Postdoctoral Scholar

Submitted: 03/11/2025
Submitted By: Callum F Ross
Department: Organismal Biology and Anatomy
Institution: University of Chicago
Job type: Postdoc
Apply by: 07/01/2025
Application Email: rossc@uchicago.edu
Application URL:

Postdoctoral Scholar Position Open in the Ross Lab

Anatomy and Evolutionary Biomechanics

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to serve as a Teaching Assistant in the Human Body Course for first year medical students in the Pritzker School of Medicine and to work on research projects in evolutionary biomechanics. The Human Body course includes gross anatomy, histology and medical imaging delivered in lectures and laboratories. The evolutionary biomechanics research projects focus on musculoskeletal systems and emphasize feeding systems in mammals, but locomotor projects are also involved. Experience with neural data analysis, XROMM, finite element modeling and/or geometric morphometrics would be valuable.

The postdoc will have the opportunity to teach human anatomy to medical students in lecture and laboratory settings and to work with members of the Ross Lab and other labs in the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy. They will have access to XROMM, micro-CT and animal resources.

Applicants should have taught anatomy, preferably to medical students, with emphasis on dissection based instruction. They must have a PhD in hand at the start date (July 1, 2025), have demonstrated success at independent research, including collection and analysis of in vivo data, morphometric data, and or/ computational modeling.

Motivated candidates should submit a curriculum vitae and a statement of research goals to Dr. Callum Ross at rossc@uchicago.edu.

Additional information for postdocs in the University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division can be found at https://bsdpostdoc.uchicago.edu/. This position is benefits-eligible, and information regarding benefits can be found at https://clients.garnett-powers.com/pd/uchicago/.

Compensation in the Biological Sciences Division follows the NIH NRSA Stipend scale. The salary range for this position is $61,008 – $70,000.

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