Postdoctoral Research Associate

Dr. Katherine SF Damme is hiring a full-time Post-Doctoral Research Associate for her new lab in the School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (BBS) at the University of Texas at Dallas. The lab’s research focuses on leveraging neurodevelopment in childhood and adolescence to understand the risks of mental illness and how to promote healthy transitions to adulthood. Currently, we are running several projects with typically developing and clinical risk populations (e.g., psychosis, depression) focusing on hormones, neurodevelopment, biomarkers, and scale development. We use a wide variety of behavioral, modeling, and neuroimaging techniques. Join our team and be involved with writing up data from all of these great and innovative multimodal studies.

The Post-Doc will provide technical, analytic, and administrative assistance supporting various research projects and will be responsible for the evaluation and interpretation of research data, and for planning and executing the details of analyses according to research proposals.

This position will provide experiences in publishing, grant writing, graduate/undergraduate mentorship, and more which will prepare a fellow for an Assistant Professor position.

The anticipated start date for this position is Fall 2026. This is an ideal position for someone interested in building more skills before applying for an assistant professor position in the next few years. You will get in-depth experience in multidisciplinary research and intensive neuroimaging training, build data skills, publish papers, attend conferences, and make connections with a number of different psychopathology and neuroscience research groups.

Ph.D in a related field.
Candidates who have successfully completed all requirements for the Ph.D. but whose degree has not yet been formally conferred may be eligible to begin employment provided they submit an official letter from the Registrar or Graduate School of the degree-granting institution certifying that all doctoral requirements have been satisfied and specifying the expected date of conferral. Appointment and continued employment are contingent upon formal conferral of the Ph.D.

To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 117.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.

Work will be performed on-site and in person.

This position may be subject to occasional travel for conferences, training, and development, or for other project needs.
What We Can Offer
UT Dallas is an Equal Opportunity Employer with an employee-friendly and supportive work environment. Our comprehensive compensation and benefits package that is effective as of your hire date includes:

All UT Dallas employees have access to various professional development opportunities, including a membership to Academic Impressions, LinkedIn Learning, and UT Dallas Bright Leaders Program.

Visit https://hr.utdallas.edu/employees/benefits/ for more information.

Questions about the position may be directed to Dr. Katherine SF Damme
([email protected]).

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