POSTDOCTORAL SCIENTIST
POSITION OPENING: The Robertson Lab at Dartmouth has an opening for 1-2 postdoctoral scientists to lead studies of the human brain and behavior. These full-time positions lasts for two years with possible renewal for subsequent years. These positions are funded by national grants from the NIH and the NSF and the Simons Foundation.
Specific research directions would be developed with the postdoctoral scientist. Broad focus areas include: perceptual-mnemonic interactions in the human brain during naturalistic scene understanding (fMRI, VR, and iEEG), gaze behavior during immersive scene perception (VR + eye-tracking + computational modeling), signatures of autism spectrum conditions in gaze behavior and visual-mnemonic brain systems (eye-tracking, fMRI).
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Our lab is one of >20 labs studying topics that range from systems neuroscience to cognitive neuroscience to social psychology in the Dartmouth Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. Our research supported by the Dartmouth Brain Imaging Center, the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, the Dartmouth Autism Research Initiative, and the Neukom Institute for Computational Science.
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REQUIREMENTS: We encourage applications from creative, self-motivated scientists who are eager to develop an independent research program in cognitive neuroscience. Candidates should have or expect to receive a PhD in a related field (e.g. neuroscience, psychology, engineering, physics) and a strong backbone in cognitive, clinical, and/or computational neuroscience. Desired strengths include strong prior experience in some of the following areas:
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Neuroimaging (fMRI, MRS, EEG)
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Intracranial (iEEG)
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Computational approaches (DNNs,
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Virtual reality (C#, Unity)
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Eye-tracking
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HOW TO APPLY: Please email Dr. Caroline Robertson (cerw at dartmouth dot edu), including a statement of interest describing your prior experience, curiosity about our lab, and future research goals along with a CV. Applications will be considered as long as this posting is up.
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GRADUATE STUDENTS
The lab admits PhD students entering through either the Psychological and Brain Sciences Department or the Integrative Neuroscience at Dartmouth program. Interested students can contact Caroline Robertson directly with their CV and a description of their background and interests to send a heads up about their application.
UNDERGRAD RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
The lab admits undergraduate research assistants (RAs) to help with our science. Serious scientific work is great preparation for industry, medicine, and other career paths. Many of our RAs have gone on to pursue graduate degrees in psychology or neuroscience at places including Stanford, Harvard, MIT, John's Hopkins, and Dartmouth. To get involved with our science, we require a 2+ quarter commitment of ~8-10 hours / week (which often evolves into a multi-year research path). Dartmouth has a number of research fellowships and grants to support your research while on campus. To get involved with research in the lab, please send Caroline and her lab manager an email with your CV, current relevant experience (e.g. research background, coursework, programming skills), and availability. We often receive more interest for RA positions than we have availability and ask that you start getting involved in the lab by joining our lab meetings.