Connectionists: 2 PostDoc opportunities in canine neuroimaging at Harvard

[Steve Ryan]

The new Evolutionary Neuroscience Lab in the Harvard University Department
of Human Evolutionary Biology will be opening in 2019 and looking for two
new postdocs, with positions available for research techs and
undergraduates to follow.  See description below and attached.

https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/evolutionaryneurosciencelab/positions-available

Positions Available
The Evolutionary Neuroscience Lab will be opening in the Department of
Human Evolutionary Biology in January 2019.  The following positions are
available.

Postdoctoral Fellow Position in Neuroimaging of Learned Skills
The focus of the position will be to study neurodevelopmental adaptations
for the acquisition of learned skills.  The project involves longitudinal
neuroimaging of military working dogs, from puppyhood through adulthood, as
they progress through a formal on-base training regimen. Several weeks of
paid travel per year will be required to a research site in Texas.

This is a one-year position, expected to begin in spring or summer 2019,
with possibility of renewal dependent upon adequate funding and
satisfactory performance. The research will take place in the Evolutionary
Neuroscience Laboratory directed by Dr. Hecht and located in the Peabody
Museum on Harvard University’s Cambridge, Massachusetts campus, and on-site
at the Lackland Air Force Base outside San Antonio.

A doctoral degree is required for this position. Desired qualifications
include research in neuroscience, neuroimaging, development, and/or animal
behavior.  The project will require working with dogs and coordinating with
an interdisciplinary research team that will include scientists,
veterinarians, dog handlers and trainers, and military personnel.  This
research is non-invasive.


Postdoctoral Fellow Position in Neural Adaptations for Social Behavior
The focus of the position will be to study neuroanatomical adaptations
related to social behavior using histology and digital microscopy.

This is a one-year position, expected to begin in spring or summer 2019,
with possibility of renewal dependent upon adequate funding and
satisfactory performance. The research will take place in the Evolutionary
Neuroscience Laboratory directed by Dr. Hecht and located in the Peabody
Museum on Harvard University’s Cambridge, Massachusetts campus.

A doctoral degree is required for this position. Desired qualifications
include research in neuroscience, neuroanatomy, histology, microscopy, and
social behavior.  The project will require working with fixed brain
specimens in a wet lab.

To Apply
Please submit a letter of interest, an updated CV, and the names of three
references by email to Dr. Erin Hecht at erin_hecht at fas.harvard.edu.
Evaluation will begin at the time the advertisement is placed and will
continue until the position is filled.

Other Positions
Positions will be available for undergraduate researchers and one or two
graduate students.  Students who are interested in working in the lab
should email Dr. Hecht at erin_hecht at fas.harvard.edu.

Additionally, a position will be available for a research technician with
experience in histology.  A job listing will be posted soon.

Best,
-Steve Ryan
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