Post-Doctoral Associate AD - West & Lourenco

Post-Doctoral Associate AD - West & Lourenco

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Posting Number: G/R19564P

Working Title:

Post-Doctoral Associate AD – West & Lourenco

Department: CAES – Animal & Dairy Science

Employment Type:

Employee

Additional Schedule Information:
Standard hours apply with individuals working Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm with a 1 hour lunch break.

Advertised Salary:
Commensurate with Experience

Anticipated

Start Date:

10/18/2022

Posting Date: 10/11/2022

Closing Date:
Open Until Filled

Location of Vacancy:
Athens Area

Since its founding in 1785, the University of Georgia has operated as Georgia’s oldest, most comprehensive, and most diversified institution of higher education. The proof is in our more than 235 years of academic and professional achievements and our continual commitment to higher education. UGA is currently ranked among the top 20 public universities in U.S. News & World Report. The University’s main campus is located in Athens, approximately 65 miles northeast of Atlanta, with extended campuses in Atlanta, Griffin, Gwinnett, and Tifton.

UGA employs approximately 3,100 faculty and more than 7,700 full‑time staff. The University’s enrollment exceeds 41,000 students including over 31,000 undergraduates and over 10,000 graduate and professional students. Academic programs reside in 19 schools and colleges, including our newly formed School of Medicine.

The University of Georgia Microbiome Research group is seeking a motivated and hardworking postdoctoral fellow to support and develop novel approaches to collect, analyze, and interpret human microbiome data to better understand the healthy and diseased microbiome. Our group seeks to understand how the microbiome, particularly the gastrointestinal system, changes between diverse individuals spanning multiple age groups, sexes, ethnicities, and other key population demographics.

We are also interested in how the microbiome changes in acute and chronic disease and injury states in conditions such as stroke, traumatic brain injury, diabetes, and cancer and how they correlate with condition severity and prognosis.

• Collect and analyze data (85%)
• Writing and reporting of research (5%)
• Present results to the scientific community and for publication (10%)

Title:

Post-Doctoral Associate AD – FLSA Exempt – UGA Job Code – FTE 1.00

Ph.D. in data science, animal science, microbiome, quantitative and computational sciences or related fields.

Experience in the use of the programming language Python, as well as Python software such as QIIME and QIIME
2.

Experience using R, including packages such as Phyloseq, DESeq2, ANCOM, and/or PICRUSt.

Experience with software and pipelines important for analyzing shotgun sequencing data, metatranscriptomics, proteomics, and/or metabolomics.

Familiarity with statistical analyses using linear, mixed, and non‑linear models, as well as non‑parametric data in order to analyze large data sets.

Experience in summarizing and analyzing other types of large datasets (such as population demographics) is desirable.

Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as a proven publication record is preferred.

Ph.D. in data science, animal science, microbiome, quantitative and computational sciences or related fields.

Excellent oral and written communication skills, as well as a proven publication record is preferred.

Minimal lifting/bending in the normal operations of a typical office/lab environment. Travel to/from multiple locations as needed for job duties.

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