A competition for the position of postdoctoral position (assistant professor) in the NCN OPUS g

University of Warsaw:
Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics

Organisation/Company University of Warsaw:
Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics Research Field Computer science » Other Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Positions PhD Positions Final date to receive applications 8 Aug 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Warsaw) Country Poland Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Part-time Hours Per Week 32 Offer Starting Date 1 Sep 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number SOB/D110/2026/1/GR-7423 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

COMPETITION ANNOUNCEMENT

The dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, with the consent of the Rector of the University of Warsaw, announces a competition for the position of postdoctoral position (assistant professor) in the NCN OPUS grant no 2024/53/B/ST6/03852 entitled:
Algorithmic challenges of molecular evolution.

The masculine personal nouns used in the advertisement apply to people of all genders.

• Title of programme/project/ undertaking: Algorithmic challenges of molecular evolution.
• Type of programme/project/ undertaking: OPUS 27
• Funding institution: National Science Centre
• Duration of programme/project/undertaking: 09.01.2025 – 08.01.2029
• Head of programme/project/undertaking: prof. dr hab. Anna Barbara Gambin

Recent developments in biotechnology, including the enormous progress in sequencing technologies and public accessibility to many bioinformatic data, create new avenues for exploring mechanisms of evolution. In this project, our aim is to develop algorithms that will help to expand existing knowledge about evolution by analyzing data from cutting‑edge biotechnological methods.

Our prior experience in analyzing sequencing data, research concerning the stability of the human genome perturbed by structural variants and assembling most difficult regions of genome will enable us to propose new procedures for extracting biological and medical insights from the analysis of differences in genome architecture, at both intra- and interspecies level and its role in the evolution. Our project will contribute to the development of novel algorithms, especially in the field of machine learning.

• Position title: assistant professor (postdoctoral position)
• Organisational unit: Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics
• Position profile: R2
• Academic discipline: Informatics
• Number of positions: 1
• Form of employment and length of working time: contract of employment - full-time position (proportionally to full-time employment)
• Expected date of commencement of work and employment period:
  • no sooner than on 1 September 2026; starting date to be set between the candidate and principal investigator
  • the duration of employment: for 8 months

• workplace:
  Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2, 02-097 Warsaw
• the position comes with no teaching obligations and generous travel budget
• During the period in which this compensation is received, the employee:
  • will not receive any other compensation from funds allocated as direct costs under research projects funded through National Science Center of Poland (project requirement)
  • will not receive compensation from another employer under an employment contract, including an employer based outside Poland; (project requirement)
  • shall not receive retirement benefits from the social security system (project requirement)

• conducting research within the scope of research tasks in the project;
• publishing results of research

• the competition may be entered by candidates who meet the conditions set out in art. 113 of the Law on Higher Education and Science of July 20, 2018 (Journal of Laws of 2024, item 1571, as amended);
• at the moment of employment, the candidate must hold a doctoral degree in exact and natural sciences (or an equivalent qualification obtained abroad); obtained at an institution other than the University of Warsaw or have completed at least a 10-month, continuous, and documented postdoctoral fellowship at a foreign institution (project requirement);
• doctoral degree obtained during the 7-year period preceding January 1 of the year of employment on the project
• significant scientific achievements;
• plan for future research activities;
• international experience.

• Up to five years of experience in research and development activities, with the five-year period calculated from the year of obtaining the Master’s degree.
• If hired, we expect the University of Warsaw to be the primary workplace for the successful candidate.

The criteria indicated below will be taken into account considering the position and stage of…