Candidate will be responsible for: - developing theoretical models of affordance-centric RL agents and use them to model the animal tasks developed as part of the collaboration - timely delivery of scientific results and products including writing up results to be submitted to relevant scientific conferences or journals, as agreed with the PI - follow best practices of the SCENE consortium with respect to development and sharing of code and other scientific deliverables - weekly attendance to the Simons collaboration theory team meetings - regular interaction with the relevant experiments in the collaboration - participation in the annual Simons collaboration review meeting - attending Savin lab group activities like group meetings, journal club, relevant special interests group meetings In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $70,000 - $75,000. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) the specific grant funding and the terms of the research grant when extending an offer. PhD in Neuroscience or related field Submit a cover letter and CV For people in the EU, click here for information on your privacy rights under GDPR: www.nyu.edu/it/gdpr NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels. Sustainability Statement NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040. Learn more at nyu.edu/sustainability