Caroline Charpentier, PhD
@carocharp.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at the University of Maryland, PI of Social Learning and Decisions lab, broadly interested in social neuroscience and computational psychiatry. Avid traveller. Views my own.
🚨🚨Postdoc job alert!🚨🚨
*****Posting a postdoc opportunity on behalf of the amazing Dr. Yoann Stussi!
Project: Behavioral, psychophysiological, and computational signatures of affective influences on information value learning
Location: The Swiss Center for Affective Sciences (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
🧵(1/3)
Project: Behavioral, psychophysiological, and computational signatures of affective influences on information value learning
Location: The Swiss Center for Affective Sciences (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
🧵(1/3)
November 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🚨🚨Postdoc job alert!🚨🚨
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🚨Introducing the SANS Fellows Program 🚨
We’re excited to honor members whose scholarship, mentorship, & service have shaped social & affective neuroscience!
Nominate someone—or yourself—to be a SANS Fellow!
Details: socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
We’re excited to honor members whose scholarship, mentorship, & service have shaped social & affective neuroscience!
Nominate someone—or yourself—to be a SANS Fellow!
Details: socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
September 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
🚨Introducing the SANS Fellows Program 🚨
We’re excited to honor members whose scholarship, mentorship, & service have shaped social & affective neuroscience!
Nominate someone—or yourself—to be a SANS Fellow!
Details: socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
We’re excited to honor members whose scholarship, mentorship, & service have shaped social & affective neuroscience!
Nominate someone—or yourself—to be a SANS Fellow!
Details: socialaffectiveneuro.org/sans-fellows...
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhD
🎉 Got exciting news to share? We’re excited to highlight accomplishments from across the SANS community! If you (or someone you know) has a recent paper, award, or other recognition, please send it our way using the Spotlight form below!
Submit here: forms.gle/CNpanwJZFTPg...
Submit here: forms.gle/CNpanwJZFTPg...
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September 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🎉 Got exciting news to share? We’re excited to highlight accomplishments from across the SANS community! If you (or someone you know) has a recent paper, award, or other recognition, please send it our way using the Spotlight form below!
Submit here: forms.gle/CNpanwJZFTPg...
Submit here: forms.gle/CNpanwJZFTPg...
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Our neuroscience department is hiring an Assistant Professor of Computational Neuroscience who works in "areas such as artificial intelligence, convolutional neural networks, reinforcement learning, decision making, memory, computational modeling, cognitive and neural processing".
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
American University is a student-centered research institution located in Washington, DC, with highly-ranked schools and colleges, internationally-renowned faculty, and a reputation for creating meani...
american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
September 7, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Our neuroscience department is hiring an Assistant Professor of Computational Neuroscience who works in "areas such as artificial intelligence, convolutional neural networks, reinforcement learning, decision making, memory, computational modeling, cognitive and neural processing".
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#Neuro4Pros 4ever 🧠🤓
Grateful for a week of learning from & being in community with fellow early career profs & amazing facilitators @gunnarblohm.bsky.social @kordinglab.bsky.social @meganakpeters.bsky.social @yaelniv.bsky.social @patrickmineault.bsky.social Hannah Bayer
📸: @mohebial.bsky.social
Grateful for a week of learning from & being in community with fellow early career profs & amazing facilitators @gunnarblohm.bsky.social @kordinglab.bsky.social @meganakpeters.bsky.social @yaelniv.bsky.social @patrickmineault.bsky.social Hannah Bayer
📸: @mohebial.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
#Neuro4Pros 4ever 🧠🤓
Grateful for a week of learning from & being in community with fellow early career profs & amazing facilitators @gunnarblohm.bsky.social @kordinglab.bsky.social @meganakpeters.bsky.social @yaelniv.bsky.social @patrickmineault.bsky.social Hannah Bayer
📸: @mohebial.bsky.social
Grateful for a week of learning from & being in community with fellow early career profs & amazing facilitators @gunnarblohm.bsky.social @kordinglab.bsky.social @meganakpeters.bsky.social @yaelniv.bsky.social @patrickmineault.bsky.social Hannah Bayer
📸: @mohebial.bsky.social
Come join us at UMD as an MRI Tech! Feel free to share wide if you know suitable candidates - great opportunity for new grads with a Bachelor's degree and an interest in MRI research.
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMCP/job/Uni...
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMCP/job/Uni...
MRI Tech/Faculty Specialist
Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: The Maryland Neuroimaging Center (MNC) is the home for neuroimaging research at the University of Maryland, www.mnc.umd.edu. The center brings...
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July 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Come join us at UMD as an MRI Tech! Feel free to share wide if you know suitable candidates - great opportunity for new grads with a Bachelor's degree and an interest in MRI research.
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMCP/job/Uni...
umd.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UMCP/job/Uni...
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#CPConf2025 looking forward to seeing you at our symposium tomorrow on cognitive map biases across psychopathology.
The design choice is a combination of first-year PI + addressing post-lunch fatigue. Here you go...!
with the inimitable @mgarvert.bsky.social, @carocharp.bsky.social & Matt Nour.
The design choice is a combination of first-year PI + addressing post-lunch fatigue. Here you go...!
with the inimitable @mgarvert.bsky.social, @carocharp.bsky.social & Matt Nour.
July 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
#CPConf2025 looking forward to seeing you at our symposium tomorrow on cognitive map biases across psychopathology.
The design choice is a combination of first-year PI + addressing post-lunch fatigue. Here you go...!
with the inimitable @mgarvert.bsky.social, @carocharp.bsky.social & Matt Nour.
The design choice is a combination of first-year PI + addressing post-lunch fatigue. Here you go...!
with the inimitable @mgarvert.bsky.social, @carocharp.bsky.social & Matt Nour.
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhD
💥New postdoc position! 💥
Join us to explore how people learn from each other—and how that drives cultural evolution.
Run experiments, build computational models & collaborate across Europe w. @lucasmolleman.bsky.social
📍 Stockholm
More info: shorturl.at/CY4wk
Join us to explore how people learn from each other—and how that drives cultural evolution.
Run experiments, build computational models & collaborate across Europe w. @lucasmolleman.bsky.social
📍 Stockholm
More info: shorturl.at/CY4wk
Postdoctoral Researcher in psychology/cognitive science with focus on social learning and cultural evolution
Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? The Mechanisms of Social Behavior lab at the Karolinska Institutet (PI: Björn Lindström) in Stockholm, Sweden is seeking a highly qualified
shorturl.at
June 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
💥New postdoc position! 💥
Join us to explore how people learn from each other—and how that drives cultural evolution.
Run experiments, build computational models & collaborate across Europe w. @lucasmolleman.bsky.social
📍 Stockholm
More info: shorturl.at/CY4wk
Join us to explore how people learn from each other—and how that drives cultural evolution.
Run experiments, build computational models & collaborate across Europe w. @lucasmolleman.bsky.social
📍 Stockholm
More info: shorturl.at/CY4wk
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🌟 Research Assistant opportunity 🌟
I'm looking for an RA to support research @thechbh.bsky.social on social information seeking and decision making, including fMRI and MEG 🧠
Details: tinyurl.com/chbh-ra-uob
Deadline: 20th July ⏳
Start: From September 🗓️
Please share 🔁
I'm looking for an RA to support research @thechbh.bsky.social on social information seeking and decision making, including fMRI and MEG 🧠
Details: tinyurl.com/chbh-ra-uob
Deadline: 20th July ⏳
Start: From September 🗓️
Please share 🔁
Research Associate - School of Psychology - 104433 - Grade 6
The role is to provide Research Assistant services to Dr Jo Cutler for her projects on social decision-making and information seeking. Tasks include helping with participant recruitment and testing, c...
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June 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🌟 Research Assistant opportunity 🌟
I'm looking for an RA to support research @thechbh.bsky.social on social information seeking and decision making, including fMRI and MEG 🧠
Details: tinyurl.com/chbh-ra-uob
Deadline: 20th July ⏳
Start: From September 🗓️
Please share 🔁
I'm looking for an RA to support research @thechbh.bsky.social on social information seeking and decision making, including fMRI and MEG 🧠
Details: tinyurl.com/chbh-ra-uob
Deadline: 20th July ⏳
Start: From September 🗓️
Please share 🔁
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At @rldmdublin2025.bsky.social this week? Check out our social learning workshop from @amritalamba.bsky.social and I tomorrow! Inc. talks from @natashajaques.bsky.social, @nitalon.bsky.social, @carocharp.bsky.social, @kartikchandra.bsky.social & more!
Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/rldm202...
Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/rldm202...
RLDM2025SocInfWorkshop
// RLDM 2025 Workshop \\
Reinforcement learning as a model of social behaviour and inference: progress and pitfalls
12.06.2025 // 9am-1pm
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June 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
At @rldmdublin2025.bsky.social this week? Check out our social learning workshop from @amritalamba.bsky.social and I tomorrow! Inc. talks from @natashajaques.bsky.social, @nitalon.bsky.social, @carocharp.bsky.social, @kartikchandra.bsky.social & more!
Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/rldm202...
Full schedule: sites.google.com/view/rldm202...
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhD
Gut wrenching essay about trainees by Daphna Shohamy (Director of Columbia's Zuckerman Neuroscience Institute).
"let’s be clear: It isn’t institutions that are being punished. It’s the researchers who are the future of science in this country ..." 💔
www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/u...
"let’s be clear: It isn’t institutions that are being punished. It’s the researchers who are the future of science in this country ..." 💔
www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/u...
What am I supposed to say to this generation of young scientists?
Undermining the future of American science is not a path to accountability — it’s a path to decline.
www.statnews.com
May 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Gut wrenching essay about trainees by Daphna Shohamy (Director of Columbia's Zuckerman Neuroscience Institute).
"let’s be clear: It isn’t institutions that are being punished. It’s the researchers who are the future of science in this country ..." 💔
www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/u...
"let’s be clear: It isn’t institutions that are being punished. It’s the researchers who are the future of science in this country ..." 💔
www.statnews.com/2025/05/07/u...
And it's worth "plumbing" (pun intended) the depth of our minds! #sans2025 @kevinochsner.bsky.social
“Science is a smart, low cost investment. The costs of not investing in it are higher than the risk of doing so… talk to people about science.” - @kevinochsner.bsky.social makes his case to the field #sans2025
April 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
And it's worth "plumbing" (pun intended) the depth of our minds! #sans2025 @kevinochsner.bsky.social
The Social Learning and Decisions lab is represented at #SANS2025.
Come check out our posters from two amazing first-year graduate students!
Come check out our posters from two amazing first-year graduate students!
April 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The Social Learning and Decisions lab is represented at #SANS2025.
Come check out our posters from two amazing first-year graduate students!
Come check out our posters from two amazing first-year graduate students!
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhD
Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost.
www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...
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www.training.nih.gov
April 10, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Great news: NIH postbac program is recruiting again! If your grad school plans were affected by program cutbacks or admissions freezes this year I highly encourage you to apply, this could be a perfect opportunity. Please repost.
www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...
www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...
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The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
Cancelled NIH grant information submission form
Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025.
Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
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March 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
The crush of new grant cancellations hasn't let up.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
If your grant was terminated (or your app was pulled) please use this Google Form👇 to submit details for tracking purposes.
Multiple advocacy efforts are moving forward, but we must must must know more about what grants were cancelled and why.
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhD
Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
February 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
🚨This should be amplified!!
Study sections and council meetings are still being cancelled despite the court order unblocking NIH freezes, effectively halting any new research grant from being funded: www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
Study sections and council meetings are still being cancelled despite the court order unblocking NIH freezes, effectively halting any new research grant from being funded: www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze
NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...
www.thetransmitter.org
February 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
🚨This should be amplified!!
Study sections and council meetings are still being cancelled despite the court order unblocking NIH freezes, effectively halting any new research grant from being funded: www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
Study sections and council meetings are still being cancelled despite the court order unblocking NIH freezes, effectively halting any new research grant from being funded: www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhD
Over the past few weeks, science funding in the U.S. has become shrouded in uncertainty. Ten trainees with diversity-based funding share how the changes are affecting their research and career plans.
By @avaskham.bsky.social @claudia-lopez.bsky.social @callimcflurry.bsky.social
bit.ly/42Wifxr
By @avaskham.bsky.social @claudia-lopez.bsky.social @callimcflurry.bsky.social
bit.ly/42Wifxr
‘A gut punch:’ How U.S. neuroscience trainees are grappling with diversity-based funding flux
Ten trainees spoke with The Transmitter about how the precarious state of U.S. federal funding is affecting their research and career plans.
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February 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Over the past few weeks, science funding in the U.S. has become shrouded in uncertainty. Ten trainees with diversity-based funding share how the changes are affecting their research and career plans.
By @avaskham.bsky.social @claudia-lopez.bsky.social @callimcflurry.bsky.social
bit.ly/42Wifxr
By @avaskham.bsky.social @claudia-lopez.bsky.social @callimcflurry.bsky.social
bit.ly/42Wifxr
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhD
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025!
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide!
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
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From reddit: a letter from a postdoc who survived the Bolsonaro years. This is helpful framing for how to science in this administration. 🧪
www.reddit.com/r/labrats/s/...
www.reddit.com/r/labrats/s/...
From the labrats community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the labrats community
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February 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
From reddit: a letter from a postdoc who survived the Bolsonaro years. This is helpful framing for how to science in this administration. 🧪
www.reddit.com/r/labrats/s/...
www.reddit.com/r/labrats/s/...
Devastating is an understatement. Please take action! This article has a template of what you can write to your representatives: fromthescienceclass.substack.com/p/biomedical...
February 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Devastating is an understatement. Please take action! This article has a template of what you can write to your representatives: fromthescienceclass.substack.com/p/biomedical...
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhD
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
Reposted by Caroline Charpentier, PhD
🚨 Clinicians have noted for decades how planning & anxiety are linked. Yet, computational psychiatry thus far failed to show how. Here, I explain that we need to broaden how we model planning to reveal its *biases* in chronic anxiety. A 🧵 on the framework 1/n
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kAJC4sIRv...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kAJC4sIRv...
November 27, 2024 at 2:27 PM
🚨 Clinicians have noted for decades how planning & anxiety are linked. Yet, computational psychiatry thus far failed to show how. Here, I explain that we need to broaden how we model planning to reveal its *biases* in chronic anxiety. A 🧵 on the framework 1/n
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kAJC4sIRv...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1kAJC4sIRv...
Exciting!!!
#SANS2025 will feature two debates! First Damien Fair will debate @thaliawheatley.bsky.social about the usefulness of large consortia vs. small bespoke studies, then @mohammadatari.bsky.social will debate @markthornton.bsky.social about caution vs. acceleration in applying AI to social neuroscience!
November 24, 2024 at 2:16 PM
Exciting!!!
Come be our new colleague in Computational Psych/Cog Sci/Neuro at UMD Psychology.
More details and apply here: ejobs.umd.edu/postings/120948
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #compneurosky #psychjob #cpsy
More details and apply here: ejobs.umd.edu/postings/120948
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #compneurosky #psychjob #cpsy
Assistant or Associate Professor
The Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in computational psychology, computational c...
ejobs.umd.edu
July 23, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Come be our new colleague in Computational Psych/Cog Sci/Neuro at UMD Psychology.
More details and apply here: ejobs.umd.edu/postings/120948
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #compneurosky #psychjob #cpsy
More details and apply here: ejobs.umd.edu/postings/120948
#PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #compneurosky #psychjob #cpsy