Co-Director for Research
Center for Behavioral Neuroscience
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia State University is engaged in a major expansion of its
research and instructional programs in Behavioral Neuroscience as
part of the NSF Science and Technology Center for Behavioral
Neuroscience. Generous state and institutional funds along with $20
million dollars from the National Science Foundation have been
committed to fund the Center for the first five years. The Center is
a consortium of more than 80 neuroscientists from Georgia State
University, Clark Atlanta University, Emory University, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Morehouse College, Morehouse Medical School,
Morris Brown College and Spelman College. The purpose of the Center
is to foster interdisciplinary collaborative approaches towards
understanding the basic neural mechanisms underlying the regulation
of complex social behaviors and emotions. The Center is also designed
to enhance K-12, undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral education,
to bring research findings to the public, to encourage technology
transfer to industry, and to increase the participation of women and
minorities in neuroscience research. Georgia State University invites
applications for the Co-Director for Research in The Center for
Behavioral Neuroscience. The Co-Director for Research is responsible
for the administration of the research program of the Center, which
includes, but is not limited to, four interdisciplinary research
groups focused on fear, affiliation, aggression and reproduction as
well as six technology cores. The Co-Director coordinates the
allocation of research funding in the Center and participates in the
acquisition of new sources of extramural research support. The
Co-Director plays a key role in facilitating collaborative research
activities among all eight member institutions and works with the
Director and Co-Directors for Education and Knowledge Transfer to
integrate the Center's research, educational and science outreach
activities. More information about the Center can be found at
http://www.cbn-atl.org.
The successful candidate will be appointed as an Associate or
Full Professor in the Department of Biology and/or the Department of
Psychology. The candidate must have a Ph.D. or equivalent, an
outstanding record of publications, research funding, and instruction
in behavioral neuroscience, and strong skills in leadership and
administration.
Applicants should send a letter describing their interests in
and qualifications for this position as well as a CV,reprints of
recent papers, the names and contact information for at least three
references, and a statement of future research plans.
Send application to:
Dr. H. Elliott Albers
Director, Center for Behavioral Neuroscience
Dept. of Biology
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 4010
Atlanta, GA 30302-4010.
Review of applications will commence on June 1, 2003 and continue
until the position is filled. Georgia State
University, a Unit of the University System of Georgia, is an EEO/AA
Employer (6/13/03)
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