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The Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University is seeking a full-time technician to assist in daily operations of the Confocal Imaging Facility (CIF) laboratory. The CIF provides support for Princeton University faculty and student research utilizing multiple imaging modalities. This position reports to the Facility Director.
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The Department of Chemistry is looking for a Research Specialist skilled in the discovery of new superconducting materials using insights from solid state chemistry. It is a discovery driven research program, with a very strong emphasis on solid state structure, bonding, and materials chemistry. The position involves the specialized synthesis of complex solid, non-molecular materials, and in particular high temperature crystal growth. The synthesis will be at high temperatures in both oxygen and air-free environments, which requires specific interests that are not taught outside of materials physics or solid state chemistry programs. This is a one year term position.
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To address the challenges we are seeing with gerrymandering at a national level, the Wang Lab is recruiting a Computational Research Analyst to join the Princeton Gerrymandering Project. This individual will do geography-intensive calculations to test our simple statistical standards, explore how such standards can be applied on a preventive basis to the redistricting process, and close loopholes in proposed reform efforts. Our work is likely to be deployed either in the courtroom or at the ballot box. This is a one year term position with the possibility of extension based on continued funding.For more information, please see the work we have developed and published: simple statistical standards to define and combat these offenses. These standards have won a prize from Common Cause and were presented to the Court in an amicus brief filed along with other noted scholars.
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Research Specialist I/II PositionLewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics Position SummaryThe Wang Lab in the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics seeks applicants for a Research Specialist I / Research Specialist II. The rank and salary will be commensurate with experience. We develop new physical and engineering tools to study the behaviors of biomolecules at the single-molecule level. The candidate will participate in a highly collaborative project to study protein oligomerization pathway using our recently published single-molecule platform (J. Chem. Phys. 148, 123319 and Nat. Method 11, 555). We seek a motivated and highly organized individual to contribute to experimental design, data acquisition and data analysis associated with the project. The ideal candidate is one who seeks professional development and is therefore interested in reading the current scientific literature and thinking critically about solving research problems. The role has great potential for the advancement of skills to pursue a research career in either academic or industrial settings. Salary will include the full benefits package. The position is open and review of applications will begin immediately. The anticipated start-date is July. 1st, 2019 or later. This will be a one-year term position, with the possibility of renewal contingent upon satisfactory performance.
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The Department of Psychology at Princeton University is seeking a full-time lab manager in the Stigma and Social Perception Lab, under the supervision of Drs. Stacey Sinclair & Nicole Shelton. The lab conducts research using a variety of methods, including lab-based experiments, surveys, and experience sampling, to study factors that influence the manifestation and consequences of prejudice. This is a one year term position with the possibility of renewal contingent upon continued funding and satisfactory performance. Start date is negotiable but will ideally start July 15, 2019. Please submit a CV, a cover letter describing academic and research goals, as well as technical and research experience. Please also submit contact information for at least 2 references. Contact Dr. Stacey Sinclair (ssinclr@princeton.edu) for additional questions.
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The Empirical Studies of Conflict (ESOC) Project seeks a Research Specialist to provide geo-spatial and statistical analysis for a multi-university team of researchers. The Specialist will develop and analyze micro-level datasets to explore the relationship between the practices of multinational extractive companies and local conflict outcomes in Africa, the Middle East and other regions of the world, and the efficacy of policies to mitigate the natural resource curse. The Specialist will work under the direction of the Principal Investigator, Jacob Shapiro, Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, and Co-PI Tarek Ghani, Assistant Professor of Strategy at Washington University in St Louis. This position is ideal for those with master’s degrees seeking an applied research position or exceptional recent undergraduates with a strong interest in pursuing a PhD in Economics or Political Science after acquiring a year of research experience. This is a one-year term position. The position will be based at Princeton University, with the potential for both domestic and international travel if required. Applicants should submit a cover letter and CV online. Upon request, candidates should be prepared to submit references, transcripts, and/or writing samples. Short list candidates may also be asked to complete STATA or R coding exercise as well. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
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The lab of Dr. Yael Niv in the Princeton Neuroscience Institute and the Department of Psychology at Princeton University (www.princeton.edu/~nivlab) is seeking a bright and motivated full-time research assistant. Research in the lab focuses on computational modeling and model-driven functional imaging experiments of learning and decision making, with a particular focus on mental illness (computational psychiatry). The position provides an excellent opportunity to further develop research skills in computational modeling and experimental analysis, and to learn about the psychology and neuroscience of learning and decision making as they apply to mental illness. The successful applicant will be an energetic, self-directed learner with strong programming abilities and a keen interest in the lab's research. This is a one-year position with the possibility (and expectation) of renewal contingent upon successful performance and continued funding. All applications should include a cover letter stating background and professional interests, a CV, and contact information of two references.
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The Brody Lab is seeking a highly motivated individual to assist in ongoing research experiments. This position is ideal for someone interested in gaining experience doing research for 1 or 2 years before going to graduate school or medical school. In the Brody Lab we use the rat as a model system to study a range of higher cognitive functions. This position will assist with a project seeking to uncover how the mammalian brain makes decisions based on the gradual accumulation of noisy information. Applicants will be expected to interact extensively with research animals and perform surgical procedures. The position will involve building custom electrophysiological recording and optogenetic implants, recording, and analyzing neuronal activity during behavior. Applicants should have some basic computer programming experience. Laboratory experience strongly preferred. Please see https://brodylabwiki.princeton.edu/wiki/index.php?title=Job_Openings for publications related to this position. This is a one-year term position with the possibility of extension contingent upon funding and performance.
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The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is hiring a full-time one year term Research Specialist I position in the teaching lab to support the Fall and Spring semester courses.
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The Seung Lab at Princeton University specializes in reconstructing the connections between neurons by analyzing electron microscopic brain images. The lab has received major funding from IARPA to reconstruct the connectome of a cubic millimeter of neocortex. This presents new engineering challenges as the volume is 1000x larger than existing reconstructions. This amounts to a petabyte of image data that must be stored and processed through our artificial intelligence (AI) pipeline and reviewed by human effort. The lab is looking for an infrastructure developer experienced in large scale data storage and data processing systems to help scale the lab’s existing pipeline for this petabyte challenge. This is a 1 year term position with possibility of renewal based on satisfactory performance and continued funding. In addition to submitting your resume through this posting, please email your CV and a longish C++ code sample directly to Claire McKellar: claireem@princeton.edu For more information, see http://bit.ly/EyeWireZachWise http://bit.ly/SeungTEDTalk http://bit.ly/EyeWireNature http://bit.ly/EyeWireNatureNPR http://bit.ly/EyeWireNaturePressRelease
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The Gould lab, a neuroscience lab that studies brain plasticity in experimental animals in the Princeton Neuroscience Institute at Princeton University, seeks a full-time Research Specialist to assist with on-going experiments. We are looking for an enthusiastic and hard-working individual with excellent organizational skills and ability to work well with others. The successful candidate will have a willingness to learn and acquire new skills. This is a one-year term position with the possibility of extension,contingent upon successful performance and continued funding.
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Research Assistant Positions are available in Princeton University’s Department of Economics, beginning mid to late Summer 2019. We are looking for highly skilled and motivated individuals to work as full-time research assistants for a period of at least one year. The positions will be based in the Economics Department at Princeton University and will entail close collaboration with Professors Buchholz, Ho, Kapor, and Kastl on new and ongoing projects in industrial organization. In addition to working closely with faculty, research assistants will have the opportunity to participate in the academic life of Princeton University, including seminars, and engaging with graduate students and other research assistants in the department. This is a one-year term position with the possibility of renewal for a second year. End date is dependent on start date, which may vary.
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Research Specialist II – Nectow LabA Research Specialist position is available in the Princeton Neuroscience Institute at Princeton University. The lab focuses on the neurobiology of energy balance, with a particular emphasis on the molecular and neural circuit mechanisms underlying appetite and energy expenditure. This is a one-year position with the possibility of renewal contingent upon funding availability and performance.
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The Neuroscience of Attention & Perception (NA&P) Laboratory (led by Dr. Sabine Kastner) at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, is seeking a research assistant to work as a full-time Research Specialist to assist researchers performing non-human primate (NHP) studies. The successful candidate will work in the NHP branch of the laboratory, which studies neural mechanisms of cognition in the primate brain using a wide range of experimental neuroscience techniques, including electrophysiological recordings, micro-stimulation, MR imaging, and behavioral approaches. This position is ideally suited for a candidate that plans on future graduate school studies in psychology, neuroscience, or a related field. We are seeking an extremely motivated candidate who is interested in both animal care and scientific research.
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The Center for Health and Wellbeing(CHW) at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University fosters research and teaching on the multiple aspects of health and wellbeing in both developed and developing countries. The center’s goals are to understand the determinants of health and wellbeing and the role that public policy plays in shaping the quality of people’s lives, and to educate undergraduates and graduate students who aspire to careers in health and health policy.
