Application To Be a Research Assistant in
Sara Mednick’s Sleep and Cognition Lab
The Mednick lab studies the effects of sleep and drugs on learning and memory.
Research Assistants in the lab may be involved in any aspects of experiments,
including recruiting and screening potential subjects, running human subjects in
experimental procedures (informed consent, psychophysics, polysomnography),
data coding and analysis, and helping with other needed tasks. The required time
commitment is 12 hours/week for at least 1 year (4 quarters). You must be willing to
occasionally work overnight in the lab. After a probationary period, you can register
for 2-4 credits per quarter, S/NC. If you are interested, please type in the
information below and email the application and your resume as attachments to
Agata Szwaykowska (agata.szwaykowska@ucr.edu) We will contact you in the
near future if we think you are a good candidate for our lab. Thanks!
Name & Student ID#:
Today’s Date:
Phone and email:
Major and quarter you expect to graduate:
Cumulative GPA:
Total Hours Available/Week:
List Relevant Courses (include Psychology, Computer Science, and Engineering if
you have taken them) with grades:
Highlight quarters in which you are available (minimum commitment = 4 quarters):
Winter ‘15
Spring ‘16
Summer ‘16
Fall ‘16
Winter ‘16
Spring ‘17
Summer ‘17
Fall ‘17
Winter ‘17
Spring ‘18
Summer ‘18
Fall ‘18
Winter ‘18
Please describe any prior research experience. Why you are interested in working
in a research lab? Also, why are you interested in the SaC Lab?