Join the Wankowicz Lab

Our lab welcomes applicants from any race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender identity, gender expression, caregiver and family commitments, political affiliation, sexual orientation, and eligible age or disability status. We are committed to maintaining a supportive and collaborative lab environment.

Read more about our lab philosophy.

We are always in the market for motivated and talented people, even if we do not have an advertised open position. We are interested in conversing with you about your scientific background and goals for your future career (in academia, industry, or other ventures). We strive to provide excellent training across various computational and experimental techniques. If interested, please send your CV/Resume to Dr. Stephanie Wankowicz.


Graduate Students

At Vanderbilt, students can apply to multiple graduate programs and do not apply directly to labs.

Once students are admitted to Vanderbilt, during the first year of a Ph.D. program, students rotate through ~4 labs prior to deciding on a thesis lab. Our lab is open for rotation students wanting to work on experimental or computational approaches and will generally have room for 1-2 new graduate students (regardless of program affiliation) per year. We encourage students to keep talking to the PI and lab members about what kind of project they might want to shape. We consider project fit, scientific chemistry, and alignment with lab values.

Undergraduate Students

We currently have room for 1-2 undergraduate students. Students are expected to commit to working at least 10 hours a week. We have projects ranging from new machine learning algorithms and bioinformatic analysis to protein expression and characterization. If interested, please send your CV/Resume to Dr. Stephanie Wankowicz.

Postdoctoral Fellows

Inquiries about Postdoctoral positions should be emailed directly to Dr. Stephanie Wankowicz. We encourage candidates to explore applying for extramural fellowships to support their research.