POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLAR - DR. JING JIANG LAB

The Jiang Lab (PI: Dr. Jing Jiang, https://jingjiang.lab.uiowa.edu/ ) at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine is seeking 1-2 highly motivated postdoctoral researcher(s) (2-year term with potential of extension) to conduct translational research at the intersection of neuroscience, electrophysiology, neuroimaging, brain stimulation, and psychiatry. Join us as we scale up our efforts to better understand how to modulate human brain circuits and promote the development of novel treatments to improve mental illness!! Highly motivated candidates are encouraged to apply.

The University of Iowa is an internationally recognized leader in neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience. The Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is consistently ranked in the top ten nationally in NIH funding per faculty member.

The Jiang Lab is an inclusive, supportive, and vibrant team with wide and active collaborations with faculty and teams from the Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychological and Brain Sciences within and outside the campus. We have state-of-the-art facilities including concurrent TMS-fMRI, TMS-iEEG, iES-fMRI systems, as well as access to the world-renowned Iowa Neurological Patient Registry  with neuroimaging and neuropsychological testing data from over 4,500 patients with focal brain lesions.

Position Responsibilities

• Analyze a diverse range of unique datasets for journal publications; Including, but not limited to, brain stimulation (transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), intracranial electrical stimulation (iES)) concurrent with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) or intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG), and brain lesion datasets, from healthy, neuropsychiatric, and neurological populations.


• Participate in leading/mentoring others in the lab.


• Collaborate with clinicians (neurologists, psychiatrists, and neurosurgeons).


• Gain experience for publishing impactful papers.


• Assisting with grant application.

• PhD and/or MD degree in Neuroscience, Computer Science, Electrical/Biomedical Engineering, Psychology, Psychiatry/Neurology, or a related field.

• Experience with neuroimaging and/or electrophysiological data analyses, e.g., in fMRI, (i)EEG, brain lesion, and/or neural network.


• Proficiency in coding with MATLAB and/or Python.


• A track record of peer-reviewed scientific journal publications.


• Self-motivated, able to work independently, strong written and interpersonal communication skills.

• Able to work and learn independently and motivated to contribute to the wider research mission of the lab.


• Well-organized and able to coordinate an interact with a team of other post-doctoral scholars, graduate students, research assistants, undergraduates, and intra- and extramural collaborators.

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