Research Fellow – Neuroimaging & Adolescent Mental Health

About the role

The Youth Affective Neuroscience Lab at Nanyang Technological University is seeking a highly motivated Research Fellow to advance interdisciplinary research on adolescent mental health. You will work with multi‑modal datasets, including MRI/fMRI, behavioural and audio recordings, to uncover brain mechanisms underlying depression and inform evidence‑based interventions.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct advanced analyses of multi‑modal neuroimaging and behavioural data.
• Develop reproducible statistical and machine‑learning pipelines.
• Support grant writing, ethics submissions and project management.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary researchers, clinicians and external partners.
• Prepare manuscripts for high‑impact journals and present findings at conferences.
• Mentor students and junior researchers in quantitative and neuroimaging methods.
• Contribute to overall laboratory activities as directed by the Principal Investigator.

Required profile

• PhD in Neuroscience, Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated expertise in statistical modelling, computational data analysis and scientific programming.
• Experience applying machine‑learning techniques to complex datasets.
• Strong publication record or evidence of research productivity appropriate to career stage.
• Excellent communication, problem‑solving and interpersonal skills for interdisciplinary work.

Required skills

• Python
• MATLAB
• R
• Machine learning
• Statistical modelling
• Neuroimaging analysis (MRI/fMRI)