Postdoctoral Associate - Computational Neuroscience
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Location: Houston, TX
- Job Number: 7348571 (Ref #: 25281-en_US)
- Posting Date: Newly posted
Job Description
Summary
The Postdoctoral Associate will contribute to translational human neuroscience studies focused on intracranial electrophysiology, affective neuroscience, and adaptive neuromodulation in patients undergoing invasive monitoring or therapeutic neurostimulation. Ongoing projects investigate the neural dynamics underlying mood and cognitive states using intracranial EEG recordings, electrical stimulation, scalp EEG, and multimodal behavioral assessments.
Specific projects include development of computational approaches for modeling stimulation-induced brain state changes, optimization of stimulation parameters using machine learning and Bayesian optimization frameworks, analysis of electrophysiological biomarkers associated with affective processing and treatment response, and integration of neural recordings across intracranial and noninvasive modalities.
The Postdoctoral Associate will work closely with multidisciplinary collaborators in neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, engineering, and computational neuroscience to support both mechanistic neuroscience studies and translational neurotechnology development.
Baylor College of Medicine typically follows similar to the NIH stipulated stipend guidelines for Postdoctoral Associates.
Job Duties
- Analyzes intracranial electrophysiology, scalp EEG, and behavioral datasets using advanced statistical and computational methods.
- Develops and implements machine learning and Bayesian optimization approaches for adaptive neuromodulation and stimulation parameter optimization.
- Contributes to experimental design, protocol development, and data interpretation for human neuroscience studies involving electrical brain stimulation and affective neuroscience paradigms.
- Develops computational pipelines for neural signal processing, feature extraction, and multimodal data integration.
- Prepares manuscripts, conference abstracts, figures, and presentations for scientific dissemination.
- Assists with mentoring graduate students, research assistants, and trainees within the laboratory.
- Participates in interdisciplinary meetings and collaborative research activities across institutional and external research teams.
- Maintains compliance with institutional, IRB, and data security requirements related to human subjects research.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
- No experience required.
Preferred Qualifications
- PhD training in electrical and computer engineering, computer science, biomedical engineering, neuroscience, bioinformatics, or related fields.
- Prior postdoctoral experience is desired.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
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Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.
