Human Neuroscientist Intracranial Recording
Astera Institute is an active nonprofit research institute and foundation that operates in-house neuroscience-informed AI research and funds, operates, and supports open-science programs and public goods.
About Astera Institute
Astera operates three divisions: Neuro-AI, Radial life-sciences research, and its Foundation. Its AI work pursues neuroscience-informed approaches to artificial general intelligence, while its foundation and Radial activities support open scientific infrastructure, datasets, research programs, and residencies.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will design and deploy intracranial cognitive paradigms, translate primate paradigms into human studies, and analyze human neural recordings. You will coordinate clinical partners, manage regulatory and data-sharing documentation, harmonize cross-site protocols, and support open-science data releases.
Requirements
- Intracranial electrophysiology
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Computational neuroscience
- Python
- MATLAB
- Single-neuron recording
- sEEG
- ECoG
- Microelectrode array
- Cognitive paradigm
- Population analysis
- Clinical research
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and deploy intracranial cognitive paradigms
- Translate primate paradigms into compatible human studies
- Process and analyze intracranial neural recordings
- Implement computational cognitive-neuroscience methods
- Coordinate and manage clinical partners
- Manage IRB and regulatory documentation, data-sharing agreements, and cross-site protocol harmonization
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package