Funded Postdoctoral Researcher Candidate Position – NEUROLINGUISTICS AND APHASIA Group at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain)                

/ 16 noviembre, 2023

Os reenviamos un mensaje sobre una oferta postdoctoral en el Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (BCBL, San Sebastián).

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Funded Postdoctoral Researcher Candidate Position – NEUROLINGUISTICS AND APHASIA Group at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.eu   

The Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (BCBL) in San Sebastian (Basque Country, Spain) is offering a 2-year funded Post-Doctoral opportunity.

Job description:

The post-doctoral fellow will be integrated within the Neurolinguistics and Aphasia group (https://www.bcbl.eu/en/research/research-groups/neurolinguistics-aphasia).  The position is not linked to a specific project: the postdoctoral researcher will have the opportunity to work on their own research ideas within the main research interests of the group, whilst collaborating on other projects conducted by the PI and her group. The candidate must have experience in designing and conducting experimental studies on language comprehension and production using behavioral and neuroimaging techniques.

PI and research group:

The successful candidate will work with the PI, Dr. Simona Mancini (s.mancini@bcbl.eu) and her team. The Neurolinguistics and Aphasia group uses various techniques (e.g., behavioral testing, eyetracking EEG/MEG, fMRI) and designs (cross-linguistic, cross-sectional, longitudinal) to investigate the mechanisms underlying language comprehension and production and their interaction with other cognitive domains, across distinct populations (speakers with and without language impairment) and contexts (e.g., recovery from stroke). The group also actively collaborates with clinicians to transfer the results of fundamental research into clinical settings, with the goal to improve detection, diagnosis and treatment of language impairment.

2. CANDIDATES’ PROFILE AND SELECTION CRITERIA

Required skills:

  • Applicants should have a Master and a PhD (or nearly completed) degree in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Linguistics, and/or related areas.
  • Experience in designing, conducting and analyzing experimental studies on language comprehension and production
  • Programming skills (Python, R, Matlab etc…).
  • The applicants must demonstrate excellent communication skills in English.

Desirable skills:

  • Neuroimaging experience (fMRI, M/EEG)
  • Sound knowledge of cognitive neuroscience
  • Experience working with brain-damaged populations.

3. WORKING CONDITIONS

Salary: Gross salary € 28.000 – € 30.000 

Entitlements and other benefits: https://www.bcbl.eu/en/join-us/what-is-like-to-work-bcbl

Training opportunities and Career development plan: 

Researchers at any stage of their career, regardless of their contractual situation, are given an opportunity for professional development and for improving their employability through access to a Personal Career Development Plan which includes:

(1) Training through individually personalized research projects under senior supervision

(2) Exchanging knowledge with the scientific community and the general public

(3) Network-wide training in theory and methods

(4) Complementary training courses

(5) Involvement in proposal writing, task coordination

(6) Development of skills for the organization of training and scientific events

4. OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION:

Language policy

  • The working language at the center is English.
  • The center offers initial level Spanish and Basque lessons to all new staff members.
  • The interview will be conducted in English

5. APPLICATION PROCESS:

Submission of the application and documentation:

To submit your application, please follow this link:  applying for “Postdoc_SO_2023_NLA” and attach the following documentation:

  • A curriculum vitae
  • A statement outlining research interests and motivation to apply for the position
  • Two letters of recommendation

Application process timetable:

1)     Deadline for application: November 28th

2)     Evaluation by committee: November 29th – December 5th

3)     Interviews: December 12th – 18th

4)     Final decision: December 20th

5)     Feedback to all applicants: December 20th

6)     Work contract start date: February 2024

Contact details for enquiries: hr@bcbl.eu

              

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