Postbaccalaureate Fellow in Behavioral Neuroscience

Job description

Description The Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College invites applications for a Postbaccalaureate Fellow (PBF), at the rank of postgraduate research associate, in the area of Behavioral Neuroscience. The Fellow will perform research focused on the neuroscience of motivation and reward learning in rodent models. They will work with three faculty mentors (Drs. Shelley Warlow, Katherine Nautiyal, and Kyle Smith) to contribute to collaborative projects across the three labs aimed at understanding the neural pathways and modulators underlying reward pursuit. Responsibilities include: Postbaccalaureate Fellows (PBFs) work with faculty supporting and conducting scholarly research and teaching in anticipation of advancing their skills and experience to prepare for the next stage of their careers. PBFs are expected to contribute to all stages of research – including research design, literature searches, conducting experiments, collecting and analyzing data and writing reports and papers. PBFs may also have the opportunity to contribute in the classroom or in laboratory sections of courses, helping undergraduate students with labs, review sessions, paper editin...