Applications are invited for a multi-year fellowship position in human brain plasticity at the Beckman Institute, University of Illinois.  The successful applicant will have the opportunity to play an important role in the interdisciplinary study of  human brain and cognitive plasticity in several funded research projects including cognitive training in a complex video-game like environments and fitness training with children and adults.
 
Essential skills include a thorough knowledge of  functional MRI and structural MRI techniques, good organizational abilities, as well as the ability to work well in research teams. While this position requires technical sophistication it is more suited for someone who is scientifically interested in neuroplasticity and its relation to cognition, than someone with a strict methods orientation. The successful applicant will hold a PhD; however applications are also welcomed from current PhD students who will have submitted their dissertations by June 1, 2011.

Salary will be in the range $44,000 to $50,000, depending on knowledge and experience, and will come with health and other benefits at the University of Illinois.

Please send applications (via e-mail) including cover letter, CV, the names and addresses of three referees, in one pdf file, to the Principal Investigator, Dr Art Kramer (a-kramer@illinois.edu), Director of the Beckman Institute.   You are also welcome to call us at 1-217-244-8373 or email for additional information (see: http://www.beckman.illinois.edu/index.aspx and http://hpp.beckman.illinois.edu/ for more information on the Beckman Institute and our lab).