Join Us!

The Lapate Experimental Affective Psychophysiology and Neuroscience Laboratory (LEAP Neuro lab) is committed to providing world-class training in experimental design, signal processing, analysis of functional neuroimaging data, and causal methods. The lab is also committed to providing continuous training in ethical research practices and science communication and fostering an open, inclusive, and collaborative environment.

Skills in any of the following areas are valued, but openness to learning and intrinsic curiosity are valued even more:
§  Computer programming (Python, Matlab, R)
§  fMRI and/or EEG
§  Psychophysics
§  Statistics and machine learning (GLM, multivariate pattern analysis)

Undergraduate RAs: Please fill out this online form if you’d like to be considered for future research assistant opportunities.

Postbac RAs: We are currently recruiting for a full time postbac Research Assistant/Lab Manager to start this summer. Click here to apply (next review date: Jan 22).

Graduate Students: Prospective graduate students usually apply through the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at UCSB (Cognition, Perception, and Cognitive Neuroscience or Social Psychology area groups). See here for more information. 

Postdocs: Please contact Dr. Lapate if you’re interested in conducting your postdoctoral research in the lab with your cv and a brief note highlighting your research interests and why you’d like to join our group. If funds are available and the timing and fit are right, we can discuss potential opportunities. We currently have an opening for a postdoctoral fellow to ideally start this spring (next review date: Jan 26). Click here to apply.

LEAP Neuro

Psychological & Brain Sciences
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-966
lapate@ucsb.edu

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