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Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Motor Control Laboratory at Penn State
The Motor Control Laboratory at the Pennsylvania State University (MCL&PSU) is looking for a young, motivated researcher to join the Laboratory and contribute to ongoing projects related to the control and coordination of human movements. MCL&PSU is part of the Department of Kinesiology at Penn State, which has been recently ranked #1 in the USA for research and graduate studies. The Laboratory works in close cooperation with the group of Prof. Vladimir Zatsiorsky in the Biomechanics Lab at Penn State.
A successful candidate should have a Ph.D. in an area related to motor control (Neuroscience, Movement Science, Physiology, Psychology, Engineering, Physics, etc.). Experience with experimental studies of human motor function as well as knowledge of LabView and Matlab are essential. The new Post-Doctoral Fellow will be expected to contribute to some of the following ongoing experimental and theoretical projects:
• Multi-muscle control of human posture and whole-body actions;
• Multi-joint coordination during reaching movements;
• Multi-digit coordination in pressing and prehension;
• Effects of healthy aging on digit coordination and hand function;
• Effects of fatigue on motor coordination;
• Optimization in redundant motor systems;
• Synergic control of movements (the uncontrolled manifold hypothesis);
• Equilibrium-point hypothesis (control with referent body configurations).
Help with supervision of graduate students and undergraduate interns is also expected. Development of new projects and collaboration with other faculty members (in particular, in the Medical College in Hershey, PA) is strongly encouraged.
This position is supported by NIH. The initial appointment is for one year with a possibility of extension. Salary depends on the experience. The starting date is August-September 2011.
Please, e-mail an application letter with a complete c.v. (including list of publications and the names and e-mail addresses of three colleagues who could be contacted for references) to Mark Latash (mll11@psu.edu).
A successful candidate should have a Ph.D. in an area related to motor control (Neuroscience, Movement Science, Physiology, Psychology, Engineering, Physics, etc.). Experience with experimental studies of human motor function as well as knowledge of LabView and Matlab are essential. The new Post-Doctoral Fellow will be expected to contribute to some of the following ongoing experimental and theoretical projects:
• Multi-muscle control of human posture and whole-body actions;
• Multi-joint coordination during reaching movements;
• Multi-digit coordination in pressing and prehension;
• Effects of healthy aging on digit coordination and hand function;
• Effects of fatigue on motor coordination;
• Optimization in redundant motor systems;
• Synergic control of movements (the uncontrolled manifold hypothesis);
• Equilibrium-point hypothesis (control with referent body configurations).
Help with supervision of graduate students and undergraduate interns is also expected. Development of new projects and collaboration with other faculty members (in particular, in the Medical College in Hershey, PA) is strongly encouraged.
This position is supported by NIH. The initial appointment is for one year with a possibility of extension. Salary depends on the experience. The starting date is August-September 2011.
Please, e-mail an application letter with a complete c.v. (including list of publications and the names and e-mail addresses of three colleagues who could be contacted for references) to Mark Latash (mll11@psu.edu).