The Cognitive Aging Program in the School of Psychology at Georgia Institute of Technology has one opening for a postdoctoral Fellowship on our NIH-sponsored Ruth L. Kirschstein training grant starting as early as May 1, 2012. A later starting date is negotiable. The duration of the traineeship is between 1 and 3 years. Postdoctoral trainees work with core faculty members with research interests in adult cognitive development, including: Audrey Duarte – neuroscience of memory; Arthur D. Fisk - attention, human factors, applied cognition; Christopher Hertzog - memory, metacognition, intelligence; Scott Moffat – spatial navigation, stress, hormonal influences on cognition; Wendy A. Rogers - human factors, applied cognition, attention and learning; Anderson D. Smith - episodic memory, animal models; Daniel H. Spieler - attention, language processing, modeling; Paul Verhaeghen – attention, speed of processing, working memory. There are also other faculty members affil!
iated with our training program who can collaborate with postdoctoral fellows. Stipend levels are set by the federal government and increase with years of postdoctoral experience. The traineeship also provides each trainee with travel funds, an allowance for research expenses, and an allowance for health insurance. Fellowships are restricted to U.S. citizens or permanent U. S. residents. Applicants should have a completed a Ph.D. in psychology or a related discipline (e.g., cognitive neuroscience). To apply, please send a c. v., a statement of research interests identifying possible matches to at least one core faculty mentor, and representative publications to Christopher Hertzog; School of Psychology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Atlanta, GA 30332-0170 or as an email attachment to christopher.hertzog@psych.gatech.edu. Please also arrange to have three letters of reference sent separately to Dr. Hertzog, but list names and contact information for your referees in !
the application cover letter. Applications received by April 1, 2012
have the best chance of being reviewed for available fellowships, but applications will be accepted and reviewed until the positions are filled. Applications from members of ethnic and racial minorities are strongly encouraged. Georgia Institute of Technology is a unit of the University System of Georgia and is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
