<div dir="ltr"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:13.3pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Dear Colleagues,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:13.3pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Please share with relevant recent (or imminently finishing) undergrads and feel free to contact me with questions. Position details below.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:13.3pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"> </span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:13.3pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">This is for a <i>lab technician</i> in Duke's Psychology & Neuroscience department, starting <b>summer 2021.</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:13.3pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:13.3pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Apologies for cross-posting.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:13.3pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">best,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:13.3pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Elika</span></p></div>p.s.  <span style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">All applicants must officially apply through our HR system, but I'm happy for folks to let me know they've applied as the HR system can behave unexpectedly sometimes.  The link is here:<br></span><a href="https://careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-RESEARCH-TECHNICIAN-II%2C-PSYCHOLOGY-&-NEUROSCIENCE-NC-27710/728919500/" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">https://careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-RESEARCH-TECHNICIAN-II%2C-PSYCHOLOGY-&-NEUROSCIENCE-NC-27710/728919500/</a> <div><br></div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://bergelsonlab.com/index.html" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:blue;border:1px solid transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(126,87,194)">The Bergelson Lab at Duke</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,33,33)">, a federally funded lab in Duke's Psychology & Neuroscience department, is seeking a Research Technician II (i.e. a lab tech) with excellent programming skills for a summer start date.  Applications will be reviewed beginning in <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">April </span>and will continue until a suitable candidate is selected (likely in May). </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Start date will be early summer (e.g. June 1). </span></span></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(192,0,0)">This is a one year grant funded position with possibility of renewal.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"> </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,33,33)">The Bergelson Lab studies language acquisition, with a focus on early word learning. Research projects in the lab investigate both the relation between word learning and other aspects of linguistic representation (phonetics, syntax, prosody) and the interface between word learning and socio-cognitive development writ large.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Research in the lab centers around <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">corpus</span> methods, used to analyze the </span></span></span><a href="http://bergelsonlab.com/seedlings/index.html" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:blue;border:1px solid transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(126,87,194)">SEEDLingS Corpus</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> (a rich longitudinal audio/video/comprehension/production corpus), <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">behavioral</span> methods (e.g. eye-tracking, discrimination, and production studies), and <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700">neuroscientific</span> methods (EEG) to query infant language development.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,33,33)">The Research Technician II will also have the opportunity to be part of international collaborative projects, involving speech-technology, computational modeling, and naturalistic recordings.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,33,33)">The Research Technician II will work alongside full-time lab staff, PhD students, postdocs, undergrads, and the PI to maintain our existing codebases (</span></span></span><a href="https://github.com/BergelsonLab/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:blue;border:1px solid transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,99,118)">Bergelson Lab GitHub repo</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(107,119,112)">,</span></span></span><a href="https://github.com/SeedlingsBabylab/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:blue;border:1px solid transparent"> <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,99,118)">SEEDLingS GitHub repo</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(107,119,112)">)</span></span></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,33,33)">, create and document new scripts and workflows (</span></span></span><a href="https://app.gitbook.com/@bergelsonlab" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:blue;border:1px solid transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Bergelson Lab GitBook</span></span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(107,119,112)">)</span></span></span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,33,33)">, and provide support for working with experimental and naturalistic data in the lab. There are often 1-2 undergraduate RAs directly supervised by the Research Technician II in this role.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Our lab staff typically go on to excellent research positions and/or PhDs (n=5) at top institutions and have taken advantage of opportunities to co-author research publications and presentations in their own areas of interest and in ongoing projects in the lab.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:700"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Desiderata include:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:black">* strong programming background (python along with some combination of R, matlab, ruby, bash, html, Go, C++, java, and LaTeX)</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:black">* experience with Python's scientific libraries (Pandas, NumPy, SciPy) and  IPython Notebooks</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:black">* experience with R's tidyverse. experience with RStudio's Shiny application framework is a plus.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:black">* high skill level and comfort with Github</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:black">* command line chops (Linux, Linux subsystem for Windows, or other POSIX-compatible shell)</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:black">* familiarity with basic IT (networks, VPNs, basic hardware knowledge)</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:black">* familiarity with relevant software (e.g. Praat, Python, Audacity, Datavyu, R, FFmpeg)</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:black">* coursework and research experience in algorithms and data structures, data science, machine learning, human research design and implementation (cognition and/or developmental psych, cogsci, linguistics, and related fields)</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Duke Psychology and Neuroscience has a strong community of researchers (see primary faculty </span></span></span><a href="http://psychandneuro.duke.edu/people/primary-faculty" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:blue;border:1px solid transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(126,87,194)">here</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,33,33)">). Colleagues with highly relevant research in the department notably include Drs. Michael Tomasello, Rita Svetlova, and Makeba Wilbourne. We are part of </span></span></span><a href="http://psychandneuro.duke.edu/childstudies" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:blue;border:1px solid transparent"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(126,87,194)">Duke CHILD Studies</span></span></span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,33,33)">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;clear:both;color:rgb(0,26,87);font-family:custom6fa327a1ca3649308a85d;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:12pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:10pt"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><br></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.<br><br> <div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">~~~~~~~~<br><div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b>Elika Bergelson, PhD</b><br>Crandall Family Assistant Professor, Duke University</div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Psychology & Neuroscience Dept.</div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Center for Cognitive Neuroscience </div><div style="color:rgb(33,33,33);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Linguistics (secondary)</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>