英国帝国理工大学生物工程学院招聘听觉认知神经科学相关博士后研究助理

Research Associate – Complex transcranial current stimulation for auditory processing : London, United Kingdom

Imperial College London

Department of Bioengineering

Research Associate – Complex transcranial current stimulation for auditory processing

Salary range: £33,860 – £42,830 p.a.

Full time, Fixed term for 12 months in the first instance

Applications are invited for a Research Associate (Postdoc) to work on an exciting project in auditory cognitive neuroscience and neurostimulation at Imperial College London. The successful candidate will join the group of Tobias Reichenbach (http://www.bg.ic.ac.uk/research/reichenbach). The project is embedded in The Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies at Imperial College (http://www.imperial.ac.uk/blast-injury).

The project's goal is to develop efficient complex transcranial current stimulation during auditory training to aid rehabilitation from auditory processing disorder. Auditory processing disorder originates with a compromise to the neural circuits that are responsible for analysing auditory signals. Such damage to the central nervous system can result from head injury that can, in turn, be caused by secondary and tertiary blast injuries. Recent studies have found that the majority of war veterans that were exposed to at least one blast during their deployment have auditory processing disorder. Transcranial current stimulation can increase synaptic plasticity and thus aid rehabilitation from neurological disorders. In this project we will employ novel insights into the mechanisms of speech processing in the brain to develop efficient types of complex spatio-temporal transcranial current stimulation that are paired with speech presentation to aid rehabilitation from auditory processing disorder.

Applicants should have a PhD (or equivalent) in neuroscience, engineering, physics or computing with experience in signal processing as well as neurostimulation or -imaging.

For an informal discussion please contact Dr Tobias Reichenbach (email: reichenbach@imperial.ac.uk; telephone: +44 (0)20 759 46370).

Our preferred method of application is online via our website. Please click ‘apply’ below or go to http://www.imperial.ac.uk/job-applicants (Select “Job Search” then enter the job title or vacancy reference number into “Keywords”). Please complete and upload an application form as directed quoting reference number EN20160149FH). Further information is also available on the job description.

Alternatively, if you are unable to apply online, please email Mica Jones on mica.jones@imperial.ac.uk to request an application form.

Closing Date: 7 June 2016 (Midnight BST)

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