This position has been filled – 1 Jan 2025

The CVN lab is looking to hire a postdoc for a two-year position at the University of Alabama, department of Biological sciences.

Keywords: neurodegenerative disease model, large animal model, immunohistochemistry, stereology, animal behavior, biomechanics, RNA-seq

Salary meets NIH standards and comes with benefits.

The Comparative Vertebrate Neurodegeneration lab, led by Dr. Nicole Ackermans at the University of Alabama, is recruiting a postdoc in neuroscience. Start date is flexible.

The main focus of our group is to better understand traumatic brain injury (TBI) and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) using goat headbutting as a model for human repetitive head injury.

You should be able to create and run experimental protocols from data collection to publication. Experience in neuroscience beneficial, as is fluent English. This position is supported for two years. The successful candidate will have a doctoral degree when finalizing the contract.

Dr. Ackermans’ mentorship style focuses on guiding lab members towards their goals and supports career development opportunities while maintaining a healthy work/life balance. This lab is an intentional safe space for historically excluded minorities in STEM, but applicants are encouraged to check local legislature with regards to their specific situation. Applicants from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged! International applicants are also encouraged!

The University of Alabama is an R1 public universities and the nationwide leader for enrollment of National Merit Scholars. Tuscaloosa is a metropolitan area of over 250,000, with a moderate climate, an innovative and progressive community with an excellent quality of life and low cost of living. It offers exceptional educational, cultural, sports, and recreational opportunities to faculty and their families. Tuscaloosa also provides easy access to tremendous biodiversity, and is one hour from Birmingham, three hours from Atlanta, and five hours from the gulf coast. 

Applications are being continuously reviewed until the position is filled.

For more information please contact me at nlackermans [at] ua [dot] edu

Official UA job posting coming soon