Job Description

Graduate Students
We are currently recruiting a PhD student to begin in Fall 2026. Prospective PhD students can apply to join the lab through the Quantitative Biosciences, Biology, or Applied Physiology PhD programs at Georgia Tech – see the School of Biological Sciences website and the program brochure to learn more. The application deadline for all programs is December 1 of each year. If you’re interested, please send an email to armita.manafzadeh@yale.edu with (1) a copy of your CV and (2) a brief summary of your experience, your interests, and their alignment with the lab. The best time to reach out is August-November – yes, before applying! – and sooner is better than later.

The GT graduate student stipend is $39,000 for the 2026-2027 academic year and is tentatively scheduled to increase each year for the next several years. Graduate students in the lab are supported by a combination of Teaching Assistant funding (i.e., your stipend is paid by the School for your work as a TA), Research Assistant funding (i.e., your stipend is paid from lab startup funds or research grants), and fellowships (i.e., you receive an award that pays your own stipend). Prospective graduate students are strongly encouraged to begin applying to external fellowships for which they are eligible now, such as the NSF GRFP, the Simons Graduate Fellowship in Ecology & Evolution, the Hertz Fellowship, the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship, and the DoD NDSEG Fellowship – and will be expected to apply to fellowships after joining the lab.

Postdoctoral Researchers
We are not currently advertising a funded postdoctoral position, but are happy to support applications for postdoctoral fellowships. If you’ve identified a source of fellowship funding and think the lab would be a good home for your postdoctoral research, please send an email to armita.manafzadeh@yale.edu with a copy of your CV, information about the fellowship(s) you’re interested in and their deadlines, and a brief summary of your proposed project and its alignment with our work. The best time to reach out is at least two full months before the application deadline; sooner is better than later.

Some potential postdoctoral fellowship opportunities (eligibility requirements and foci vary) include the NSF PRFB, the Life Sciences Research Foundation Fellowship, the Human Frontier Sciences Program Fellowship, HHMI’s Hannah H. Gray Fellows Program, and various awards through the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.

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