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General lab information
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The Mayerl lab is a team environment where all members of the lab are viewed as critical collaborators in science. As such, we are committed to establishing and maintaining a supportive and inclusive community where all members feel respected and valued. In the lab, you will have opportunities to learn a variety of tools in experimental physiology, including X-Ray Reconstruction of Moving Morphology (XROMM), electromyography (EMG), respiratory physiology, and sensorimotor integration. Our work spans both basic and translational approaches, and potential members will gain value from both fields. |
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Lab goals
- Provide an avenue for lab members to feel inspired, welcomed, and supported in the pursuit of novel questions.
- Conduct research that has meaningful impact on improving our society and our understanding of organismal function.
- Produce scientists that are independent, creative, and professional.
- Contribute to making science and academia a more diverse, equitable and inclusive environment.
What will you learn and how will we interact
We are integrative physiologists, and are ever expanding our experimental toolkits. My goal in the lab is to provide students with the background and experience to come up with creative, thoughtfully designed questions, execute those questions through careful experimental design, and then process and analyze data to result in reproducible, accessible scientific manuscripts. The goal of doing so is to curate independent scientists that will be competitive in the job market of their choice.
Students will gain experience with a variety of experimental workflows, and the steps needed to execute those. For example, students will learn how to collect, process, and analyze high - speed biplanar videofluoroscopic data, and learn how to synchronize those data with functional physiologic processes. Students will learn a variety of coding languages in this processes, and through this work will develop a toolset to use throughout their careers.
I am committed to being an accessible, supportive mentor for students, and anticipate interacting with all members of the lab regularly, with an 'open door' policy. I hope to provide clear expectations for students, and provide the tools needed for students to meet those expectations, while being flexible with individual student goals and needs. As a part of this, I am committed to recruiting and supporting students from all lived experiences, and will work to ensure that the lab environment provides an inclusive atmosphere that welcomes students from all racial, ethnic, socioeconomic and gender identity backgrounds.
Students will gain experience with a variety of experimental workflows, and the steps needed to execute those. For example, students will learn how to collect, process, and analyze high - speed biplanar videofluoroscopic data, and learn how to synchronize those data with functional physiologic processes. Students will learn a variety of coding languages in this processes, and through this work will develop a toolset to use throughout their careers.
I am committed to being an accessible, supportive mentor for students, and anticipate interacting with all members of the lab regularly, with an 'open door' policy. I hope to provide clear expectations for students, and provide the tools needed for students to meet those expectations, while being flexible with individual student goals and needs. As a part of this, I am committed to recruiting and supporting students from all lived experiences, and will work to ensure that the lab environment provides an inclusive atmosphere that welcomes students from all racial, ethnic, socioeconomic and gender identity backgrounds.
Still interested?
The lab is currently recruiting Postdoctoral fellows, Ph. D. students, and undergraduate students. See below for information specific to those positions.
Postdoctoral fellows: We are happy and excited to write postdoctoral fellowships with interested applicants (NIH and NSF)! We currently have funding in the lab for one postdoctoral fellow, which is filled.
Graduate students: We are actively recruiting graduate students to join the lab. Graduate students will be supported through both Teaching Assistantships as well as Research Assistantships. The student will assist with the current funding of the Mayerl lab, with the goal to develop their own independent research questions for their dissertation.
Undergraduate students: The lab is currently full for undergraduate students. Undergraduate students should be motivated, and excited to gain experience in scientific research. When space becomes available, Interested students should email Christopher Mayerl ([email protected]) the following materials:
Postdoctoral fellows: We are happy and excited to write postdoctoral fellowships with interested applicants (NIH and NSF)! We currently have funding in the lab for one postdoctoral fellow, which is filled.
Graduate students: We are actively recruiting graduate students to join the lab. Graduate students will be supported through both Teaching Assistantships as well as Research Assistantships. The student will assist with the current funding of the Mayerl lab, with the goal to develop their own independent research questions for their dissertation.
Undergraduate students: The lab is currently full for undergraduate students. Undergraduate students should be motivated, and excited to gain experience in scientific research. When space becomes available, Interested students should email Christopher Mayerl ([email protected]) the following materials:
- A brief introduction to you, why you are interested in the lab, and the types of questions you are interested in.
- What relevant experience you have with scientific research (if any)
- A resume or CV that includes your GPA and any relevant experience or coursework