =3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-color:trans= parent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoratio= n:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">. EMR= EOs are small sounds made by the brain via the ear=E2=80=99s motor actuator= s (middle ear muscles, outer hair cells) and were discovered by our group i= n 2018 </span><a href=3D"https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.17179481= 15" style=3D"text-decoration:none;" moz-do-not-send=3D"true"><span style=3D= "font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#1155cc;background-color:transpar= ent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:u= nderline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;ve= rtical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">(Gruters, Murp= hy PNAS)</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:= #2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font= -variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pr= e;white-space:pre-wrap;">.&nbsp; You may have seen some press </span><a hre= f=3D"https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/01/when-your-eyes-mov= e-so-do-your-eardrums/551237/" style=3D"text-decoration:none;" moz-do-not-s= end=3D"true"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#1155c= c;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-varia= nt:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;text-= decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-spac= e:pre-wrap;">coverage </span></a><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:= Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-sty= le:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;= white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">:-)&nbsp; We hypothesize that this s= ignal plays a role in coordinating hearing with vision.&nbsp; Current work = focuses on the mechanisms and functional significance of this phenomenon an= d involves testing in normal humans, human clinical populations, and monkey= s. &nbsp; Recent findings can be found </span><a href=3D"https://www.biorxi= v.org/content/10.1101/2022.11.27.518089v1" style=3D"text-decoration:none;" = moz-do-not-send=3D"true"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;= color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:norma= l;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-ski= p:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pr= e;white-space:pre-wrap;">here</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-= family:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;f= ont-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:ba= seline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">, </span><a href=3D"https://w= ww.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.03.09.531896v1" style=3D"text-decoratio= n:none;" moz-do-not-send=3D"true"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family= :Verdana;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-st= yle:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decor= ation-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white= -space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">here</span></a><span style=3D"font-size:1= 0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-wei= ght:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical= -align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">, and </span><a href= =3D"https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.03.08.531768v1" style=3D"t= ext-decoration:none;" moz-do-not-send=3D"true"><span style=3D"font-size:10p= t;font-family:Verdana;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weigh= t:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webk= it-text-decoration-skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:b= aseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">here</span></a><span style= =3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-color:trans= parent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoratio= n:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">.&nbs= p;</span></p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;m= argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;= color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:norma= l;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-sp= ace:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">As above, we are especially interested in he= aring from candidates who see themselves as eventually launching an indepen= dent research program for which this training would provide a strong boost.= &nbsp; A completed PhD in neuroscience or a related field is required prio= r to the start date (target:&nbsp; spring-summer-fall 2023). &nbsp; Previou= s experience working with a non-human species is a plus.&nbsp;</span></p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;m= argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;= color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:itali= c;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration-ski= p:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pr= e;white-space:pre-wrap;">For more information or to apply</span><span style= =3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-color:trans= parent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoratio= n:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">, sen= d resume, cover letter, and a list of references via email to Dr. Jennifer = Groh (Depts of Psychology and Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Computer Science,= and Biomedical Engineering) as soon as possible. Review will begin immedia= tely and continue until the position is filled.&nbsp;</span></p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;m= argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;= color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:norma= l;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-sp= ace:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Contact info: Jennifer Groh, <a class=3D"moz= -txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D"mailto:jmgroh@xxxxxxxx= " moz-do-not-send=3D"true">jmgroh@xxxxxxxx</a> Lab web site:</span><a href= =3D"http://www.duke.edu/~jmgroh" style=3D"text-decoration:none;" moz-do-not= -send=3D"true"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;color:#2a2= a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-var= iant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;wh= ite-space:pre-wrap;"> </span><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verd= ana;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:n= ormal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;-webkit-text-decoration= -skip:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-spac= e:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">www.duke.edu/~jmgroh</span></a></p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;m= argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><br> </p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;m= argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;= color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:norma= l;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-sp= ace:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">=E2=80=94-----------------------------------= ---------------------------------------------------------</span></p> <p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;m= argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-famil= y:Verdana;color:#2a2a2a;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-s= tyle:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baselin= e;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Duke is an Affirmative Action / Eq= ual Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity with= out regard to an individual=E2=80=99s age, color, disability, gender, gende= r expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, = religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.</span></p> </b><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"> <p><br> </p> <p><br> </p> <pre class=3D"moz-signature" cols=3D"72">--=20 Jennifer M. Groh, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Department of Neurobiology Department of Computer Science (secondary) Department of Biomedical Engineering (secondary) Mailing address: Center for Cognitive Neuroscience Duke University B203 LSRC, Box 90999 Durham, NC 27708 919-681-6536 Website: <a class=3D"moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href=3D"http://www.duke.edu/~jmgroh" = moz-do-not-send=3D"true">www.duke.edu/~jmgroh</a> Twitter: =20 @xxxxxxxx </pre> </div> </body> </html> --------------ohUpR0KA1H8tDzrafXXbKBUf--


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