Postdoctoral Fellow
Core
Lead a research project to uncover the organizing principles of Hofstenia's unique diffuse brain and how distributed neural circuits generate computation and behavior.
Role type
Postdoctoral Fellow (Systems Neuroscience)
Builds
Research insights into neural architecture, circuit activity, and behavioral control in non-model species.
Domain
Neuroscience / Evolutionary Biology / Marine Invertebrates
Deliverable
research
Required skills
neural recordings, high-dimensional data analysis, coding, genetic methods for cell labeling and perturbation, experimental design, scientific writing
Preferred skills
behavior analysis methods, marine invertebrate experience
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
lead a project on systems neuroscience in Hofstenia, develop experimental and analysis methods to visualize circuit architecture and record neural activity, ensure reproducibility of findings, collaborate with lab members and external colleagues, mentor graduate students, report findings at meetings and conferences, write peer-reviewed articles
Seniority
Postdoctoral Fellow