We have a new postdoc position on the horizon. Please share this note with trainees and
colleagues who have interests related to STEM education, the neuroscience of learning,
and/or relational thinking and reasoning.
Adam Green
Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
& Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience
Georgetown University
President-elect, Society for the Neuroscience of Creativity
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3700 O Street, NW
Washington, DC 20057
Phone: (202) 687-5581
E-mail: aeg58@Georgetown.edu<mailto:aeg58@Georgetown.edu>
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Applications are invited for a postdoctoral position focusing primarily on a 3-year
NSF-funded research project in the Georgetown Laboratory for Relational Cognition,
directed by Adam Green. The project will investigate learning in real world high school
classrooms using longitudinal neuroimaging and behavioral measurement to assess
learning-related changes in brain and cognition. This work will focus on the development
of spatial STEM concepts and relational reasoning strategies. The postdoc will directly
oversee project-dedicated research assistants and graduate students who will support data
collection both in the high schools (behavioral) and at Georgetown (MRI). There will be
ample opportunity, dependent on the post-doc's level of interest, to engage with
advanced multivariate MRI data analysis. The project will be conducted in collaboration
with laboratories at Dartmouth, James Madison, and Northwestern.
Applicants should hold a Ph.D. (or anticipate a Ph.D. no later than spring of 2018) in an
area related to education and/or cognitive neuroscience. Candidates with a background in
education research who are interested in neuroimaging, or candidates with a neuroimaging
background who are interested in education would be well-suited to this position. This
research will contribute to bridging the gap between the real world classroom and the
cognitive neuroscience lab; the ideal candidate will be comfortable in both settings.
Favorable consideration will be given to applicants with a record of productivity and
strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
Interested candidates should send a CV and a letter of application describing research
interests and professional goals to Nhi Dinh
(Nhi.Dinh@georgetown.edu<mailto:Nhi.Dinh@georgetown.edu>), and should indicate three
professional references who can readily provide letters of recommendation. The start date
is likely to be in late spring/early summer 2018, but we aim to make a hiring decision
well ahead of that time and review of applications will begin in fall 2017.