Employment Opportunities

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

We have many ongoing research projects in the Lab providing ample opportunities for undergraduate students to gain valuable research experience. Students have the opportunity to work with staff, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, other undergraduate students and to perform a variety of duties as needed for each project.

Requirements: Students must be willing to commit to register for a minimum of two semesters (fall & spring) of research credit in the laboratory or have work-study funding financial aid. Current positions may have additional requirements.

How to: Please complete this application and email it to the supervisor listed for the position you are interested in, or the Laboratory Manager, Isa Dolski.

Project Coordinators interested in hiring students for Spring 2009 :

  • Kim Dalton
  • Lisa Flook
  • Aaron Heller

Summer Research

UW Students:

We only consider exceptional UW-Madison undergraduate students able to work in the lab beyond summer. UW-Madison students have the option to work on a paid hourly basis during the summer and to earn research credit during the academic year. If interested, please submit a completed application to Isa Dolski.

Non-UW Students:

We rarely accept non-UW students for summer-only work. Because our laboratory is a large and complex place, it takes a significant amount of time to be trained to do meaningful tasks. We may consider accepting exceptional non-UW-Madison undergraduate students for the summer on a volunteer basis only. If you are a non-UW-Madison student and wish to volunteer in the Laboratory for Affective Neuroscience for a summer, please send your CV, transcript & a cover letter explaining why you wish to work in the lab to Isa Dolski. Please be sure to detail any prior research experience or special skills you may have.

Graduate Research Opportunities

For information on applying to the Department of Psychology as a graduate student, please see the Psychology Department's Graduate Studies webpage.

Please see here for a description of our facilities and here for more information on our research. Who are our current graduate students, post-docs and scientists?

Students interested in pursuing graduate or post-doctoral training in our laboratory should be familiar with our research. For an overview, we suggest the following articles:

Pre- and Post-Doctoral Research Opportunities

The Training Program in Emotion Research, funded by an NIMH Institutional National Research Service Award training grant, supports 7 pre-doctoral and 3 post-doctoral trainees in emotion research each year.

Staff Opportunities

None at this time.