Postdoctoral or Research Engineer Position – MEG-CERMEP-Lyon
Background and mission :
Full-time post-doctoral / research engineer position in the Lyon CERMEP MEG lab.
CONTEXT
The position is for a methodologically-oriented person to test different MEG sensors based on Optically Pumped Magnetometers (OPMs), to develop and to evaluate new multimodal OPM data analysis approaches to correct artefacts and to perform source localisation. We are currently running both clinical studies (mainly on epilepsy) and neuroscience studies.
MISSIONS
Our ultimate goal is to build a fully featured OPM MEG Lab in Lyon by the end of 2024.
This position will allow the postdoctoral fellow to gain expertise early in a new technology which promises to be very relevant for human neuroscience and clinical research for some time to come: OPMs are wearable MEG sensors which can be placed near the scalp allowing a 3-8 fold increase in SNR of neuromagnetic activity recording. Thus they open a vast new field of applications: these systems with a light, conformable array of sensors will be of great interest for exemple for paediatric patients and to record the foetal brain activity.
More specifically, the postdoctoral fellow will work with a promising and very original alternative to classical OPMs: Our partner, Mag4Health is developing beyond the state-of-the-art OPM using Helium gas . This OPMs have unique advantages as compared to classical OPMs: i) they operate at room temperature without heating, ii) they have a large dynamic range allowing for lightweight shielding and subject’s movement and a large frequency bandwidth adapted to the brain electrical activity (0-2kHz), iii) They output a 3D vectorial measure of the magnetic field giving access to previously non-recorded brain activities.
Diplomas required :
– Hold a biomedical / electrical engineering degree or a PhD in a related field; – Strong signal processing skills – Programming skills (matlab; python) – Be an overall good lab citizen – Good mastery of both oral and written English
Skills required:
Prior experience with electrophysiological MEG (classical or OPM) / EEG signals ; French is not a requirement.
Compensation :
commensurate with experience (from 2 000 € to 2 800 € per month after taxes) ; the position will be funded until the end of 2024.
Structure :
Lyon CERMEP MEG lab : https://www.cermep.fr/
Labex CORTEX – Lyon University (https://labex-cortex.universite-lyon.fr)