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Postdoc Project: Cognitive neuroscience of episodic memory sampling.
Job Offer: Fully funded junior postdoctoral opening for a Juan de la Cierva fellow candidate at Universitat Jaume I(UJI) in Castelló, Spain.
Type of contract/Duration of Contract: Temporary, 2 years.
Job Status: Full-time 35 hrs per week, in office
Starting date: Flexible, ideally between December 2026-March 2027
Application deadline: September 15, 2026(application details below)
Salary: 30.000-32.000€/year gross
The Universitat Jaume I’s Decision & Memory group led by Prof. Raphael Kaplan is recruiting a fully funded postdoctoral researcher that’s a competitive candidate for a Juan de La Cierva(JdlC) fellowship. The postdoc project will study the mechanisms of how the human brain samples different event details/memories when imagining novel scenarios and how this process can be optimized for learning interventions. Working with Prof. Kaplan and their team, the candidate will be expected to help collect and analyze behavioral, fMRI, and/or iEEG experiments that test these questions. In parallel, empirical results will be used to inform quantitative models investigating the same processes in collaboration with other leading international laboratories.
The postdoctoral position and JdlC fellowship would involve training in behavioral/ neuroimaging experimental design, behavioral and neuroimaging analysis, computational modeling, machine learning, manuscript preparation, and grant writing within a highly interdisciplinary research environment. Prof. Kaplan has an extensive international record of mentorship where they have incorporated career development opportunities both inside(e.g., fellowship writing, PhD/MSc trainee supervision, teaching) and outside of academia(e.g., big data analysis, clinical translation, public sector, user interface(UX) development) for their trainees.
In exceptional cases, more senior postdoctoral candidates with an extensive CV studying related questions will be considered for a position.
Required Skills:
- Have a PhD in Experimental Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Engineering, or related degree
- Experience analyzing fMRI, iEEG, or model-informed behavioral data.
- Be able to independently carry out research within defined project objectives.
- Be capable of critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas.
- Be able to communicate and write research results effectively to colleagues and broader audiences in English(e.g.,
- ublications, conferences).
- Be able to work collaboratively in interdisciplinary research environments
- Have good programming skills (e.g., Python) and experience with scientific computing tools
Desired skills: Recently received their PhD(no later than January 1st, 2025)
- Strong quantitative and statistical background
- First author publications in established cognitive science and neuroscience journals.
- Experience designing and publishing memory, learning or decision making behavioral/neuroimaging research.
- Proficiency speaking Spanish and/or Catalan/Valencian
Application details
To apply for the position, interested candidates should send a 1-2 paragraph cover letter and CV including name and contact info for 3 references to Prof. Kaplan at kaplan@uji.es by September 15th. Potential candidates should contact Prof. Kaplan if they have any questions or need further information. Interested candidates attending this year’s SEPEX meeting in Valencia are encouraged to schedule a meeting there with Prof. Kaplan
Recent relevant work by our group includes:
Esposito, M., Abdul, L. S., Ghouse, A., Rodríguez Aramendía, M., & Kaplan, R. (2025). Flexible hippocampal representation of abstract boundaries supports memory-guided choice. Nature communications, 16(1), 2377.
Rodríguez Aramendía, M., Esposito, M., & Kaplan, R. (2025). Social knowledge about others is anchored to self-knowledge in the hippocampal formation. PLoS Biology, 23(4), e3003050.
Ghouse, A., & Kaplan, R. (2026). The influence of social content on episodic memory retrieval. Learning & Memory, 33(2-3), a054180
Ghouse, A., & Kaplan, R. (2025). The Relative Contributions of Traits and Contexts on Social Network Learning. Open Mind, 9, 1506–1527.
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