Research Staff Assistant

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate flexible representational models and refine representational alignment measures.
• Lead cross-animal model recovery analyses using neural recordings as ground-truth data.
• Conduct model-recovery simulations to assess similarity measures against simulated neural data.
• Perform systematic comparisons of representational alignment measures across varying geometry estimators and fitting flexibility.
• Benchmark recovery performance across cortical areas and hierarchy levels.
• Investigate the correspondence between recovery performance on simulated versus empirical neural data.
• Support the development and validation of analysis pipelines and contribute to an open-source toolbox.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant scientific or engineering field.
• Strong analytical and computational skills.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a diverse team environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of one year of related experience in a research environment.

About the Company

The Kriegeskorte Lab at Columbia University's Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute conducts computational neuroscience research focused on understanding and evaluating neural representations across biological and artificial systems. Located in the state-of-the-art Jerome L. Greene Science Center in Manhattanville, the institute serves as a collaborative hub for world-class scientists dedicated to deciphering the mind and brain.