Director of the York Neuroimaging Centre & Chair

The University of York is seeking to appoint an outstanding scientist to direct the York Neuroimaging Centre (YNiC) and to hold a chair in the Department of Psychology. This is an opportunity to lead a centre of excellence in one of the UK’s research-intensive universities.

YNiC houses two 3-T MR Scanners, a 248-channel MEG scanner, and facilities for MR‑guided TMS. YNiC employs staff to support research and teaching in neuroimaging and cognitive neuroscience and to deliver commercial imaging services to health-care providers. Please see www.ynic.york.ac.uk for further details.

Key Responsibilities

• Sustain and enhance YNiC’s position as an internationally leading research centre


• Establish a distinctive personal externally-funded research programme


• Oversee the delivery of services to other researchers in human neuroimaging


• Support and develop interdisciplinary links within and beyond the University


• Support Psychology’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging


• Develop the Centre in line with the University’s strategic goals


• Contribute to ensuring the financial sustainability of the Centre

Key Requirements

• Internationally recognised expertise in human neuroscience and neuroimaging


• A record of innovation and leadership in research


• A record of attracting external funding for research


• Influential publications


• Proven management skills


• Experience of collaboration across disciplinary boundaries


• A commitment to teaching that enthuses and engages students


• A commitment to the strategic development and financially sustainability of the Centre

Psychology at York is ranked in the top-10 psychology departments in the league tables compiled by the Guardian and the Times / Sunday Times newspapers and is among the top‑100 departments in the 2013, 2014, and 2015 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings. The University’s submission to the Psychology, Psychiatry & Neuroscience Unit of Assessment in the 2014 Research Excellence Framework and was ranked 4^th out of 82 in the UK. Further information can be found at www.york.ac.uk/psychology.

The salary will be on the professorial scale (current minimum £60,869 p.a.).

Informal discussions can be held with the Head of the Department, Professor Quentin Summerfield (quentin.summerfield@york.ac.uk, +44 (0)1904 322913) or Paul Ellison (Recruitment Adviser) paul.ellison@york.ac.uk.

Closing Date: 5 April 2016
Interview Date: 26 May 2016

For further information and to apply on-line, please click on the ‘Apply’ button below.

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