Junior Laboratory Associate (Zaslavsky Lab)

Dr. Noga Zaslavsky is looking for a full-time Junior Laboratory Associate to coordinate research projects and develop new lines of research in the lab. The position will focus primarily on projects related to efficient compression in children’s developmental trajectories of learning word meanings, as well as communicative efficiency and human-alignment in LLMs.

Job duties include:

• Contributing to ongoing research projects in the lab and developing new lines of research on topics that are core to the lab’s research program.
• Programming new online experiments with children and adults, as well as helping other lab members develop and deploy experiments.
• Managing an online asynchronous testing platform (PANDA; see discoveriesonline.org) for developmental projects that will be conducted in collaboration with the Conceptual Development and Social Cognition lab.
• Performing various administrative tasks (e.g., managing the lab’s IRB protocols, lab meetings, submitting reimbursement requests)

This position is based in New York and the selected candidate will be expected to work onsite as of their effective start date.

In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $58,656-$60,000. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) the specific grant funding and the terms of the research grant when extending an offer.

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology, cognitive science, data science, or related fields.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Programming experience and familiarity with web-development tools for online behavioral experiments.
• Careful attention to details.

Please apply with your CV.