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Associate Professor/Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience

UCL - Department of Imaging Neuroscience

Location: London
Salary: £67,341 to £83,660 Grade 9 / 10
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 5th August 2025
Closes: 1st September 2025
Job Ref: B02-09122

Over the past 30 years, the Department of Imaging Neuroscience, home to the internationally renowned Functional Imaging Laboratory (FIL), has pioneered the development and application of imaging techniques to advance our understanding of the human brain. It continues to play a leading role in progressing and transforming research in many areas of neuroscience. The Department hosts multiple large-scale collaborative grants including the Wellcome-funded Discovery Research Platform for Naturalistic Neuroimaging, and the Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research.

We are now recruiting an internationally recognised leader in the field of imaging-informed cognitive neuroscience to work with some of the world’s leading neuroscientists and their research groups within the Department of Imaging Neuroscience, play an important role in shaping the future of the Department, and be vital to maintaining the Department’s position as a centre of research excellence shaping the field.

We seek applicants from across the broad field of cognitive neuroscience with an imaging-informed programme that is complementary to our existing research portfolio. The successful candidate’s cognitive neuroscience expertise could include (but is not limited to): clinical, developmental or life-span perspectives on memory, learning, sleep, executive function, social behaviour, motor control and action planning - as explored through neuroimaging or related methodologies.

It is expected that the successful applicant will bring a broad perspective to the overarching question of how we can understand real world human behaviour and cognition in terms of brain mechanisms and underlying neurobiology, and how this understanding can be applied to the psychological, social, clinical and scientific challenges we face.

The post, on the academic/tenure track, is available on a permanent basis from 01 January 2026.

If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online, or have any queries regarding the application process, please contact the Institute of Neurology HR Team (ion.hradmin at ucl.ac.uk).

Informal enquiries regarding the role can be addressed to Professor Martina Callaghan, Head of the Research Department of Imaging Neuroscience (m.callaghan at ucl.ac.uk).

To apply, please complete the online application form and upload the following supporting documents:

  • A current CV
  • A cover letter/statement of interest outlining your interest in joining the Department of Imaging Neuroscience and how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role.
  • A summary of your five-year research vision.

Application deadline: 23:59, 01 September 2025.

There will be a two-stage selection process; please refer to the job description and person specification for the role for full details. The full job description and application link can be accessed via UCL’s online recruitment portal (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search-ucl-jobs); please search using vacancy reference B02-09097.

You will have an international reputation in human cognitive neuroscience, a strong track record of impactful, peer-reviewed academic publications, and of obtaining significant and sustained research grant funding for your imaging neuroscience programme.

Excellent management skills, as well as interpersonal skills to work successfully with colleagues, students and research participants, and to support and provide direction for junior researchers are also essential for this role.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits; visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

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