Behavioral Neuroscience Research: Brain Maps & Addiction

The University of Texas at El Paso; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent fringe benefits

Job summary

The University of Texas at El Paso is seeking a non-tenure-track Research Assistant Professor in Behavioral Neuroscience in El Paso, TX. This role involves conducting rat behavioral experiments, analyzing data, and contributing to a digital atlas of brain reward circuits.

Candidates must hold a Ph.D. and have experience in behavioral neuroscience, with opportunities for mentoring and collaboration within an interdisciplinary team. The position is renewable up to 3 years based on performance and funding.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience using Brain Maps 4.0 to register data.
• Hands-on experience in operant or appetitive conditioning experiments.
• Established record of in-vivo experimental research evidenced by publications.

Responsibilities

• Design and conduct rat behavioral experiments for substance use disorders.
• Analyze behavioral data and characterize reward-related phenotypes.
• Collaborate on multi-modal data integration and atlas development.

Skills

Behavioral neuroscience

Rat stereotaxic surgery

In-vivo experimental research

Team collaboration

Experimental data analysis

Education

Ph.D. in behavioral neuroscience or related field

Tools

Brain Maps 4.0

Python

MATLAB

R

Job description

The University of Texas at El Paso is seeking a non-tenure-track Research Assistant Professor in Behavioral Neuroscience in El Paso, TX. This role involves conducting rat behavioral experiments, analyzing data, and contributing to a digital atlas of brain reward circuits.

Candidates must hold a Ph.D. and have experience in behavioral neuroscience, with opportunities for mentoring and collaboration within an interdisciplinary team. The position is renewable up to 3 years based on performance and funding.