Postdoctoral Associate

Required Qualifications: (as evidenced by an attached resume)
Doctoral Degree (or foreign equivalent) in Neuroscience or a closely related field in hand by June 2025. Experience with synaptic and neuronal activity, behavioral training, and either imaging or electrophysiology in rodents.

Preferred Qualifications: PhD or MD (or foreign equivalent) in Neuroscience, Psychology, Electrophysiology, or Behavior.

Brief Description of Duties:
The Postdoctoral Associate will assist the Principal Investigator Dr. Arianna Maffei in the department of Neurobiology & Behavior. The incumbent will conduct research and ensure that all experiments are appropriately conducted following the policies and procedures of Stony Brook University. Research will be in the field of Circuit, Systems and Behavioral Neuroscience, executing and analyzing experiments aimed at investigating how sensory experience and learning modulate activity in sensory and limbic areas and influence neuronal and circuit excitability.

* Collect and analyze data, including periodical/literature search and utilizing specialized skills such as electrophysiological recordings, histological procedures, imaging experiments and behavioral experiments to analyze the collected data.

* Participate/assist in manuscript writing for publication in scientific journals and/or presentations. May also assist in grant writing.

* Lab maintenance, including equipment maintenance and ordering of supplies as needed.

* Training of junior investigators and/or students.

* Other duties as assigned, which may include attending Scientific Conferences and Meetings.

Special Notes:
The Research Foundation of SUNY is a private educational corporation. Employment is subject to the Research Foundation policies and procedures, sponsor guidelines and the availability of funding. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption.

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Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.

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The starting salary range (or hiring range) to be offered for this position is noted below, it represents SBU's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.