Postdoctoral Associate - Specialist

Job Title:

Postdoctoral Associate
- Specialist

Work Arrangement:
Onsite only

Location:

Houston, TX

Salary Range: $70,000 - $73,000

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Work Schedule:

Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

The laboratory of Dr. Lipshutz in the department of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas is seeking applications for a Postdoctoral Associate
- Specialist position. Postdoctoral Associate
- Specialist will develop, model, and test normative theories of adaptive phenomenon in biological neural networks. They will collaborate with theorists and experimentalists at Baylor College of Medicine, Rice University, and, more broadly, the Texas Medical Center.

• Develop normative models of adaptive computations in biological neural networks and test these models on neural data collected by experimental collaborators.
• Plans, directs, and conducts an advanced research program.
• Reads the relevant background on experimental and theoretical literature.
• Presents findings at conferences and publishes results in research journals.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, Computational Sciences, Computational Biology, Structural Biology, Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Statistics, or related disciplines. May also include Ph.D. in Biology or Biomedical Sciences in combination with an M.S. or extensive multidisciplinary experience in one of the above quantitative fields.

• Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, or related disciplines.
• Strong foundation developing theoretical models is preferred.

Work Authorization Requirement:

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and throughout the duration of employment.

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.