Position Details

Title:

Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychology

School:

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Department/Area:

Psychology

Position Description

The Gershman lab is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to work on projects at the intersection of computational neuroscience and machine learning.

This position is part of a multi-investigator grant on the role of memory in intelligence systems. The Postdoctoral Fellow will have the opportunity to collaborate with an interdisciplinary team, including Ila Fiete (MIT), Aude Olive (MIT), Pulkit Agrawal (MIT), and Pieter Abbeel (UC Berkeley).

This is a 2-year position (start date: on or around 06/01/2027), with possible extension contingent on funding.

Basic Qualifications

• PhD in neuroscience, computer science, or related discipline.

Additional Qualifications

Special Instructions

We highly recommend reviewing our department website’s Faculty pages to learn more about our faculty, their labs, and their research interests before applying.

Please apply through the ARIeS portal. Letters of recommendation will be requested from finalists only. A minimum of two (2) letters of recommendation will be required.

Contact Information

Dr. Samuel Gershman
gershman@fas.harvard.edu

Contact Email:
gershman@fas.harvard.edu

Salary Range

$67,600–$80,000

Pay offered to the selected candidate is dependent on factors such as years of experience, training or qualification, field of scholarship, and accomplishments in the field.

References

• Minimum Number of References Required: 0
• Maximum Number of References Allowed: 3

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Applicant Documents

Required Documents

• Curriculum Vitae
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