Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

[Arghya Mukherjee]

The Mukherjee Laboratory at the Center for Brain Research in Development, Genetics and Engineering (BRIDGE) invites applications for a fully funded postdoctoral fellowship. We are a collaborative and interdisciplinary team investigating the neural circuits underlying cognitive control functions and their disruption in psychiatric disorders. Our work specifically focuses on the functional maturation of cognitive control circuits across adolescence and their fidelity in rodent and tree shrew models of neurodevelopmental, psychiatric and substance use disorders.

Learn More about our research: https://www.research.chop.edu/mukherjee-laboratory

Position Overview

The successful candidate will lead innovative projects exploring how experiences and neural plasticity shape cognition, with the ultimate goal of informing new therapies for early intervention.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• PhD or MD/PhD in neuroscience,  physics,  mathematics , engineering, or computer science
• Demonstrable expertise in at least one of the following:
  1. in vivo electrophysiology in freely behaving animals
  2. 1P, 2P or fiber photometry based imaging
  3. Survival brain surgery in rodents or other mammals
  4. sn-RNA sequencing
  5. Brain-wide connectivity mapping
  6. Closed-loop optogenetics
  7. Computational modeling of neural /  behavioral data
• Publication record 
• Programming experience (MATLAB or Python)

Key Responsibilities

• Design, perform, and analyze experiments in collaboration with the PI
• Publish research findings and write expert reviews
• Contribute data to grant applications
• Lead and support interdisciplinary collaborations
• Mentor graduate and undergraduate trainees
• Maintain rigorous laboratory standards, protocols, and data management practices
• Contribute towards a positive and welcoming atmosphere in the laboratory

Why Join Us

• Gain training in systems neuroscience techniques and concepts
• Personalized mentorship from the PI to foster independence and career growth
• Hands-on training in grant writing and experimental design
• Opportunities to publish in high-impact journals and present at leading conferences
• Access to cutting-edge neuroscience resources at CHOP and UPenn
• Experience an exceptional scientific community across CHOP and UPenn
• Access to career development workshops and training grants across the CHOP/UPenn ecosystem

Application Instructions

Interested applicants should send the following to Dr. Mukherjee at mukhe...@chop.edu:

• A cover letter (1-2 pages) describing research interests and experience
• Curriculum vitae (with a list of publications)
• Contact information for three references (email addresses only)

Salary begins at $67000 plus benefits and is commensurate with experience. For more information see: https://www.research.chop.edu/services/hiring-a-postdoctoral-fellow.