Postdoctoral Fellow: Human Brain Mapping & Connectomics

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.

Salary : $63,480 - $80,000 a year

Johns Hopkins University:
School of Medicine:
Department of Neuroscience

Description

The Dr. Clay Reid Lab in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Department of Neuroscience is seeking postdoctoral scientists tojoin our team. The postdoctoral scientists will focus on amicroscopy project whose goal is to map the large-scale network ofthe human brain. This new approach, Axonal Connectomics, aims tocreate petascale data sets to trace the trajectories of hundreds of millions of individual axons and will require a broad range of expertise.

Of particular interest are those with experience withhydrogel-based tissue expansion, high-throughput fluorescence imaging (particularly with light-sheet microscopes), data science(particularly with imaging data), and computational analysis of neuronal networks (connectomics).

Qualifications

Required:

• A completed PhD in a related discipline as of the start date ofthis position.

Application Instructions

Interested candidates should submit:

• A brief letter of interest describing your current research interests and background, and your interest in this position
• A curriculum vitae

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Salary Range
The referenced salary range represents the minimum and maximum salaries for this position and is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range.

The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may varyand will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, internal equity, market conditions, education/training and other factors, as reasonably determined by the University.

Total Rewards
Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

Equal Opportunity Employer
The Johns Hopkins University is committed to equal opportunity forits faculty, staff, and students. To that end, the university doesnot discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, marital status,pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age,disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. The University is committed to providing qualified individuals access to all academic and employment programs,benefits and activities on the basis of demonstrated ability,performance and merit without regard to personal factors or demographic characteristics that are irrelevant to the program involved.

Pre-Employment Information
If you are interested in applying for employment with Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation duringany part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment . ForTTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711. For more information about workplace accommodations at Johns Hopkins University for disabilities, medical conditions (including medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), accessibility, or religious reasons, please visit accessibility.jhu.edu

.

Background Checks
After receiving a conditional offer, the successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check including education verification. When deciding whether acandidate’s conviction history is job-disqualifying, the University considers the nature and gravity of the offense, the time that haspassed since the…