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Inside Higher Ed · 1 month ago

Research Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Philadelphia, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

The University of Pennsylvania's Department of Neuroscience is seeking candidates for a Research Assistant Professor position in the non-tenure research track. The role involves developing an independent research program on sleep regulation mechanisms and includes responsibilities for teaching and mentoring graduate students and post-doctoral investigators.

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Responsibilities

Development of an independent research program focused on the circuit-level mechanisms underlying sleep regulation in the mammalian brain

Attract and maintain extramural funding

Training of graduate students and post-doctoral investigators

Qualification

High-density electrophysiologyOptogeneticsComputational analysisBehavioral learning paradigmsVivo electrophysiology

Required

Expertise in state-of-the-art recording and manipulation techniques, including high-density electrophysiology, optogenetics, and computational analysis of neural data

Proficiency with behavioral learning paradigms

Ph.D. or equivalent degree

Distinguished record of scholarship, evidenced by publications on in vivo electrophysiology and on the neural control and function of sleep

Ability to attract and maintain extramural funding

Teaching responsibilities may include training of graduate students and post-doctoral investigators