Postdoctoral Associate

George Washington University, United States

Updated: 2 months ago
Location: Washington, PENNSYLVANIA
Deadline: 31 Mar 2024

Posting Details

Please see Special Instructions for more details on GW jobs website.
Appointments are limited-term and are designed for those who have recently received a doctorate. Appointments are made to academic departments with the approval of the department head and may require senior officer approval. Appointments are usually for not less than one term and are normally not renewed beyond a total of five years. This appointment is not intended for long-term, indefinite, or career appointments.


I. POSITION INFORMATION


Job Description Summary:
GW has everything you need to succeed in discovery. Outstanding research , state-of-the-art facilities and world-class faculty support discovery and innovative solutions. Researchers and faculty across campus advance interdisciplinary and emerging research and scholarship. Our active GW Postdoctoral Association welcomes your engagement in social and professional activities as you join our research teams. Research guides, coding and data management solutions as well as extensive online journals from GW Libraries help to guide your study. The Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR) supports the research infrastructure and facilitates several institutional research initiatives .
This position is for an NSF-funded Postdoctoral Scientist to participate in interdisciplinary research on a project titled “Foundations of Learning: Individual Variation, Plasticity, and Evolution”. This research is based in the GW Laboratory for Evolutionary Neuroscience. The postdoc will conduct multi-disciplinary analyses of brain histological data and transcriptomics data. The position requires a PhD in anthropology, biology, neuroscience, genetics, or a related field, and expertise in neuroscience techniques, image analysis, bioinformatics, or molecular biology skills. The postdoc will also assist with writing reports and publications, and training students.
Postdocs will design, organize and conduct specialized and advanced experiments using established scientific protocols, troubleshoot and design new protocols, summarize findings and publish results in research journals, under the general supervision of a faculty member. In some cases, postdocs will assume general responsibility for general scientific operations in the lab, and/or provide supervision and guidance to laboratory staff, trainees, and other researchers.
Duties:
  • Develop and manage the project pipeline together with collaborators, and curate project samples.
  • Develop and test laboratory protocols.
  • Generate neuroanatomical data, and optimize related protocols.
  • Statistical analysis of data.
  • Help oversee student research in the lab.
  • Write up results of experiments and present results to other researchers.


A Postdoctoral Associate:
  • holds a PhD or equivalent degree;
  • develops skills by participating in scholarly projects that are actively mentored by a member of the university faculty;
  • receives financial support in the form of a salary that is typically funded by grants, contracts or departmental funds secured by a faculty mentor; and
  • has a limited term of up to five years at GW.

In collaboration with experienced researchers, this role will participate in the planning and conduction of discovery research, data analysis and interpretation, preparation of materials for publication, presentations at conferences and meetings, and may develop new theories and methodologies. This role can expect timely advice as to research directions and career planning for a future independent career.
Performs other related duties as assigned. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position.
Special Instructions to the Applicant:
Appointments are limited-term and are designed for those who have recently received a doctorate. Appointments are made to academic departments with the approval of the department head and may require senior officer approval. Appointments are usually for not less than one term and are normally not renewed beyond a total of five years. This appointment is not intended for long-term, indefinite, or career appointments.
Minimum Qualifications
Qualified candidates will hold a Doctoral degree or comparable doctoral degree in a related discipline. Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position.
Desired Qualifications:
Typical Hiring Range Commensurate with Experience

II. POSITION INFORMATION


Posting Number P010015
Job Open Date 02/07/2024
Job Close Date 03/31/2024
Part-time / Full-time PF Post Doc Full Time Exempt
Total Hours per Week 40
Work Schedule Mon-Fri, 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Campus Location Foggy Bottom, Washington, D.C.
College/School/Department:
Expected duration of appointment 3 Years
Position Designation
Special Instructions to Applicants
Employees in this subfamily are responsible for designing and conducting experiments in a controlled laboratory setting. Duties may include performing experiments, collecting, analyzing and reporting data.
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