[visionlist] PhD and research assistant positions

[Anina Rich]

We have positions for a graduate student and research assistant in our Perception in Action group at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, details below. Please send on to potential candidates!

Thanks,

Anina 


PhD student

A 3.5 year Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship is available to support a PhD student working with Dr. Alexandra Woolgar, Dr. Anina Rich, and Associate Professor Mark Williams at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Macquarie University, Sydney. 

The student will investigate the neural mechanisms of attention and cognitive control. The work will involve studies related to a new Australian Research Council Discovery Project grant, which uses cutting-edge brain imaging techniques (pattern analysis in fMRI and MEG) to examine how information from our senses is selected and processed in the brain. The wider project also involves overseas collaboration with Professor John Duncan (Cambridge, UK).

The student will be hosted in the Cognitive Science department (previously known as the Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science, MACCS) which is part of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Australia’s premier centre for research in cognitive science. It provides extensive facilities including access to fMRI and MEG, psychophysical testing, and an excellent intellectual environment.
We are particularly looking for candidates with experience, or keen interest, in human functional imaging (particularly fMRI), and a strong experimental background.

Enquiries: Dr. Alexandra Woolgar, alexandra.woolgar at mq.edu.au or +61 (0) 2 9850 8765
Package: The scholarship is for $23,728 pa tax exempt for 3.5 years. The position must be taken up in 2012.

Research Assistant

We are seeking a bright and motivated person to provide research assistance to members of the Action and Cognition Laboratory in the Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science (MACCS). MACCS is a major world centre for research and research training in cognitive science.

 
The Research Assistant will be asked to manage the operations of the Action & Cognition Laboratory.  This will include recruiting participants and obtaining informed consent, programming and conducting behavioural experiments (RT and kinematic) and neuroimaging experiments (EEG, TMS), performing data analyses, and preparing results for publication.  The applicant should have programming experience with either Presentation (NBS) or Psychtoolbox (Matlab) and be proficient in statistics.  Experience with the R programming language is desirable.  Good interpersonal and communication skills as well as excellent time management skills are essential.

 
This is an excellent opportunity for the candidate to further develop research skills and learn basic principles of cognitive neuroscience. Applicants should be energetic, self-directed learners with a keen interest in research in cognitive science.

 
For further information about the Action and Cognition Laboratory, please visit the website http://www.maccs.mq.edu.au/laboratories/action

 
Enquiries:  Dr Matthew Finkbeiner (02) 9850-6718 or e-mail matthew.finkbeiner at mq.edu.au .

 
The position is available until December 31 2012 on a (fixed-term) basis with the possibility for extension.

 
Package: From $56,589.00 pa, including (Level 5) base salary $56,589 to $64,338 pa, annual leave loading and 9% employer’s superannuation.

The appointment is currently governed by the terms of the Macquarie University Enterprise Agreement 2010.


Anina Rich, PhD
ARC Research Fellow / Senior Lecturer
Macquarie Centre for Cognitive Science
Macquarie University
Sydney NSW 2109
Australia

Email: anina.rich at mq.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 9850 9597
Fax: +61 2 9850 6059
Websites: http://www.maccs.mq.edu.au/members/profile.html?memberID=194

http://www.maccs.mq.edu.au/research/projects/synaesthesia/

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