Below you will find our postings for technicians, graduate students & postdocs, as well as instructions for how to apply. Before you get to the ads, please take a minute to read the section below.
First, happy people do better science and make better colleagues. Of course everyone wants to be happy, but the nature of science, and scientific evaluation, sometimes makes this hard. I'll work with each lab member so that we can all maintain a sense of pride with our work in the lab, even when experiments or life don't go as planned. Second, one of the core values of the lab is an emphasis on teamwork. Cooperative work has the potential to make individual efforts more fruitful, scientific practice more rigorous, and our many hours spent in the lab more enjoyable. Teamwork in the lab translates to shared authorship, open sharing of our methods, data, and findings, attending summer courses and workshops, and other measures of active engagement with the broader scientific community. Third, teamwork is not incongruent with individual responsibility and career development. To this end, I'll work with each lab member to make sure they develop an individualized career path, network, and scientific reputation. Finally, the communication of our work to the public is a part of our responsibility as government-funded scientists. Engagements with the public (outreach) will be a routine part of our work in the lab.
That's what I can offer. What I expect in return is a willingness to learn and be challenged, a willingness to give and specially to receive critical feedback, and a willingness to respect and champion other lab members.
Relevant to potential graduate students: Graduate school in neuroscience is not a sure path to a professorship in neuroscience. You can do many other jobs that utilize your PhD, but it's important to understand the job landscape before you commit 5+ years of your one and only youth to a PhD. Y
ou should really take your time to consider what scientific questions you want to pursue, and what skills you want to gain. Your PhD thesis topic does not dictate the rest of your research career, but it will shape it. Recognize that you have as much to offer a lab (time and energy, creativity, contribution to lab culture) as a lab has to offer you (salary, mentoring, techniques training, critical thinking and problem solving). So choose a lab that will allow you to grow, scientifically and personally. To this end,
I will actively support all lab members in obtaining positions both within and outside academia. We will have several consultants from the non-academic sector to help interested students with career development.
Open Positions
To apply for any of the positions below: please email me your CV and a short email describing: 1) Your research experience and skillset 2) why you are interested in joining this lab specifically 3) your general goals during your time in the lab and your career goals thereafter. If initial conversations suggest a mutual fit, I will additionally request 2 reference letters.
Lab Manager / Experienced Laboratory Technician: A position is open for a full-time lab manager or experienced technician
. Responsibilities include animal care and behavioral training, assisting lab members with research projects (e.g., collecting and analyzing data) as the need arises, ordering lab supplies and brain sectioning and histology. Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in engineering, neuroscience, or a related field. Prior experience working with research animals is a must. Experience with histology, programming, or analysis of brain data are also desirable. Pay will depend on experience.
Graduate student: We are accepting graduate students through
the Graduate program in Neurobiology & Behavior.
Please get in touch if you're interested. The ideal candidate has a background in engineering, computer science/ML, neuroscience, or psychology and interest in experimental or computational systems neuroscience. Experience with electrophysiology or calcium imaging OR experience with analysis and modeling of neurophysiological data are ideal.
Post-doc/Research Scientist: We are seeking postdoctoral candidates, or senior research scientists, with interest in experimental or computational systems neuroscience. Most projects include both experimental and computational aspects.
Experience with electrophysiology or calcium imaging and computer programming are required. Experience with behavioral quantification or closed-loop control systems is a plus.
Undergraduate student: We have room in the lab for interested undergraduate students from a variety of backgrounds including neuroscience, psychology, animal behavior, physics, engineering, and computer science.