The Brain Development Imaging Laboratory (BDIL) at the Dept. of Psychology, San Diego
State University, is offering 1-2 NIH-funded postdoctoral positions in functional
connectivity MRI and related techniques. Current research at BDIL applies fMRI, functional
connectivity MRI, diffusion-tensor and restriction spectrum imaging, MR spectroscopy, and
volumetric MRI, as well as behavioral and neuropsychological measures to investigate
biomarkers in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
BDIL (
www.sci.sdsu.edu/bdil) collaborates with MR physics, EEG, MEG, and other groups at
the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and has full access to the UCSD Center for
Functional MRI (
http://fmri.ucsd.edu/), which houses two research-dedicated 3T human
scanners. Work will include two newly funded NIH projects using combined MEG, fcMRI, and
DTI as well as simultaneous EEG/fMRI acquisition for dynamic functional connectivity
studies of ASD.
Applicants should have experience in functional MRI and functional connectivity MRI (data
acquisition, preprocessing, analysis). Experience in data-driven techniques (graph theory,
ICA, machine learning), in other imaging modalities (DTI, MRS; EEG, MEG), and in
multimodal integration will be relevant, but not indispensable. Applicants who have
experience in the study of children (especially those with autism) may be preferred.
Please e-mail CV, research statement, reprints, and 3 letters to Ralph-Axel Müller at:
rmueller(a)mail.sdsu.edu.