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Researcher / Scientist
Associate Research Scientist Full-time
Columbia University’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute brings together world-class scientists across academic disciplines conducting pioneering research to transform our understanding of how the brain works – and gives rise to mind and behavior. The Institute fosters a collaborative and inclusive environment across 50 labs, advancing insights into human health by exploring how the brain develops, performs, endures and recovers.
At the Zuckerman Institute, we are committed to becoming a more inclusive, equitable and diverse place of scientific discovery and support a culture of respect. Promoting diversity in science will help drive the transformative science that can change the world.
Situated in the Jerome L. Greene Science Center on Columbia’s Manhattanville campus, the state-of-the-art building offers an environment where the highest level of scholarly scientific research takes place on a daily basis, with the benefit of being located in the heart of New York, one of the world’s most vibrant and culturally rich cities.
The Center for Theoretical Neuroscience (CTN) at Columbia University is looking to fill an Associate Research Scientist position to facilitate research on the inner workings of the mouse visual cortex. The candidate will build mathematical models that provide mechanistic explanations of how neural circuits in the visual system process information such as natural scenes. The candidate will also model the cortex at increasing degrees of complexity, including different cellular subtypes, cortical layers, and the specific neural connectivity.MD, PhD, or doctorate in related field
Applicants are expected to have a PhD in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, Neuroscience, Biology, or a related discipline and, preferably, experience in theoretical neuroscience or the statistical analysis of neuroscience data.