Postdoctoral Research Scholar

The University of Iowa Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics (in collaboration with the Dept. of Psychiatry) is seeking a candidate for a postdoctoral scholar position. The successful candidate will be expected to conduct highly technical in vivo neurophysiology and behavioral experiments and participate in largescale multidisciplinary collaborations. Excellent communication (written and verbal) and project management skills will be essential. Preferred areas of expertise include experimental design in models of early life stress including maternal separation and adolescent social isolation, experience with stress paradigms such as social defeat stress and variable stress, expertise in rodent behavioral assays such as social interaction and effort-related reward choice tasks, sex differences behavioral assays, experience in fMRI, neurophysiology or both, and a track record of success in working and communicating across multiple disciplines.

The position requires the academic knowledge of a discipline generally associated with a Doctoral degree in Neuroscience or an equivalent professional degree.