Researcher in neuroimaging of chemosensory food perception - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Do you want to contribute to improving human health?

The multisensory neuroimaging lab at Karolinska Institutet studies the cortical networks that allow humans to engage with their chemosensory environment. One focus area hereby is to understand how cortical integration of human smell and taste perception during ingestion of food contributes to the experience of pleasure or disgust in healthy and disturbed eating.

Your mission

The successful candidate will develop and oversee a research program that advances our knowledge of the role of sensory evaluation of flavors for the regulation of food intake. Specifically, this requires integration of research on cortical network dynamics of smell and taste integration during food consumption with methods from perceptual psychophysics and affective neuroscience. The role requires regular initiation and supervision of research studies, publication of scientific articles in chemosensory neuroscience of food intake, and applying for grants to support and expand this line of research.

Your profile

A person is eligible to be appointed Senior Researcher if he or she has been awarded a Degree of Doctor or has achieved the corresponding scientific competence, as well as documented research after publicly defending his or her doctoral thesis corresponding to qualification as Assistant professor.

A successful candidate for this position will have published significant scientific articles relating to neuroimaging of smell and taste in the context of food consumption as first- and corresponding author. You should have broad experience in functional MRI methods, including multivariate or network analyses, as well as significant experience in human olfactometry and gustometry. Knowledge of one or several programming languages related to image and statistical processing (e. g. Python, Matlab, R), training in affective neuroscience, and experience in conducting neuroimaging research with psychiatric populations are further merits. On a personal level, you should be team-oriented, and have a good knowledge of both English and Swedish that allows for seamless communication with group members and research participants. We are looking for a person that shows flexibility, initiative and a documented ability to work independently.

Experience in teaching and research supervision at both undergraduate level and advanced level is required.

Bases os assessment

We stress research expertise when assessing applicants.

What do we offer?

A creative and inspiring environment full of expertise and curiosity. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Our vision is to pursue the development of knowledge about life and to promote a better health for all. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. Karolinska Institutet is a state university, which entitles to several benefits such as extended holiday and generous occupational pension. Employees also have access to our modern gym for free and receive reimbursements for medical care.

Location: Solna

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Application

An application must contain the following documents in English: Resumé, qualifications and description of planned research, presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet's qualifications portfolio.

Welcome to apply at the latest 19 of December.

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.  

Permanent position are initiated by a six months trial period.

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