[Freesurfer] Job ad: Small animal MRI faculty position at U. of Delaware

[Timothy Vickery]

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Assistant/Associate Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience

University of Delaware: College of Arts & Sciences: Psychological & Brain
Sciences

Location: Newark, DE

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences (
https://www.psych.udel.edu) at the University of Delaware invites
applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in Behavioral
Neuroscience to begin September 1, 2020. We seek to hire a research scholar
with a neuroscience background in small animal brain magnet resonance (MR)
imaging within any area of research. Scholarly excellence is preferred
above all else.   Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in
neuroscience-oriented MR research and demonstrate innovative scholarship,
with research that complements or adds to existing faculty expertise.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a scholar to join and strengthen the
growing Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and its research and
teaching missions. The Behavioral Neuroscience area has faculty focusing on
spatial memory, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, developmental
psychobiology, social information processing, behavioral epigenetics,
developmental neuroimmunology and endocrinology, neurobiology of emotional
behavior, and stress-related hormonal and arousal systems in PTSD. Other
faculty members in the Clinical, Cognitive, and Social Psychology areas in
the Department have several active research programs utilizing our human
MRI scanner.

There are also many collaborative and synergistic possibilities with
existing researchers throughout University of Delaware’s colleges. The
candidate should enjoy interacting and collaborating with a diversity of
researchers and students from various disciplines.

An innovative leader in research and teaching, the University of Delaware
combines a rich historic legacy with a commitment to education and the
latest in advanced technology. With external funding exceeding $200 million
per year, the University ranks among the top 100 universities in federal
R&D support for science and engineering. Enhanced by state-of-the-art
facilities, research is conducted across all seven colleges and numerous
interdisciplinary institutes and centers. Relevant staffed facilities on
campus include the new 11,600 square foot Center for Biomedical and Brain
Imaging (http://cbbi.udel.edu) housing a new 9.4T/20cm Bruker MRI for small
animals and a 3T Siemens Magnetom Prisma for humans; an animal housing and
research facility attached to the CBBI; a 103,000 square foot Health
Sciences Complex; a 194,000 square foot Interdisciplinary Science and
Engineering Laboratory; and the Delaware Technology Park, where
entrepreneurial and academic research labs are co-located. The
NIH-supported Delaware Center for Neuroscience Research in collaboration
with Delaware State University, and the Delaware Health Sciences Alliance
(DHSA), a partnership among the University of Delaware, Christiana Care
Health System, Nemours/Alfred I. du Pont Hospital for Children, and Thomas
Jefferson University, provide infrastructure and opportunity for innovative
basic, clinical and translational collaborations.

The University of Delaware is located in Newark, Delaware, which is only a
short drive or train commute from Philadelphia, PA. UD is also within
driving distance of New York City, Baltimore, Washington DC, the Poconos
and some of the finest beaches in the country, making it an ideal location
for day or weekend trips.

QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants for this position must have earned a Ph.D., have a history of
high-level publications in behavioral neuroscience or related fields, and
conduct fundable research.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

To apply, please visit the submission website at
https://careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/listing/ and search for job # 494146
Applicants should submit a cover letter, a statement of research, a current
curriculum vitae, three representative publications, and contact
information for three confidential letters of reference. Inquiries, but not
application materials, should be emailed to Jeffrey Rosen, Chair of the
Behavioral Neuroscience Faculty Search committee, jro...@udel.edu. Review
of applications will begin on October 1, 2019 and will continue until the
position is filled.

The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences holds diversity, equity,
and inclusion as important values. We view diversity broadly, including but
not limited to an individual's race, age, ethnicity, gender identity,
sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, disability status, beliefs, and
culture, as well as how those identities intersect. Supporting diversity in
our faculty, student body, and staff, as well as valuing and respecting
diversity in our teaching, research, service, and clinical work, represent
important priorities that contribute to the strength of the department. We
encourage the open exchange of ideas from a variety of viewpoints in an
environment of respect, colla

[Freesurfer] Job ad: small animal MRI faculty position

[Keith Schneider]

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Associate Professor, Behavioral Neuroscience
University of Delaware: College of Arts & Sciences: Psychological & Brain 
Sciences
Location: Newark, DE
The University of Delaware invites applications for a tenured associate 
professor (or assistant professor nearing tenure) in behavioral neuroscience to 
begin September 1, 2019. We are seeking to hire a scholar with a solid 
background in small animal fMRI and/or DTI at ultrahigh fields for linking 
systems neuroscience and brain MR imaging (the university has a 9.4T/30cm 
Bruker MRI for animal research). The exact discipline area is open for this 
position as scholarly excellence will be the primary consideration. Ideal 
candidates will have extensive experience in brain science-oriented MR 
research, demonstrate outstanding and innovative scholarship, and have 
collaborative and synergistic possibilities with existing researchers at UD. 
The candidate should enjoy collaborating with researchers from various 
disciplines (e.g., medical engineering, biochemistry) and helping researchers 
new to MRI.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a scholar to join and strengthen the 
growing Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences 
(https://www.psych.udel.edu ) and University of 
Delaware (https://www.udel.edu ) that already has a 
promising core of interdisciplinary researchers utilizing cutting edge 
methodologies.

An innovative leader in research and teaching, the University of Delaware 
combines a rich historic legacy with a commitment to education and the latest 
in advanced technology. With external funding exceeding $200 million per year, 
the University ranks among the top 100 universities in federal R&D support for 
science and engineering. Enhanced by state-of-the-art facilities, research is 
conducted across all seven colleges and numerous interdisciplinary institutes 
and centers. Relevant facilities on campus include the new 11,600 square foot 
Center for Biomedical and Brain Imaging, housing the 9.4T/30cm Bruker MRI, a 3T 
Siemens Magnetom Prisma, and transcranial magnetic stimulation machine; a 
103,000 square foot Health Sciences Complex, a facility that includes labs for 
small animal and human-based studies, and an active outpatient clinic; a 
194,000 square foot Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Laboratory; and 
the Delaware Technology Park, where entrepreneurial and academic research labs 
are co-located. The Delaware Health Sciences Alliance (DHSA), a partnership 
among the University of Delaware, Christiana Care Health System 
, Nemours/Alfred I. du Pont Hospital for 
Children , and Thomas Jefferson University 
, provides infrastructure and opportunity for innovative 
clinical and translational collaborations.

The University of Delaware is located in Newark, Delaware, which is only a 
short drive or train commute from Philadelphia, PA. UD is also within driving 
distance of New York City, Baltimore, Washington DC, the Poconos and some of 
the finest beaches in the country, making it an ideal location for day or 
weekend trips.

QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants for this position must have earned a Ph.D., tenure (or be nearing 
tenure), have a history of high-level publications in behavioral neuroscience 
or related fields, and conduct fundable research. 

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Using the Interfolio system at UD, http://apply.interfolio.com/58701 
, applicants submit a cover letter, a 
statement of research, a current curriculum vitae, three representative 
publications, and three confidential letters of reference. Inquiries, but not 
application materials, should be emailed to Jeffrey Rosen, Chair of the small 
animal MRI Faculty Search committee, jro...@psych.udel.edu. Review of 
applications will begin on January 15, 2019 and will continue until the 
position is filled.

The University of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity Employer which encourages 
applications from minority group members and women.  The University's Notice of 
Non-Discrimination can be found at 
http://www.udel.edu/aboutus/legalnotices.html.

-
Keith Schneider
Director, Center for Biomedical and Brain Imaging
Associate Professor
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of Delaware

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