Postdoctoral Fellowship in Neural Engineering Section, Behavioral Neuroscience Research Branch

The Intramural Research Program (IRP), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), a research component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has junior postdoctoral positions available to conduct research aimed at understanding neural mechanisms of motivated behavior. We seek candidates with experience in areas of behavioral neuroscience, systems neuroscience, or computational neuroscience. The postdocs would be part of a multidisciplinary neural engineering and behavioral neuroscience team to study neural mechanisms of drug self-administration and relapse using miniscope imaging and other methods. The candidate should be self-motivated and is expected to work collaboratively. This opportunity is in Baltimore, MD. The annual stipend is based upon the standard NIH Intramural postdoctoral stipend scale. Interested candidates should submit a CV, statement of research interests, and list of three references to:

Da-Ting Lin, Ph.D. at View email address on click.appcast.io (

Note: This position is open to both U.S. and non-U.S. citizens. Selection for this position will be based solely on merit, with no discrimination for non-merit reasons such as race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, disability, age, or membership or non-membership in an employee organization. The NIH encourages the application and nomination of qualified women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities .

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