Opportunities
A. Prospective postdocs:
Please send your CV and a brief description of your research experience and interests to Dr. Fernández, at fernanm@iu.edu
B. Prospective Ph.D students:
If you are interested in joining us as a graduate student, the first step is to apply to the Genome, Cell and Developmental Biology (GCDB) Graduate Program at IU. The application deadline for the GCDB program is December 1 each year. All the details can be found here.
Alternatively, you can apply for admission into the Neuroscience Graduate Program or the Graduate Program in Animal Behavior. To join our lab through either of those programs, students should also apply to GCDB.
If you have already been accepted into one of these Ph.D programs and you’re interested in rotating in the lab, please contact Dr. Fernández.
C. Undergraduate research opportunities:
1-Informatics / Computer Science / Engineering students or Biology/ Animal Behavior students. The main projects involve working with and expanding tools such as DeepLabCut and SLEAP to automatically track animal behavior. Experience with Python is required.
https://www.mackenziemathislab.org/deeplabcut
2- Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students. To join our lab in the context of an Honors degree L490 project please first contact your academic advisor.
Please note that if you use an LLM to generate your letter, it may include generic phrases or repeated wording that appears in many applications. This can make the letter less personal and less effective and reduce the likelihood that the applicant will be invited for an interview. We encourage you to use your own voice so that your application stands out and better reflects your interests and strengths.