Computational Neuroscience
University of Connecticut Health Center
A Postdoctoral position is available to conduct computational
neuroscience research as applied to the auditory system. The long-term goal
of this research is to develop models of the auditory system including
cochlear amplifier, auditory nerve, cochlear nucleus (CN), particularly the
marginal shell (Ghoshal and Kim, J. Neurophysiol., 1997), and olivocochlear
efferent neurons. The research will emphasize active-nonlinear behavior of
cochlear mechanics, intensity-encoding properties of the CN marginal-shell
neurons, feedback gain control of the cochlear amplifier mediated by the
efferent system (Kim et al., Internat. Symp. Hearing, Grantham, U.K., 1997).
Special attention will be also paid to otoacoustic emission observations that
are believed to reflect mechanical events occurring in the cochlea. Funding
sources for this research include research and training grants from the
National Institutes of Health.
Send CV and a statement of research interests and have three letters of
recommendation sent to: Duck O. Kim, D.Sc., Professor & Director of Research,
Div. Otolaryngology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
06030-1110. E-mail: kim@neuron.uchc.edu; Web: http://www3.uchc.edu/~kimdolab