Postdoctoral Scholar Job Description
Postdoctoral scholar
provides expertise with Applications such as devices for optoelectronics, in situ analysis and manipulation devices, next generation resist development, nanoelectronics, quantum computing, energy harvesting and storage, and/or bio-engineering.
Postdoctoral Scholar Duties & Responsibilities
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Searches literature, utilizing all available resources including electronic, regarding new methodology and designs experiments accordingly
Develop and test GPU-based computational and statistical algorithms with CUDA and/or OpenMP for analyzing population PK/PD and system pharmacology data
Implement the developed GPU-based algorithm into stand-alone open source software that can be used by the projects
Build computational models of metabolism of key pathways, including glycolysis, the TCA cycle, nucleotide synthesis, amino acid metabolism, and lipid metabolism
Understand global public health and global engagement efforts in academia
Develop cultural competency and awareness
Develop international communication skills
Impact global public health and education within the profession of pharmacy
Planning and conducting bench research
Mentoring junior members of the lab
Postdoctoral Scholar Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Education for Postdoctoral Scholar
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the postdoctoral scholar job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Doctorate and Doctoral Degree in Engineering, Oral Communication, Civil Engineering, English, Construction, Construction Management, Writing, Faculty, Health, Social Sciences
Skills for Postdoctoral Scholar
Desired skills for postdoctoral scholar include:
Specialized area of research
C++
C/C++
Chemistry of rechargeable battery systems
Performance optimization for scientific codes
Electrochemistry and fuel-cell related diagnostic methods and materials
MPI
Programming languages
Python
Quantum Information science
Desired experience for postdoctoral scholar includes:
OExperience with the principles of Human Systems Integration (HSI) as related to human and clothing interactions
OExperience with current and emerging textile technology for protection from chemical vapor, aerosol and particulate threats
OExperience with developing textile, material level, subsystem level or system level test methods based on unique and/or specific needs related to chemical permeation resistance of textiles
The candidate needs to be highly motivated, excellent in academic writing, and able to work well in a collaborative environment
Documented record of publication is required
Candidates with a doctoral degree in Behavioral Neuroscience, Biological Psychology, Health Psychology or closely related fields will be considered
Postdoctoral Scholar Examples
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Postdoctoral Scholar Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a postdoctoral scholar. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for postdoctoral scholar
- 10% – Assisting with manuscript preparation and submission
- Expand the educational and research missions of the School
- Assist the School in reaching goals and benchmarks outlined in the School’s Strategic Plan, specifically Strategic Initiatives 1 and 7
- Design, develop, implement, and assess programs within the OCSA in collaboration with OSPA
- Document and share educational innovations through publications and presentations
- Developing new ideas and incorporate them into planned or new research
- Develop evidence-based teaching skills through contributions to Integrative Pharmacotherapy Stream courses, and other courses as assigned, throughout the 2017-2018 academic year
- Coursework in clinical research, leading to Master’s degree, where relevant
- Attendance at a UNC Responsible Conduct of Research course
- Attendance at the Fall semester course, Principles and Practices of Alternative and Complementary Medicine Course
Qualifications for postdoctoral scholar
- Experience monitoring data integrity and implementing corrective actions when needed
- Flow cytometry and T cell activation and proliferation assays
- Next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics
- Analyze large quantitative, qualitative and/or backend datasets
- Strong programming and computational algorithm development skills
- Knowledge of survival-based statistical analysis, Cox regression and Kaplan-Meier analysis
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Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a postdoctoral scholar. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for postdoctoral scholar
- Development of an original area of research relating to complementary and integrative medicine
- Meeting with the Fellowship Director(s) approximately every 2 weeks
- Participating in T32 Fellows Weekly Seminar
- Presentation of research progress and results at local, regional, and national venues
- A goal of submitting 3 manuscripts per year to peer reviewed journals
- Completion of a biannual written report to the Fellowship Co-directors on progress toward goals
- Furthering the educational and research missions of the School and CIPhER
- Assisting the School in realizing its Strategic Plan benchmarks
- Designing, developing, implementing and assessing CIPhER programs and events
- Documenting and sharing educational innovations and research findings through academic publications and presentations
Qualifications for postdoctoral scholar
- A J.D
- Excellent organizational and human relation skills, attention to detail
- A PhD in social psychology or a related field is required
- Previous experience in of the following areas - stigma, prejudice, social categorization, social judgment, motivation, goal processes, eyetracking, face processing and memory, or emotion theory and measurement
- Prior experience in cell biology, immunostaining, confocal and multi-photon microscopy, digital videomicroscopy, and image analysis, and familiarity with molecular biology techniques
- Documented record of publications
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of postdoctoral scholar. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for postdoctoral scholar
- Statistical analysis of key traits
- Development of first-principles theory underlying the governing controls of specific traits
- The formulation and testing of hypotheses
- Presentation of results at scientific meetings
- Publishing of results in scientific journals
- Work as the lead researcher on the project to conduct the research goals
- Write scientific manuscripts and give presentations at international conferences detailing the results of the work
- Work independently and in collaboration to achieve goals of the project
- Communicate regularly and work with supervisor and collaborators at all stages of the project
- Collect and analyze experimental data and evaluate relevance of the data
Qualifications for postdoctoral scholar
- Graduate Student or Postdoctoral research experience in areas of scientific computing, data management, provenance, workflow tools
- Hands on experience handling mice and rats
- Good knowledge of statistical physics, thermodynamics and molecular simulations
- Demonstrated ability to work independently collaboratively required
- MD or PhD degree granted within the last 18 months
- Experience with animal models and/or informatics
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a postdoctoral scholar. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for postdoctoral scholar
- Development of advanced germanium detectors and associated electronics for neutrinoless double-beta decay search
- Development of analysis software for gamma and beta spectrum measurements
- Development of clean materials and processes for next-generation low-background rare-event search experiments
- Exercise independent judgment and contribute in an original manner at the professional level
- Publish papers/reports in refereed journals, and make oral presentations of own work
- Mentor students in their research at LBNL and UC Berkeley
- Develop a sample delivery and liquid/liquid or liquid/gas mixing system for use in time-resolved spectroscopy/diffraction studies
- Establish enzyme test systems to benchmark the experimental setup
- Work with other members of the group and collaborators under the supervision of senior members of the group and the P.I
- Work closely with ALS, SSRL and LCLS scientists in developing/modifying sample delivery protocols for use in time-resolved measurements
Qualifications for postdoctoral scholar
- Must be highly motivated, excellent in academic writing, and able to work well in a collaborative environment
- Optional description of present and future scientific endeavors
- 1 to 2 years experience in a pain research setting
- Demonstrated ability to independently design, execute and interpret experiments
- Demonstrated ability to develop and apply electrophysiology and molecular biology knowledge and skills
- A strong publication and presentation record will be expected
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of postdoctoral scholar. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for postdoctoral scholar
- Participate in upcoming experimental campaigns at RHIC
- Participate in R&D towards future measurement capability at RHIC or the EIC
- Independent development of research project with appropriate command of methodology
- Maintain organized and well-documented laboratory notebook
- Command and familiarity with common molecular techniques (gels, protein and DNA detection, .)
- Prepare manuscripts and participate in writing grant applications and preparation of meeting presentation
- Train, advise and collaborate with other scientists
- Design and develop distributed machine learning approaches that are applicable to networking environment
- Develop and use software libraries to process large network datasets that are publicly and privately available
- Use data mining and machine learning to better understand relationships between networks and application properties
Qualifications for postdoctoral scholar
- PhD in Computer Science, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Statistics, Applied Math or Physics
- Experience with applied Accupuncture is a plus
- PhD in plant physiology, ecology, or a related field
- Candidates must be within 4 years of receiving their PhD
- Knowledge of ecophysiology and plant biochemistry
- The ability to understand and use state-of-the-art land-surface biogeochemical models