Animal Communication Lab (PI: Mark Bee)
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
JOB DESCRIPTION: A position for a postdoctoral associate is available to use behavioral, neurophysiological, and/or modeling approaches to study hearing and sound communication in North American treefrogs. The aim of this NIH-funded project is to investigate the mechanisms underlying sound source segregation in noisy social environments. More specifically, the project investigates how the frog auditory system exploits various spatial, temporal, and spectral cues to segregate behaviorally relevant communication signals from background noise and overlapping signals in multi-source social environments. The postdoctoral associate will interact regularly with the PI, graduate students, and other behavioral biologists and hearing scientists associated with the University of Minnesota's Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, the Department of Psychology, the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing, and the Graduate Program in Neuroscience. Review of applications will begin October 15, 2010, and continue until the position is filled.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: A PhD in behavioral biology, psychology, neuroscience, physics (signal processing) or related discipline is required. The candidate should have demonstrated competence in conducting research in one or more of these disciplines.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: A strong background in animal acoustic communication, neuroethology, psychoacoustics, or auditory neuroscience is preferred. Familiarity with methods for synthesizing, editing, and analyzing sounds and data acquisition and analysis with Matlab is desirable, as is familiarity with the use of Tucker-Davis System III hardware and related software.
TO APPLY:
(1) Go to www1.umn.edu/ohr/employment/index.html
(2) Search for Requisition #168549.
(3) Follow instructions to submit your application online before October 15, 2010.
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
JOB DESCRIPTION: A position for a postdoctoral associate is available to use behavioral, neurophysiological, and/or modeling approaches to study hearing and sound communication in North American treefrogs. The aim of this NIH-funded project is to investigate the mechanisms underlying sound source segregation in noisy social environments. More specifically, the project investigates how the frog auditory system exploits various spatial, temporal, and spectral cues to segregate behaviorally relevant communication signals from background noise and overlapping signals in multi-source social environments. The postdoctoral associate will interact regularly with the PI, graduate students, and other behavioral biologists and hearing scientists associated with the University of Minnesota's Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, the Department of Psychology, the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing, and the Graduate Program in Neuroscience. Review of applications will begin October 15, 2010, and continue until the position is filled.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: A PhD in behavioral biology, psychology, neuroscience, physics (signal processing) or related discipline is required. The candidate should have demonstrated competence in conducting research in one or more of these disciplines.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: A strong background in animal acoustic communication, neuroethology, psychoacoustics, or auditory neuroscience is preferred. Familiarity with methods for synthesizing, editing, and analyzing sounds and data acquisition and analysis with Matlab is desirable, as is familiarity with the use of Tucker-Davis System III hardware and related software.
TO APPLY:
(1) Go to www1.umn.edu/ohr/employment/index.html
(2) Search for Requisition #168549.
(3) Follow instructions to submit your application online before October 15, 2010.