University of Maryland, College Park, is seeking applications for a full-time project coordinator/research assistant (formal title: Faculty Specialist) to start in August or September 2025.
Current research in the lab focuses on uncovering the behavioral and neural computations involved in human social and affective decision-making, with a strong interest in how individual variability in these processes relate to neurodiversity and psychopathology.
-Assisting with other projects in the lab, including a study using naturalistic paradigms to better understand strategic thinking and trust. (~20% effort)
-Contributing to data analyses (especially data parsing and processing) for the above projects, conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications. (~10% effort)
-Recruiting, training and supervising undergraduate research assistants. (~10% effort)
-Managing day-to-day lab activities (shared accounts, participants payment, updates to lab website, IRB protocol amendments, maintaining/ordering equipment). (~10% effort)
-Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills (required)
-Experience with recruiting and testing human participants through task-based (PsychoPy) and/or MRI studies (required)
-Good computational skills, including computer programming (R, Python, or Matlab) and data analysis/statistics (preferred)
-Interest in social neuroscience, behavioral economics, and/or computational psychiatry (preferred)
-Desire to work with neurodivergent populations (preferred)
-Experience with fMRI data collection protocols and fMRI data analysis (preprocessing, GLMs) (preferred)
This is an excellent opportunity to gain research experience in preparation for a graduate career, and to play a crucial role in a NIMH-funded fMRI study as well as other smaller projects in the lab. The position is full-time (40 hr/week) for one year. Salary will be competitive, commensurate with experience, and includes health benefits.
Responsibilities:
-Screening, recruiting and testing participants for a large task-based neuroimaging (fMRI) study focused on examining multiple aspects of social learning in neurotypical and neurodiverse individuals (~50% effort)-Assisting with other projects in the lab, including a study using naturalistic paradigms to better understand strategic thinking and trust. (~20% effort)
-Contributing to data analyses (especially data parsing and processing) for the above projects, conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications. (~10% effort)
-Recruiting, training and supervising undergraduate research assistants. (~10% effort)
-Managing day-to-day lab activities (shared accounts, participants payment, updates to lab website, IRB protocol amendments, maintaining/ordering equipment). (~10% effort)
Qualifications:
-Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Computer Science or other related field (required)-Excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills (required)
-Experience with recruiting and testing human participants through task-based (PsychoPy) and/or MRI studies (required)
-Good computational skills, including computer programming (R, Python, or Matlab) and data analysis/statistics (preferred)
-Interest in social neuroscience, behavioral economics, and/or computational psychiatry (preferred)
-Desire to work with neurodivergent populations (preferred)
-Experience with fMRI data collection protocols and fMRI data analysis (preprocessing, GLMs) (preferred)
How To Apply:
To express interest and/or for any question, please email your CV and a short email describing your fit to the position to Caroline Charpentier (ccharpen@umd.edu). The application portal and official job posting will be available soon through the University of Maryland.