<br />Subject: Applying for a post-doctoral position<br /><br />I am writing to apply for a position of post-doctoral position in the Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology Lab at the University of California, San Diego. I already passed my PhD defense on May, and I am scheduled to get a doctoral degree on August 2016 at the Gwangju Institute of Science Technology in South Korea. I am extremely interested in obtaining a post-doctoral position at your laboratory where I can contribute to its investigation of the human brain and social artificial agents with uncanny valley hypothesis. My academic background is in electrical engineering and computer science and I have focused on biomedical engineering using EEG/MEG/fNIRS by utilizing machine learning, pattern recognition, source localization and advanced signal processing techniques.<br /><br />During my degree, I have investigated and analyzed the human brain&rsquo;s signals while simultaneously studying neuroscience. Major work of my researches is establishing a brain-computer interface (BCI) system using EEG, which is the most fascinating field for either patients or healthy subjects to improve their quality of life. In this study, I designed a novel closed-loop BCI system using tactile stimulation and motor imagery and found out its neuro-physiological evidences. I have strong programming skills in C/C++/MATLAB and MATLAB is my main analytical tool for analyzing the neuroimaging data. In addition, I have experience with other neuroimaging modalities such as MEG and fNIRS to design a BCI system. Recently, I have focused on investigating neural correlates and behavior during social perception using hyper-scanning technique and I performed the live verbal interaction between two persons using two simultaneous EEG/MEG. In this study, I found out strong functional connectivity in the left temporal and right centro-parietal lobe in MEG gamma-band and left-dominant auditory perception and manipulation were observed. Preliminary results of this study was submitted to SfN 2016 and I am now on final revision of manuscript for journal submission.<br /><br />I assure that my proficient skills which analyzing the neuro-physiological data can be applicable in your current project of social recognition, artifact agents. Therefore, I would like to participate in your group as post-doctoral scholar to deeply explore perceptual, cognitive and neural underpinnings of the &lsquo;uncanny valley&rsquo;. For more details of my research background, I am enclosing my curriculum vitae as a .pdf file.