Joint CUNY - Center for Computational Neuroscience Visiting Scholar

About the role

The position is a CUNY faculty position combined with a Visiting Scholar appointment at Flatiron Institute's Center for Computational Neuroscience (CCN). The visiting scholar position includes 50% teaching relief at CUNY and access to Flatiron resources.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research in computational neuroscience, building models that are motivated by fundamental principles to provide insight into perception, cognition, and behavior.
• Publish research in refereed scientific and technical journals and present research at scientific conferences.
• Develop and support publicly available software for use by the scientific community.
• Organize CCN-related workshops, conferences, group meetings, and seminars.
• Aid in the organization of summer programs and mentor summer students.
• Collaborate with postdoctoral Flatiron research fellows and visiting graduate and undergraduate students.

Qualifications

• PhD degree in Physics, Math, Engineering, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Psychology, or Computer Science.
• Postgraduate research experience (typically 2 to 6 years) in computational neuroscience, or related field of interest to the CCN.
• A record of excellence in scientific publication.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a collaborative team environment.

Compensation and benefits

The annual compensation range for this 0.5 Full time equivalent position is $67,500 - $82,500 in addition to the CUNY Graduate Center faculty salary.