Post-Doctoral Scholars

We will be hiring 1-2 post-doctoral scholars in summer or fall 2025 to work on the intersection of human moral & conceptual cognition and AI. Please contact Anna (aleshins@uci.edu) to express interest, including a cover letter and CV. Applicants should have a background in cognitive science and an interest in AI interpretability, with strengths in research project design and leadership, collaboration and mentorship, and python skills for working with research code repositories and with large language models. ML experience not required, but familiarity with probabilistic programming and methods in neural network interpretability a plus.

You will be working on a grant-funded project from the AI Safety Science program to develop experiments and interpretable computational models of morally guided decision-making and conceptual combinatorial thought in humans and large language models. You will also have time to develop your own research directions within the scope of the lab. Salaries commensurate with experience and according to UC salary scales. Hybrid and on-site options available.