About Syracuse

Syracuse is a medium-sized city situated in the geographic center of New York State approximately 250 miles northwest of New York City. The metro-area population totals approximately 500,000. The area offers a low cost of living and provides many social, cultural, and recreational options, including parks, museums, festivals, professional regional theater, and premier shopping venues. Syracuse and Central New York present a wide range of seasonal recreation and attractions ranging from water skiing and snow skiing, hiking in the Adirondacks, touring the historic sites, visiting wineries along the Finger Lakes, and biking on trails along the Erie Canal. (info from syracuse.edu)

Joining the lab

Graduate Students

Graduate students who are interested in joining the lab through the Ph.D. or M.A. program in Biology at Syracuse University should contact me directly prior to submitting an application. In your email please: (1) introduce yourself, (2) outline how our research interests overlap, (3) provide some detail about your future career goals, and (4) include a short CV.

As an advisor I will support a range of career goals and interests, so long as there is sufficient overlap with my own (see ‘Research’ page). Before joining Syracuse, I worked in industry as a computational biologist, and will gladly mentor students who are interested in pursuing industry or academic positions.

Learn more about the graduate program in Biology.
Application deadlines and information about Syracuse graduate programs can be found here

Undergraduate Students

Please email Prof. Oliverio if you are interested in undergraduate research opportunities. There are a variety of avenues for undergraduate research including for credit hours or paid opportunities during the academic year and summer.

Postdoctoral Scholars

We are currently seeking a motivated and creative postdoctoral scholar to join our team. As a lab in the Department of Biology at Syracuse University, our research spans microbial evolution and ecology, systems biology, genomics, and bioinformatics. 

This postdoctoral position is fully funded for up to three years. Specific research goals will be developed in collaboration with the principal investigator, with extensive opportunity for scientific independence and to pursuit research areas and projects that are driven by the postdoc’s interests and expertise.

Official posting coming soon, but please feel free to email me with a CV and statement of interest or cover letter.

I am also happy to support and develop a postdoctoral fellowship applications with a prospective candidate. Please get in touch if this is of interest.