Join Us

We strongly value mentorship, and part of our mission is to foster a supportive and inclusive lab environment where trainees can thrive. In addition to scientific and technical training, we are deeply committed to your success and will support you in your next career step, whatever that may be.

See below for open positions, but feel free to inquire regardless of what is currently listed. We value inclusion, motivation, creativity, reliability, and honesty.

The lab is an excellent fit for ambitious individuals eager to tackle tough, fundamental biological questions with a genuine hunger for discovery. We are looking for those who are not afraid of hard work, are self-driven and passionate, and who want to be part of a close community with a shared sense of purpose. We welcome broad interdisciplinary interests, curiosity driven by questions rather than techniques, and a drive to leave your mark and demonstrate what you can do—all while having fun in the process.

If this resonates with you, contact us at emilia.favuzzi@yale.edu. Please provide some information on your background, goals, and research interests. We’ll move the conversation forward from there.

Update for those seeking a short internship: Due to the nature of our research, we are unfortunately not able to accept new high-school and undergraduate interns for internships shorter than one year. Our priority is to ensure that everyone has a meaningful and productive experience in the lab.

Graduate Students

INP and IBIO students interested in a lab rotation are encouraged to reach out.

If you are not an INP or IBIO student (yet) but would like to do your PhD in the Favuzzi lab:

To be a PhD student in the Favuzzi lab, you would first need to be admitted to a Yale PhD program. We can only recruit students from within a Yale PhD program (generally from neuroscience and immunobiology, but those from MCGD or other tracks are welcome).

We plan to accept new students in the Fall of 2027 — there is no need to reach out to Emilia at the application stage (and no advantage as applications are evaluated by an admission committee, not by individual faculty)

Due to the high number of prospective students who apply to the various BBS programs, we are unfortunately unable to meet or engage with all of you at this stage. However, if you are selected for an interview, I will absolutely meet with you and discuss in detail both our current research and potential projects.

We have openings for undergraduate students who are interested in and able to commit to more than one year—and ideally multiple years—of research in the lab, culminating in a senior thesis. Due to the nature of our research, shorter commitments are difficult to accommodate.