Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Neuroepigenomics

Overview

Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its nine colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United Kingdom.

The University offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision insurance; flexible spending accounts; retirement plans; life insurance; short and long-term disability; employee assistance program (EAP); tuition remission; and generous time off. Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit Education.

Title of Position:
Postdoctoral Research Scientist. Reporting to the Principal Investigator, the candidate will be part of the neuroepigenetics research team, focusing on hormonal and environmental factors driving sex differences in depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders.

This position involves characterizing molecular and cellular changes in the human and rodent brain across different reproductive states and across sexes, utilizing advanced epigenomics techniques and bioinformatics data analyses. The incumbent performs bioinformatics analyses of various genomics datasets and interprets data.

• Analyzes genomics experiments including single-cell multiome ATAC-seq/RNA-seq, and cell-type specific ATAC-seq, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, Hi-C, and Micro-C assays.
• Leads the dry lab team and is involved in data maintenance, data submission, and communication with the sequencing cores and other bioinformatics teams.
• Analyzes and interprets data, performs conference presentations, and prepares manuscripts.
• Attends meetings with lab members and collaborators, and mentors undergraduate and graduate students.

This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list. The University may assign additional related duties as necessary.

Not responsible for supervision or oversight of others.

• PhD in biological sciences, computational biology, bioinformatics, or related field.

• Good communication skills
• Ability to work well independently and with others.

• Expertise in molecular and computational biology, and neuroscience.
• Experience in the analysis of transcriptomics and epigenomics data.

Minimum Starting Salary: $67,000.00

Maximum Starting Salary: $70,000.00

Note:

Salary is commensurate with qualifications, experience, and skills.

Is this a Union position? No

Posting Number: A819P

Number of Vacancies: 1

Start Date:

ASAP

Posting Date: 09/25/2025

Fordham University is committed to excellence and welcomes candidates of all backgrounds. Fordham University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Physical Activity:
Sitting, Standing, Walking, Climbing stairs, Reaching overhead, Pulling, pushing. Repetitive hand motion and hearing/listening/talking often. Some lifting up to 20 pounds and occasional exposure to laboratory environments.

Required Documents
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Resume, Cover Letter

Optional Documents

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