"RESEARCH FELLOW"

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

The Draelos lab, in the departments of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics, is seeking candidates for a postdoctoral research fellow position. This is primarily for an NIH-funded project developing multimodal variational autoencoder models and probabilistic trajectory analyses for latent spaces formed from neural, genetic, and behavioral data.

• Researching and developing novel machine learning architectures for integration across multiple types of high-dimensional data.
• Researching and implementing novel algorithms for analysis of latent factors and their dynamics.
• Conducting literature searches, manuscript preparation, and presentation of findings in publication and at conferences.
• Collaborating across labs and disciplines.
• Assisting with training undergraduate and graduate students in the lab.
• Assisting in writing research proposals and acquiring data from outside agencies.
• May act as a liaison with other departments, programs, or organizations for acquiring data and sharing information related to the research project.

Required Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science or Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Neuroscience, Bioinformatics, or other relevant field.
• Experience with machine learning and statistical analyses.
• Proficiency with Python and relevant libraries.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with genomic data modeling.
• Interest or experience working in neuroscience domain applications.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work across disciplines (neurobiology, bioinformatics, machine learning).

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