CareerPlan

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Hillman Lab) Department of Imaging Sciences

Memphis, TN, USFull-time2026-11-09 → 2026-11-10

Core

Developing and applying advanced optical imaging and microscopy methods to study mammalian brain connectivity, cell types, and neurovascular relationships in health and disease.

Role type

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Optical Imaging & Microscopy)

Builds

High-speed 3D microscopy systems, large-scale imaging analysis pipelines, and functional brain imaging datasets.

Domain

Biomedical research / Neuroscience / Optical Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Microscopy development, high-speed 3D imaging, data acquisition, data analysis, experimental design, data modelling

Preferred skills

SCAPE/light-sheet microscopy, two-photon imaging, fluorescence lifetime imaging, vibrational imaging, spatial-omics, digital pathology, wide-field optical mapping

Technologies

SCAPE, light-sheet, two-photon, fluorescence lifetime, vibrational imaging, wide-field optical mapping

Responsibilities

Design and construct high-speed 3D microscopy methods; execute data acquisition and analysis for cell-type characterization; apply wide-field optical mapping to study brain-behavior relationships; contribute to hypothesis-driven experimental design and multi-dimensional dataset modelling.

Seniority

Postdoctoral, independent research with mentorship