PhD Opportunities in Physiology in United States

This fellowship-based research opportunity is hosted at the United States Military Academy’s Center for Molecular Science in West Point, New York, within the DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory / ARL Research Associateship Program environment. The project area is broad and interdisciplinary, centered on fundamental and applied research in chemistry, biology, and chemical engineering with strong connections to biotechnology, materials science, human performance, neuroscience, and brain health. The ad...

Andrew Hires at the Department of Neurobiology, University of Southern California is announcing a new PhD program in neuroscience and recruiting the first cohort. The program focuses on questions in neuroscience and neurobiology , including how animals learn, remember, and choose actions; how synapses transmit and stabilize signals; how neural circuits are built, fail in disease, and can be repaired; and how the brain converts sensation into action. Research spans scales from single synapses to ...

Associate Professor Natalie Brito at Columbia University is recruiting a PhD student for the ISLAND Lab. The lab studies early development as a dynamic process between children and the people, places, and systems around them, integrating brain , behavior , physiology , and families’ lived experiences. This is a strong fit for students interested in developmental psychology, neurocognitive development, and interdisciplinary research on child development. The lab highlights collaboration , mentors...

PhD opportunity at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the Pietrasiak Dryland Microbes Lab , School of Life Sciences. This opening is for a PhD in Dryland Soil Ecology within a collaborative, interdisciplinary project focused on cryptic cyanobacterial diversity and the processes that keep dryland ecosystems stable and resilient. The research combines genomics , physiology , and ecological data to discover new cyanobacterial lineages, understand adaptation to extreme environments, and identify...

Two PhD openings are available in the Levis Lab at the University of Arkansas for students interested in eco-evo-devo , evolutionary biology , developmental biology , physiology , ecology , animal behavior , and genetics . The lab is recruiting two PhD students to begin in Spring or Fall 2027 . Students will develop independent dissertation projects in one of two research directions: (1) eco-evo-devo of spadefoot toad physiology, focusing on how developmental mechanisms, diet, competition, and e...

Southern Illinois University’s Multidisciplinary Biomedical & Biological Sciences (MBBS) Graduate Program is accepting applications for research-based MS and PhD study, as well as the non-thesis MS in Biomedical Science . The program spans biomedical and biological sciences with concentration areas including Anatomy & Neurobiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Molecular & Integrative Physiology, Cell Biology, Immunology & Cancer Biology, and Pharmacology & Neuroscience. Applicants should ha...