Research Associate-Fixed Term

The research group led by Dr. Qingguang Zhang in the Department of Physiology at Michigan State University is currently accepting applications for a full-time postdoctoral Research Associate-Fixed Term position. 

The research in Dr. Zhang’s lab focuses on delineating the pathways that regulate normal brain hemodynamics and further determining how regulatory networks are perturbed in aging, stroke, development, and other neurodegenerative diseases. We utilize a variety of approaches including optical imaging (spectroscopy, two-photon imaging, fiberphotometry), electrophysiology, molecular tools (optogenetics, DREADDs) and computational modeling to study these questions in mouse model. For more information about the lab and our research interests, please visit zhanglabmsu.github.io. 

Responsibilities will include training and supervision of graduate/undergraduate students in their research as well as contributing to technical publications and proposals. The candidate will have extensive opportunities to publish, and access to exceptional resources to facilitate their independent research.  

This is a limited term position funded for one year from date of hire with reappointment contingent on satisfactory performance and available funding. The position provides salary commensurate with experience. 

The salary range has been established by NIH guidelines. You can review them at https://www.niaid.nih.gov/grants-contracts/salary-cap-stipends. The salary of the finalist(s) selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty, and training. Your total compensation goes beyond the number on your paycheck. Michigan State University and the Zhang Lab provide generous leave, health plans, and retirement contributions that add to your bottom line. 

Candidates should have obtained a Ph.D. degree in the field of biomedical engineering, physiology, neuroscience or related before the first day of employment. The candidate should have evidence of prior productive scientific work in the form of publications in peer-reviewed journals.  

The Department of Physiology and Division of Pathology Division have significant teaching and research missions. The position works with a global community of internationally recognized scholars from diverse nationalities, ethnicities, and backgrounds; two large undergraduate majors (Physiology and Neuroscience) with approximately 1,200 majors combined; the Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology (MCIP) graduate program, popularly combined with professional degrees (MD, DO, DVM); and vibrant research programs in areas such as cancer biology, cardiac pathophysiology, diabetes and obesity, gastrointestinal health and disease, immunity and tissue inflammation, musculoskeletal diseases, molecular metabolism and disease, and neuroscience. 

The discipline of physiology is uniquely positioned among the biomedical sciences to span the gulf between exploring the most fundamental aspects of biology and the most practical and applied problems of human and animal health. Faculty in the Physiology Department at Michigan State University work to understand how the vast array of molecular and cellular events successfully integrate to define the phenomenon of human existence.  

The Physiology Department Mission: 

• Identify factors and molecules that promote health and disease. 
• Understand mechanisms of disease progression. 
• Improve overall human and animal health through identification of novel therapeutic targets and treatments. 
• Train future scientists in state-of-the-art physiology concepts & approaches.  

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