Postdoctoral Fellow

**DIVISION OF SCIENCES | TE ROHE A AHIKĀROA**
**DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY | TE TARI WHAKAMĀTAU HINEKARO**

**_ About our team / Mō te tīma_**

The Department of Psychology is a warm, progressive, extremely research-active, and internationally renowned department.

The Department is home to the internationally renowned Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study, Brain Research NZ - Rangahau Roro Aotearoa, and Centre for Science Communication, which foster connections within the University and across Aotearoa New Zealand.

**_ The role/Te mahi_**

This postdoctoral fellow position, funded by the Neurological Foundation of New Zealand, is available at Dr Narun Pat's (Pornpattananangkul) laboratory in the Department of Psychology. See the lab website HAM NEURO Lab for more information.

The project involves building predictive models for neurological and mental health using human neuroimaging (f/s/dMRI, EEG) and genomic data from large-scale datasets.

The postdoctoral fellow will collaborate with computer scientists (Associate Professor Jeremiah Deng’s group at the School of Computing), MRI physicists (Associate Professor Tracy Melzer’s group at New Zealand Brain Research Institute in Christchurch) geneticists (Dr Richard Anney’s group at Cardiff University in the UK) and other international and local collaborators.

The postdoctoral fellow is expected to analyse, manage and develop machine/deep learning algorithms for large-scale neuroimaging and/or genomics data using supercomputers and local clusters. The postdoctoral fellow will also disseminate results in major peer-reviewed scientific journals and mentor junior scientists in the laboratory.

**_ Skills and Experience / Kā pūkeka me kā wheako_**

Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Neuroscience, Psychology, Genetics, Statistics, Biomedical Engineering, or related fields, as well as experience with:

- Solid experience with deep/machine learning (e.g., keras, pytorch, sklearn, tidymodels) and/or statistics (e.g., structural equation modelling).
- Solid experience with neuroimaging analysis (f/s/dMRI, EEG) AND/OR genomic analysis (GWAS and Polygenic Scores). This may include experience with neuroimaging tools (fmriprep, nilearn, AFNI, FSL, SPM, eeglab, MNEpython, fieldtrip, etc.) and/or genomic tools (PLINK, GCTA, GCTB, ldsc, etc).
- Solid experience with computer programming (e.g., Python, R, Julia, Matlab) and supercomputer and/or other bioinformatics tools (e.g., LINUX/shell, docker/Apptainer and Git).
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent academic credentials, e.g., a strong publication record.

**_Further details/Pūroko_**

This is a full-time (1FTE), fixed term (1 year) position, located in Dunedin.

The salary for a Postdoctoral Fellow is $86,210 per annum.

Enquiries should be directed to Dr Narun Pat via the contact details.

**_ Application/Tono_**
- A cover letter.
- A CV.
- Two representative publications or manuscripts.
- Two referee contact details.

Applications will be reviewed as they are received, the University reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time.