Joining the Chang Lab

The Chang Lab is currently recruiting highly motivated individuals to join our research team. Our lab is composed of scientists from a range of academic backgrounds including (but not limited to) neuroscience, linguistics, (bio-)engineering, computer science, cognitive science, and psychology. We are proud to be a diverse team, with diverse nationalities, ethnicities, language backgrounds, genders, and ages. Some of our members have children and partners. In addition to providing a sustainable work-life balance for our team, we seek to create a supportive environment for innovative and rigorous scientific research as well as personal and professional development of all our members.

PhD Students: Those interested in working in the Chang Lab for their PhD are encouraged to apply to the Neuroscience program at UCSF or the Bioengineering program offered jointly by UC Berkeley and UCSF.

Prospective students interested in learning more about the research going on in the lab are encouraged to send a brief email describing their interests and a copy of their CV to edward [dot] chang [at] ucsf [dot] edu. We also encourage interested applicants to learn about our lab by reaching out to current lab members via email. Prospective graduate students are expected to be passionate about our research, but need not be experts in neuroscience, linguistics, or computer science.

Postdoctoral Fellows: The Chang Lab welcomes applications for postdoctoral fellows. Applicants are expected to have a strong background in engineering, computation, or statistics, and to be skilled in programming with Python or MATLAB.

Our lab is located at Center for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN) at UCSF, providing excellent opportunities for multidisciplinary interaction with our close collaborators:  

  • Systems neuroscientists at CIN

  • Engineering (CNEP) and linguistics at UC Berkeley

  • Clinical neurology and neurosurgery at UCSF Medical Center 

Interested applicants can contact edward [dot] chang [at] ucsf [dot] edu (please include CV), and are also encouraged to reach out to current and former lab members.

*We are seeking applicants for the following projects:*

*New*: The lab is currently seeking a full-time postdoc to work on a research clinical trial for speech neuroprosthetics for paralyzed patients. The project will focus heavily on closed-loop learning enabled by real-time speech decoding. Experience with closed-loop algorithms, ECoG processing, and machine learning is preferred. Proficiency in Python is required.

*New* We are currently seeking a full-time engineering postdoc to join a new and unique multidisciplinary team, headed jointly by Dr. Chang and device-engineering specialist Dr. Peng Cong, focused on the development of brain-interfacing implantable medical devices. Solid analog and digital circuit design skills, experience with complex PCB design, and signal processing knowledge are requirements, as is a demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced research & development environment. Further experience with active implantable medical product development; mixed-signal IC design; bio-signal acquisition system design; and/or microcontroller programming is preferred. A key area of focus will be electronics design for development of new implantable brain-interfacing devices; electronics may include embedded systems, mixed analog/digital circuits, power circuits, and RF.

*NEW FALL 2023*: We are seeking a full-time postdoc to join a new project that is focused on understanding how arousal and brain states affect perception and learning. Candidates interested in speech, language, learning, intracranial neurophysiology (human ECoG), and neuromodulation are encouraged to apply. Strong coding skills (Python or Matlab) are required. See here for details.

To apply, please send a CV, very brief cover letter, and 3 references to Matt Leonard (Matthew [dot] Leonard [at] ucsf [dot] edu).

*NEW February 2024*: We are currently seeking a full-time clinical research coordinator to work with our brain-computer interface (BCI) clinical trial team (the BRAVO clinical trial, which focuses on the development of a speech neuroprosthesis). Incumbent’s duties may include, but will not be limited to supporting the management and coordinating the tasks of single or multiple clinical research studies, depending on their size and complexity; act as intermediary between services and departments while overseeing data and specimen management; manage and report on study results; create, clean, update, and manage databases and comprehensive datasets and reports; coordinate staff work schedules, assist with training of Assistant CRCs, and assist Clinical Research Supervisor and/or PI with oversight of other research staff; manage Investigator’s protocols in the Committee on Human Research online system, as well as renewals and modifications of protocol applications and the implementation of new studies; participate in the review and writing of protocols to ensure institutional review board approval within University compliance; help assure compliance with all relevant regulatory agencies; oversee study data integrity; implement and maintain periodic quality control procedures; interface with departments to obtain UCSF approval prior to study initiation; maintain all regulatory documents; report study progress to investigators; participate in any internal and external audits or reviews of study protocols; and perform other duties as assigned.

Preferred candidates have a BA or BS in physical or biological sciences or related field and two years of relevant clinical/basic research experience.

To learn more and apply, please visit this link: Job Posting

Last Updated: 2/12/2024