[visionlist] Carnegie Mellon University: Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in Cognitive Neuroscience

[Michael J. Tarr]

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*Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) in*

*Cognitive Neuroscience*

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The Department of Psychology and the Center for the Neural Basis of 
Cognition (CNBC) at Carnegie Mellon University seek to fill a 
tenure-track position in *cognitive neuroscience* at the assistant 
professor level. Area of research specialization is open but we are 
seeking candidates who take a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach 
to research and whose training and research involves core issues in 
cognitive psychology, a strong grounding in theory, and cutting-edge 
neuroimaging methods. Carnegie Mellon is strongly committed to expanding 
cognitive and brain research spanning multiple disciplines, investing 
significantly in new faculty in computational, cognitive, and systems 
neuroscience and in new facilities, including a state-of-the-art MRI 
facility (http://www.sibr.cmu.edu) and high-performance computing clusters.

The faculty appointment will be joint between the Department of 
Psychology and the CNBC (http://www.cnbc.cmu.edu). The candidate will 
join a growing and highly interactive cognitive and neuroscience 
community at Carnegie Mellon and is expected to be an active participant 
in the CNBC -- an interdisciplinary and collaborative research and 
training center jointly administered across the Carnegie Mellon and the 
University of Pittsburgh scientific communities. Carnegie Mellon offers 
highly competitive salaries and start-up packages in an attractive and 
highly livable urban environment. A successful candidate will be 
expected to demonstrate significant research contributions and to have a 
commitment to high-quality teaching.

Applications will be reviewed on a *rolling basis beginning immediately* 
and will continue until a suitable applicant is found or until January 
31^st , 2012. Applications, including a cover letter, a curriculum 
vitae, research and teaching statements, copies of no more than 3 
relevant papers, and the contact information for at least three 
individuals who have been asked to provide letters of reference should 
be submitted electronically -- in PDF format -- to the following email 
address: faculty-search at cnbc.cmu.edu 
<mailto:faculty-search at cnbc.cmu.edu>. Applications should indicate 
citizenship and, for non-US citizens, current visa status. Only complete 
applications in PDF format will be considered.

Concurrent with the submission of their application, applicants should 
also arrange for at least three reference letters -- in PDF format -- to 
be sent directly to: faculty-search at cnbc.cmu.edu 
<mailto:faculty-search at cnbc.cmu.edu>.

If you encounter technical problems, please write to: 
faculty-search at cnbc.cmu.edu <mailto:faculty-search at cnbc.cmu.edu>.

/Carnegie Mellon University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity 
employer; we invite and encourage applications from women and minorities./


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