Research Fellow

About us

The Affective Brain Lab at University College London is a cognitive neuroscience group based at the Department of Experimental Psychology and the Max Planck Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research (www.affectivebrainlab.com).

About the role

This post is funded for two years in the first instance and is funded by a Wellcome Trust Award entitled “Cognitive Rewards: Mechanism, Development and Well Being” led by Professor Tali Sharot at UCL. The focus of the project is on developing computational models and biological accounts of intrinsic reward and information seeking.

Appointment to this role at Grade 7 is dependent upon having been awarded a PhD; if this is not the case, initial appointment will be at Grade 6B (salary £38,607- £41,255 per annum) with payment at Grade 7 being backdated to the date of final submission of the PhD Thesis.

About you

The post-holder will undertake high quality research combining novel behavioural and neuroimaging experiments on human participants. They will be a senior member of Professor Sharot’s team, and will gain substantial experience and training by working on cutting-edge human cognitive computational neuroscience. They should hold a PhD in computational/cognitive neuroscience, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, experimental psychology or related discipline and have experience of using MATLAB or other programs for statistical data analysis as well as have the ability to undertake high-quality research.

The successful candidate will have excellent oral and written communication skills; possess good interpersonal skills and be able to work cooperatively in a multidisciplinary setting. Experience with developing/managing research interfaces with existing AI models would be most desirable for the role.

If you have any queries about the role, please contact pals.hr@ucl.ac.uk.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people.

Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/

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