Postdoctoral position in Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University, New York

 The Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, is searching for an outstanding postdoctoral researcher interested in studying the neural basis of conceptual knowledge. The project will investigate the circuits and single cell mechanisms by which we represent knowledge about the world, in particular about familiar individuals. We will build on our extensive knowledge about face-recognition networks and the discovery of concept cells (e.g., the Jennifer-Aniston cell) in human hippocampus. The project will utilize functional magnetic resonance imaging in combination with electrophysiology and behavioral testing, and is embedded into an HFSP-sponsored collaborative research team for cross-species comparisons of concept representations (with Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, Mathew Diamond, and Davide Zoccolan) and theoretical and computational modeling (with Haim Sompolinsky). The postdoctoral researcher will play a key role in our effort to understand how conceptual representations of persons, which are key for memory functions, are formed from representations in high level face-processing areas. Candidates should, ideally, have a strong background in temporal lobe physiology or other scientific experience relevant to the project, strong quantitative skills, a record of scientific productivity, and a desire to understand memory systems, and be interested to work both independently and as part of a team. Interested candidates should send their curriculum vitae, a description of their scientific interest together with the names and the contact information of three professional references to winrich.freiwald@rockefeller.edu.