Postdoctoral Position — Boston University Center for Systems Neuroscience Distinguished Fellow

Deadline: January 20, 2026

Description

One postdoctoral position is available as a Center for Systems Neuroscience Distinguished Fellow at Boston University for new applicants with extensive experience in cutting-edge systems neuroscience methodologies in animal models or humans (e.g., calcium or voltage imaging, optogenetics, recording of large populations of individual neurons, labeling of cell-type specific populations of neurons, structural and functional human neuroimaging, fNIRS, EEG/ERP, advanced data analysis, and computational modeling).

Funding is available for a candidate at the postdoctoral level to work for two years as a CSN Distinguished Fellow with faculty from our neuroscience community in any college at Boston University and to apply for continued funding beyond the fellowship period.

Application Process

Potential candidates should be recruited by one or two individual faculty members in the Boston University Center for Systems Neuroscience. The faculty member can then submit the candidate’s CV and a one-page description of an innovative research project using new technology to the Distinguished Fellow program for selection.

This fellowship is not intended as bridge funding for postdoctoral fellows already at Boston University. It is designed for new postdoctoral fellows who will continue working at BU after the two-year seed funding period.

Applications should be submitted to the CSN administrator at junshen@bu.edu. Review of applications by the CSN Executive Committee will begin on January 20, 2026, with a start date in summer 2026 or as appropriate.

These postdoctoral funds provide up to two years of support, emphasizing the use or development of new technologies in faculty laboratories, with the expectation that candidates will pursue further funding to continue their research at Boston University.

Requirements

Candidates should have extensive experience in the development and use of cutting-edge methodologies in systems neuroscience (animal models or humans), including techniques such as calcium or voltage imaging, optogenetics, population-level neuronal recording, structural/functional neuroimaging, fNIRS, EEG/ERP, advanced data analysis, and computational modeling.

Candidates must hold a PhD in a neuroscience-related field with publications demonstrating their effective use of innovative methodologies.

Boston University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, age, national origin, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law or identified in the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Retaliation is also prohibited. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor. Under Massachusetts law, we may not require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.