Faculty Position at UCLA, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior

The Semel Institute and the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA are seeking a tenure track faculty member at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank to assume a leadership role in a program of cognitive neuroscience on nonhuman primates in the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience of the Institute. The candidate should be proficient in the creative use of methods of primate behavioral neurophysiology and should have a record of accomplishment using those methods, with evidence of the ability to attract public or private research support. Given the interdisciplinary nature of progress in cognitive neuroscience, and given the rich interdisciplinary environment of UCLA, it is expected that the candidate will be conversant with the latest advances in allied fields and ready to collaborate with colleagues in those fields. The candidate will be expected to participate creatively in interdepartmental teaching programs on cognitive neuroscience.

HOW TO APPLY

Applicants should address their letter of application, curriculum vitae, and the names and addresses of three references (Do not send letters) to Elizabeth Hiramoto, Academic Personnel Director at ehiramoto@mednet.ucla.edu . Deadline for applications is: January 15, 2011 or until filled. For more information about the Semel Institute, please consult our website: www.semel.ucla.edu

UCLA is an Equal opportunity employer.

Website:http://www.semel.ucla.edu