Postdoc and RA positions at the Brain and Language Lab

[Michael Ullman]

The Brain and Language Lab at Georgetown University 
(http://brainlang.georgetown.edu)
has positions for both a Postdoctoral Fellow and a Research Assistant.

If you know of any excellent candidates for these positions
(e.g., graduating Bachelor's or Master's students for the RA position,
and recent or imminent PhDs for the postdoc position),
can you please forward them this email?

I would also greatly appreciate it if you could forward or post the 
job description
below to any appropriate email lists at your institution.

Thanks very much,

Michael Ullman

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THE BRAIN AND LANGUAGE LAB
The Brain and Language Lab at Georgetown University, directed by 
Michael Ullman, investigates the biological and psychological bases 
of first and second language in normal and disordered children and 
adults, and the relations between language and other cognitive 
domains, primarily memory, music and motor function. The lab's 
members test their hypotheses using a set of complementary 
behavioral, neurological, neuroimaging (ERP, MEG, fMRI) and other 
biological (genetic, endocrine, pharmacological) approaches. They are 
interested in the normal acquisition and processing of language and 
non-language functions, and their neurocognitive variability as a 
function of factors such as genotype, hormone levels, sex, 
handedness, age and learning environment; and in the breakdown, 
recovery and rehabilitation of language and non-language functions in 
a variety of disorders, including Specific Language Impairment, 
autism, ADHD, dyslexia, Tourette syndrome, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's 
disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and aphasia. For 
a fuller description of the Brain and Language Lab, please see 
http://brainlang.georgetown.edu.

RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSITION
We are seeking a full-time Research Assistant. The successful 
candidate, who will work with other RAs in the lab, will have the 
opportunity to be involved in a variety of projects, using a range of 
methodological approaches (see above). S/he will have responsibility 
for various aspects of research and laboratory management, including 
a number of the following, depending on aptitude and experience: 
creating experimental stimuli; designing experiments; running 
experiments on a variety of subject groups; performing statistical 
analyses; helping manage the lab's computers; managing undergraduate 
assistants; and working with the laboratory director and other lab 
members in preparing and managing grants and IRB protocols.

Minimum requirements for the position include a Bachelor's degree (a 
Master's degree is a plus), with a significant amount of course-work 
or research experience in at least two and ideally three of the 
following: cognitive psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, computer 
science, and statistics. Familiarity with Windows (and ideally Linux) 
is highly desirable, as is experience in programming or statistics 
and/or a strong math aptitude. The candidate must be extremely 
responsible, reliable, energetic, hard-working, organized, and 
efficient, and be able to work with a diverse group of people.

To allow for sufficient time to learn new skills and to be 
productive, candidates must be available to work for at least two 
years, and ideally for three. The successful candidate will be 
trained in a variety of the methods and approaches used in the lab, 
including (depending on the focus of his/her work) statistics, 
experimental design, subject testing, and neuroimaging methods. S/he 
will work closely with lab members as well as collaborators (see 
http://brainlang.georgetown.edu). The ideal start date would be early 
summer 2009. Interested candidates should email Ann McMahon 
(brainlangadmin at georgetown.edu) their CV and one or two publications 
or other writing samples, and have 3 recommenders email her their 
recommendations directly. Salary will be commensurate with experience 
and qualifications. The position, which includes health benefits, is 
contingent upon funding. Georgetown University is an Affirmative 
Action/Equal Opportunity employer.

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW POSITION
The postdoctoral fellow will have the opportunity to be involved in a 
number of different projects, using a variety of methodological 
approaches (see above), and to carry out her/his own studies related 
to lab interests. The candidate must have completed all PhD degree 
requirements prior to starting the position. S/he must have 
significant experience in at least one and ideally two or more of the 
following areas: cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology, 
linguistics, computer science, statistics. Research experience in the 
neurocognition of language is desirable but not necessary, although 
the candidate must have a strong interest in this area of research. 
S/he must also have expertise in two or more of the following: ERPs, 
fMRI, MEG, adult-onset disorders, developmental disorders, 
psycholinguistic behavioral techniques, statistics, molecular 
techniques. Excellent skills at experimental design, statistics and 
writing, a strong publication record, and previous success at 
obtaining funding, will all be considered advantageous.

To allow for sufficient time to learn new skills and to publish, 
candidates must be available to work for at least two years, and 
ideally for three. The successful candidate will be trained in a 
variety of the methods and approaches used in the lab, including 
(depending on the focus of his/her work) aspects of experimental 
design, statistics, and neuroimaging methods. S/he will work closely 
with lab members as well as collaborators (see 
http://brainlang.georgetown.edu). The ideal start date would be 
summer 2009. Interested candidates should email Ann McMahon 
(brainlangadmin at georgetown.edu) their CV and two or three 
publications, and have 3 recommenders email her their recommendations 
directly. Salary will be commensurate with experience and 
qualifications. The position, which includes health benefits, is 
contingent upon funding. Georgetown University is an Affirmative 
Action/Equal Opportunity employer.


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