Lab manager position available

This position has now been filled.

The Memory Modulation Lab at Boston College is hiring a full-time Research Assistant/ Lab Manager for an anticipated start date in summer 2018. Our lab investigates the neural bases of episodic memory and emotion in healthy young adults. We use a combination of behavioral methods, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and electroencephalography (EEG). For more information about the lab, please see: http://www.thememolab.org.

Duties include: recruiting and scheduling participants, maintaining lab IRB documents, preparing stimuli and experimental presentation scripts, collecting and analyzing behavioral and/or imaging data, and managing a team of undergraduate research assistants.

The successful applicant will have strong interpersonal and organizational skills, interest in cognitive neuroscience research, and experience or interest in learning one or more programming languages (e.g., Matlab, R, Python). Prior research experience is required, as is a Bachelor’s degree in psychology, neuroscience, computer science, mathematics/ statistics, or a related field. A two-year commitment is required.

To apply, please send a cover letter and CV detailing your research experience and qualifications to Dr. Maureen Ritchey, maureen.ritchey@bc.edu. Boston College conducts background checks as part of the hiring process. Boston College is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected category including disability and protected veteran status. To learn more about how BC supports diversity and inclusion throughout the university please visit the Office of Institutional Diversity at http://www.bc.edu/offices/diversity.