Northwestern University is seeking a postdoctoral scholar to join their research team to understand language-related features of autism and how autism-related traits express in the general population and across related genetic conditions, to help understand gene-brain-behavior connections.
Requirements
- PhD in communication sciences and disorders, psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, computer science, or a related field.
- Interest in research on autism and/or fragile X.
- Evidence of first-author peer-reviewed publications.
- Experience in language-related research and evidence of project development.
- Skillsets on computational, AI (broadly defined), and data science analytic approaches are an advantage.
Responsibilities
- To conduct experiments and analyses on linguistic, cognitive, neurophysiological and clinical properties of autism and FMR1 -mutation conditions.
- To develop new ideas, research methodologies, and analytic approaches to our lab’s research programs.
- To help write grants and compete for funding.
- To help write and contribute to publications resulting from research done in the lab.
Other
- This postdoctoral role is expected to play a leadership role coordinating research activities and assisting with supervising team members.
- Experience on research and clinical training related to neurodevelopmental conditions are strongly preferred, but not a necessity.
- Excellent communication and writing skills.
- A cover letter that makes clear how your work is relevant to research programs in the lab;
- You will also be asked to provide the name and contact information for 2–3 people willing to submit recommendation letters on your behalf.
