Recruitment/Posting Title Postdoctoral Associate Job Category Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory) Department RWJ-Neurosurgery-Meb Overview New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.

Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives. Posting Summary Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate for the department of Neurosurgery at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate position at the Neurosurgery Department, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. A Postdoctoral Associate position is available in the lab of Dr. Salman Qasim. The Qasim lab leverages intracranial brain implants in neurosurgery patients who consent to perform cognitive tasks, to record in-vivo neural data from the human brain and link it to critical cognitive and behavioral functions (e.g. memory formation). This is an interdisciplinary position at the cross-section of cognitive neuroscience, electrophysiology, neural engineering, and data analytics.
Among the key duties of this position are the following: Collecting behavioral and electrophysiological data in the clinical environment. Writing replicable code for analyzing behavioral and neural data (e.g. modeling behavior, time series analysis, statistical inference). Writing manuscripts to communicate project results, submitting to journals, and presenting at conferences. Submitting funding proposals. Mentoring students in the lab. Ability to work independently. Position Status Full Time Hours Per Week Daily Work Shift Day Work Arrangement This position requires a fully on-site work arrangement. FLSA Exempt Grade Position Salary Annual Minimum Salary Annual Mid Range Salary Annual Maximum Salary Standard Hours 37.50 Union Description Post Docs - Regular Salaried Payroll Designation PeopleSoft Benefits Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.



Seniority Unit Terms of Appointment Staff - 12 month Position Pension Eligibility ABP