Postdoctoral Researcher, Behavioral Neurobiology, Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech

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Position Summary: A postdoctoral position is available in the lab of Dr. Kendra Sewall in the Department of Biological Sciences at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. The candidate will work on a project examining the effect of the ecological and social environment on neural plasticity, communication and social behavior in songbirds. The successful applicant will conduct field and captive research on songbird communication and cognition, as well as histology and bench laboratory work to examine makers of neural plasticity.

Position Duties and Responsibilities: The project will require that the postdoc carrying out field research, which may require periods of travel. Additionally he or she will complete extensive behavioral experiments in captivity including bioacoustics recordings and analysis, and assays of cognition. Finally, the successful candidate will conduct histological work including immunohistochemistry and gene expression studies, in the lab. The aim of the study is to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which environmental factors impact the brain and behavior. The postdoc will be involved in all aspects of the project and thus will receive broad training in field and laboratory methods. The successful applicant will join a group of exceptional researchers in organismal biology, including Drs. Joel McGlothlin, Ignacio Moore, Dana Hawley and Bill Hopkins.

To Apply: Visit www.hr.vt.edu, posting #015965SR.   Attach your cover letter summarizing your professional goals and research interests and your CV.  Please send contact information for at least two professional references to Kendra Sewall (kse...@vt.edu).   Review of applications will begin on August 15, 2014.   Virginia Tech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution. Individuals with disabilities desiring accommodations in the application process should notify the search chair by the review begin date. 

For more information see links below.

the Sewall lab: http://vtsewall.weebly.com/index.html

Virginia Tech Biological Sciences: http://www.biol.vt.edu/index.htm