Postdoctoral Employee - Berkeley Psychophysiology Laboratory (BPL) - NVPSR

The Berkeley Psychophysiology Laboratory (BPL) at the University of California, Berkeley is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar, directed by Robert W. Levenson, Ph.D. The BPL laboratory personnel currently include eight full-time staff members, one postdoctoral, two graduate students, and a large team of part-time research assistants. BPL conducts research on human emotion using behavioral, self-report, neuroimaging, and psychophysiological methodologies. Current NIA-funded research projects focus on emotional changes that occur in dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases and risk factors for health declines in dementia caregivers. BPL is currently involved primarily in new data collection but also in working with previously-collected archival data.

Responsibilities include:

Research: Leading efforts to organize and analyze data obtained from current and archival research, working with Dr. Levenson and laboratory members to plan and write scientific publications, designing and conducting research studies to expand the lab's research and pursue the postdoctoral's own research interests.

Project management: Working on research protocol design, grant writing, and reporting progress to funding organizations. Coordinating work of research assistants on the current grant-funded caregiver research projects.

Mentoring: Receiving mentoring from Dr. Levenson and providing mentoring to students (e.g., suggesting readings, leading a journal club, providing career advice).

PhD (or equivalent international degree) or enrolled in a PhD (or equivalent international degree) program.

-No more than three years of post-degree research experience by start date.

-PhD (or equivalent international degree)

-Ph.D. or equivalent international degree in psychology, neuroscience, or a related field

-Strong publication record

-Experience in managing research projects. Such research areas of particular interest include affective science, dementia and neurodegenerative diseases, caregiving, brain-behavior interactions, close-relationships, and intervention research.

-Technical skills in psychophysiology, neuroimaging, behavioral coding, and eye-tracking are desirable as are statistical skills working with psychophysiological, structural neuroimaging, longitudinal, and time-series data.

-Ability to write up results for publications in a timely manner

-Strong initiative and organizational and interpersonal skills

• 3-6 required (contact information only)

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