Please read the description of our group and
its objectives,
available online. Our interdisciplinary group seeks to provide training that combines mechanistic
and evolutionary approaches to the study of behavior. Eighteen faculty
members from the Departments of Biology and Psychology and the Programs in Neural Science and Medical Sciences
direct broad and intensive training in ecology and evolution, learning and development, and neuroscience. Focal research
topics include mate choice, sexual behavior, ecology of learning, neural plasticity, communication, orientation and
migration, parental behavior, and development. To clarify the way in which your research may fit with facilities and
ongoing research in the Research Training Group (RTG), we encourage you to contact faculty sponsors in our group
with whom you may wish to work. Be sure to include the names of potential sponsors in your applicaton materials.
Postdoctoral positions begin at $24,500 for 12 months plus fringe benefits and $3,000 research money. We are looking for
people with exceptional research ability who can both profit from our program and contribute to it. Please note that the
role of the postdoctoral assistant in our training program is somewhat different than the typical postdoctoral position.
Because one of our major objectives is to produce broadly trained Ph.D.s, we will ask our postdoctoral fellows to contribute
to the training of our graduate students. This training might take several forms. Postdocs will be asked to serve as a role
model in the performance of interdisciplinary research and to share the skills that they already have. Postdocs will also
be expected to participate in and contribute to the intellectual life of the program, assisting in the organization of the
yearly seminar program, a seminar in professional ethics, and serving in an informal capacity as an advisor to graduate
students. In return, we hope to offer an atmosphere of active, exciting, interdisciplinary exchange and excellent facilities
for research in animal behavior.
Applications will be kept on file for one year and reviewed automatically as positions become available. You may also
reactivate older applications. Please indicate the year you previously applied for this position and provide any necessary
updates or additions to your file. Indiana University
is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer.
Applications by minorities and women are encouraged. United States citizenship is not required.
