Biodiversity Informatics and Data Science Postdoctoral Fellowship

Job Class
College Non Bargaining

Job Title
Biodiversity Informatics and Knowledge Science Postdoctoral Fellowship

Division
Analysis Help Biodiversity Analysis Centre College of Science (Katie Beall)

Posting Finish Date
January 8, 2024

Word: Purposes will probably be accepted till 11:59 PM on the day previous to the Posting Finish Date above.

Job Finish Date
Apr 30, 2026

The anticipated pay for this place is $5,416.66/month.

Biodiversity Informatics and Knowledge Science 2-year postdoctoral fellowship within the UBC Biodiversity Analysis Centre (2024-2026)

The UBC Biodiversity Analysis Centre is made up of over 90 school members with pursuits in ecology, evolution, systematics, biodiversity and conservation. We invite purposes for extremely motivated postdoctoral fellows fascinated about biodiversity science with a selected emphasis on bioinformatics and/or information science. Choice will probably be given to candidates with daring concepts, demonstrated analysis capability, and robust communication abilities. The profitable candidate will probably be anticipated to conduct unique analysis on core issues in biodiversity, foster interactions throughout the Centre, doubtlessly help in instructing an annual bioinformatics workshop and the event of an related on-line useful resource, and take a management position in Centre actions together with the annual retreat committee. Postdoctoral fellows funded by the Biodiversity Analysis Centre sometimes work together with a number of lab teams, and are a useful resource for graduate college students with related analysis pursuits. Candidates are welcome to contact potential collaborating labs within the Centre to inquire about present and potential analysis actions, however it isn’t needed to use to work with a selected school member.
 

Beginning date: 1 Could 2024 (negotiable)

Wage: $65,000 per 12 months and advantages (together with prolonged well being and dental protection)

Analysis funds: $7,000 per 12 months

Essential {qualifications}: Candidates will need to have obtained, or count on to finish, their doctoral diploma in ecology, evolution or a associated subject no later than Could 1 2024, and be capable of reveal a stable scientific background as evidenced by publication report and analysis assertion. Most well-liked abilities will embody information science strategies corresponding to use of command line, excessive efficiency computation, information administration abilities, and programming in R. People additionally should be inside 5 years following the completion of their Ph.D. to be eligible (with allowances for profession interruptions as a consequence of private circumstances).
 

Choice standards: The search committee will base their evaluation on the standard of analysis accomplishments thus far, the novelty and/ or potential influence of the proposed analysis, and the potential for the candidate to play a management position in our group, together with sustaining excessive requirements for moral skilled conduct.

To use, please present: a temporary cowl letter (1 web page), curriculum vitae, 1-2 web page analysis assertion of total scientific targets and pursuits, and the names and phone data for 3 referees. Please additionally embody ½ web page assertion to broaden on targets and expertise associated to service and group constructing within the educational context, and embody how you’ll work to foster fairness, range and inclusion in these actions.

The analysis assertion is free type however it ought to describe each the final pursuits and particular initiatives that the candidate will interact in over the postdoc interval.

Importing directions: Submit your software on-line on the UBC Careers webpage

Posting Finish Date: The posting will probably be eliminated on Monday, January 8, 2024. All supplies should be obtained by 11:59PM on Sunday January 7, 2024 to make sure full consideration. 

Fairness and variety are important to educational excellence. An open and numerous group fosters the inclusion of voices which have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage purposes from members of teams which have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated beneath the B.C. Human Rights Code, together with intercourse, sexual orientation, gender id or expression, racialization, incapacity, political perception, faith, marital or household standing, age, and/or standing as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous particular person.All certified candidates are inspired to use; nevertheless Canadians and everlasting residents of Canada will probably be given precedence.