Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Neuroepigenomics

About Fordham

Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its nine colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United Kingdom.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Retirement plans
• Life insurance
• Short and long‑term disability
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Tuition remission
• Generous time off

Position Summary

Reporting to the Principal Investigator, the Postdoctoral Research Scientist will join the neuroepigenetics research team, focusing on hormonal and environmental factors driving sex differences in depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders. The role involves characterizing molecular and cellular changes in the human and rodent brain across different reproductive states and sexes, utilizing advanced epigenomics techniques and bioinformatics data analyses. The incumbent performs bioinformatics analyses of various genomics datasets and interprets data.

Responsibilities

• Analyze genomics experiments including single‑cell multiome ATAC‑seq/RNA‑seq, cell‑type specific ATAC‑seq, RNA‑seq, ChIP‑seq, Hi‑C, and Micro‑C assays
• Lead the dry‑lab team, handling data maintenance, data submission, and communication with sequencing cores and other bioinformatics teams
• Interpret data, present findings at conferences, and prepare manuscripts
• Attend meetings with lab members and collaborators
• Mentor undergraduate and graduate students
• Note: This list is not exhaustive; additional related duties may be assigned as necessary
• Management responsibilities: not responsible for supervision or oversight of others

Requirements

• PhD in biological sciences, computational biology, bioinformatics, or a related field
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work well independently and with others

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in molecular and computational biology, and neuroscience
• Experience in the analysis of transcriptomics and epigenomics data

Pay

Minimum Starting Salary: $67,000.00

Maximum Starting Salary: $70,000.00

Schedule

35 scheduled hours per week

Additional Information

Number of vacancies: 1

Start date: ASAP

Posting date: 09/25/2025

Union status: Non‑union