Brain Imaging Center Director, Psychological & Brain Sciences

The Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara invites applications for a tenured position in Cognitive Neuroscience who will also serve as the Director of the UCSB Brain Imaging Center (BIC). This is a tenured faculty position at the level of Full Professor, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2025 or later. The ideal candidate will have an active, cutting-edge research program in any area related to cognitive neuroscience and assume the role of director of the BIC ( https://bic.ucsb.edu/ ). The BIC is a core research facility of the UCSB campus dedicated to understanding the structure, function and dynamical properties of the human brain. The center supports a state of the art 3-Tesla (3T) Siemens PRISMA MRI system with a 64 channel head coil as well as MRI compatible high density EEG hardware and multiple high-end stimulus presentation and response devices. The main purpose of the Center is to support basic research in cognitive, affective, and social neuroscience using functional magnetic resonance imaging.The Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences conducts cutting-edge research in core areas of experimental psychology, including cognition and the perceptual sciences, developmental and evolutionary psychology, neuroscience and behavior, and social psychology. The department's commitment to interdisciplinary pursuits is reflected in expansive research and teaching collaborations with a variety of other disciplines, including the biological sciences, anthropology, communication, education, linguistics, geography, and sociology. UCSB provides a dynamic intellectual environment that prizes academic rigor and creativity to generate discoveries with wide-ranging impact.The responsibilities of the director of UCSB’s Brain Imaging Center include the administration of the center’s staff, supervising the magnet’s technical maintenance and updates, initial evaluations in incidental findings in participants, coordinating scanner access among the various research groups, securing additional, external funding sources for the center, submitting annual budget and activity reports to UCSB’s administration, and defining a general research agenda of the BIC. In addition to the BIC duties, responsibilities of faculty members generally include maintaining an actively funded research program of the highest quality, teaching at undergraduate and/or graduate levels, recruitment, supervision, and mentorship of graduate students, and participation in university service and professional activities.The department is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the inclusive excellence of the academic community through research, teaching, and service as appropriate to the position. Successful candidates for faculty positions will demonstrate evidence of a commitment to equity and inclusion in their application materials, including the Diversity Statement.

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