Post Doctoral Fellow - Arble lab

Job Requirements

Earned doctorate (or its foreign equivalent) or appropriate terminal degree. Must possess strong communication and analytical skills; thorough knowledge of laboratory practices and procedures; and the ability to implement research projects.

Responsibilities

• Conducting experiments using mouse models to study circadian, respiratory, metabolic, and/or neural circuit mechanisms.
• Performing physiological and behavioral assays, which may include whole-body plethysmography, light exposure paradigms, circadian activity monitoring, metabolic phenotyping, tissue collection, histology, imaging, and related techniques.
• Developing and troubleshooting experimental protocols in collaboration with the principal investigator and lab members.
• Analyzing physiological, behavioral, and/or imaging data using appropriate statistical and computational approaches.
• Preparing figures, manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and presentations for scientific meetings and peer-reviewed publication.
• Contributing to grant reports, fellowship applications, and new research proposals.
• Helping maintain organized laboratory records, data files, animal protocols, and standard operating procedures.
• Mentoring undergraduate and graduate students in experimental design, data collection, analysis, and scientific communication.
• Participating actively in lab meetings, departmental research activities, and collaborative scientific discussions.
• Supporting a lab culture that values rigor, transparency, inclusion, mentorship, and constructive feedback.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in neuroscience, physiology, biology, circadian biology, metabolism, respiratory physiology, behavioral neuroscience, or a related field.
• Experience with animal research, particularly mouse models.
• Familiarity with physiological or behavioral phenotyping approaches, such as whole-body plethysmography, indirect calorimetry, activity monitoring, sleep/circadian assays, or metabolic testing.
• Interest in circadian biology, environmental light exposure, neural circuits, respiratory control, obesity/metabolism, or non-image-forming visual pathways.
• Experience with histology, immunohistochemistry, microscopy, viral approaches, chemogenetics, or related neural circuit methods.
• Strong quantitative skills and experience analyzing complex biological datasets.
• Familiarity with statistical software or programming environments such as R, Python, MATLAB, Prism, or similar tools.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to prepare manuscripts, abstracts, presentations, and grant-related materials.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a research team.
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and commitment to reproducible research practices.
• Interest in mentoring students and contributing to a supportive training environment.

Benefits

The successful candidate will have opportunities to lead independent projects, develop new technical expertise, mentor undergraduate and graduate trainees, contribute to manuscripts and grant proposals, and participate in a supportive and interdisciplinary research environment.

Pay

Salary commensurate with experience.

Schedule

First Shift (Day)

Contact Information

Marquette University
Department: Biological Sciences
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