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Postdoctoral Associate
Position Information
Position Title: Postdoctoral Associate
Department: Neurosurgery
Posting Link: https://apptrkr.com/9775456 ""> https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/63869
Job Type: Full-Time
Posting Detail Information
Position Summary
- The Department of Neurosurgery at the University at Buffalo seeks a
- full-time Postdoctoral Associate to support an interdisciplinary
- research program focused on image-guided navigation for
- neurovascular interventions.The successful candidate will develop
- and evaluate medical robotic systems with artificial intelligence
- capabilities for vascular navigation using catheter and guidewire
- technologies guided by X-ray fluoroscopy and digital subtraction
- angiography (DSA). The candidate will work closely with clinicians,
- engineers, and research collaborators to advance project
- objectives, validate methodologies, achieve project milestones, and
- disseminate findings through publications and presentations.
Specific duties include, but are not limited to:
- Develop robotic components and systems for catheter and guidewire shaping and manipulation.
- Design, prototype, and evaluate electromechanical systems for endovascular navigation applications.
- Develop and evaluate artificial intelligence and reinforcement learning approaches for autonomous guidewire shaping and control.
- Design experiments, validation strategies, and quantitative performance metrics for robotic navigation and wire-shaping systems.
- Develop embedded control systems and software for robotic devices and supporting hardware.
- Coordinate research objectives and technical requirements with clinicians, engineers, and multidisciplinary project teams.
- Integrate information from medical imaging, vascular anatomy, device behavior, and robotic control systems to support system-level navigation development.
- Track progress toward defined project milestones and contribute to technical reports and project updates.
- Prepare manuscripts, presentations, and other scientific materials describing research methods and findings.
- Prepare materials for grant proposal submissions.
- The department of neurosurgery in the Jacobs School is actively
- recruiting for a laboratory technician. This individual will work
- closely with the Principal Investigator (PI) as the laboratory
- technician in the cerebrovascular lab. Job duties include:
- conducting experiments under supervision of professor (animal care
- and surgeries), writing and revising IACUC and IRB protocols,
- ordering lab supplies and maintaining the daily functions of the
- lab), assist undergraduate, graduate and medical students in their
- research (qPCR, RNA-sequencing, cell culture), The University at
- Buffalo (UB) #ubuffalo is one of America's leading public research
- universities and a flagship of the State University of New York
- system, recognized for our excellence and our impact. UB is a
- premier, research-intensive public university dedicated to academic
- excellence. Our research, creative activity and people positively
- impact the world. Like the city we call home, UB is distinguished
- by a culture of resilient optimism, resourceful thinking and
- pragmatic dreaming that enables us to reach others every day. Visit
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- As an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, the
- Research Foundation will not discriminate in its employment
- practices due to an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual
- orientation, gender identity, national origin and veteran or
- disability status.
Minimum Qualifications
- PhD in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related engineering field.
- Experience in robotics design, mechatronics, electromechanical systems, or robotic device development.
- Experience in electronic circuit and printed circuit board (PCB) design.
- Experience in embedded systems development and microcontroller programming (e.g., Arduino, STM32, Raspberry Pi, or similar platforms).
- Experience with computer-aided design (CAD) software and rapid prototyping techniques, including 3D printing.
- Experience developing artificial intelligence and machine learning methods for research applications.
- Proficiency in programming languages commonly used for robotics and AI development (e.g., Python, C/C++, MATLAB).
- Strong command of statistical methods and their application to biomedical and engineering research.
- Demonstrated track record of peer-reviewed publications.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate scientific findings clearly and collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary research teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Three or more years of experience working in a clinical, translational, or medical device research environment.
- Experience collaborating with clinicians and coordinating research objectives across multidisciplinary teams.
- Knowledge of neurovascular anatomy, cerebrovascular disease, and neurovascular interventions, with an emphasis on mechanical thrombectomy.
- Experience developing robotic medical devices or image-guided surgical/interventional systems.
- Experience with X-ray fluoroscopy and digital subtraction angiography (DSA) imaging.
- Familiarity with reinforcement learning and autonomous robotic control.
- Experience with ROS (Robot Operating System) or similar robotics software frameworks.
- Experience providing guidance or mentorship to graduate students.
Physical Demands
Salary Range
60000.00
Special Instructions Summary
Is a background check required for this posting?
No
Contact Information
Contact's Name: S.V. Setlur Nagsh
Contact's Pronouns: he/him
Contact's Title: Research Scientist
Contact's Email: ss438@buffalo.edu
Contact's Phone: 716-218-1000
Posting Dates
Posted: 08/19/2026
Deadline for Applicants:
Date to be filled: 09/15/2026
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