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MIT

Location: CambridgeMA 02139 Document ID: AB184-1U9P Posted on: 2019-11-0811/08/2019 Job Type: Full-time

Job Schedule:Full-time
2019-12-08
 

Postdoctoral Associate, Biomechatronics


Working at MIT offers opportunities, an environment, a culture - and benefits - that just aren't found together anywhere else. If you're curious, motivated, want to be part of a unique community, and help shape the future - then take a look at this opportunity.

POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, BIOMECHATRONICS, Media Lab-Biomechatronics Group, to join a research group that seeks to advance technologies that promise to accelerate the merging of body and machine, including device architectures that resemble the body's own musculoskeletal design, actuator technologies that behave like muscle, and control methodologies that exploit principles of biological movement. Will conduct research to design and develop novel peripheral nerve interfaces with applications for near-term clinical impact; communicate results to the scientific community through publications in peer-reviewed academic publications and scholarly dissemination as directed by the PI; develop proposals for research funding; and engage in wider research and scholarly activities with the research group.

Job Requirements
REQUIRED: a Ph.D. in a relevant field; experience with optogenetic technologies and methods and/or skin and muscle tissue engineering technologies and methods; experience with neural interface technologies; ability to contribute in a multidisciplinary group of students and researchers; strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in a highly collaborative team-oriented environment; and excellent verbal and written communication skills. Job #14756

Initial appointment will be for one year, with the possibility of extension based on funding and the direction of the research.

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