UNC Charlotte Dept. of Bioinformatics is seeking new members as postdoc researchers and PhD students. The incumbent(s) will work on big data integration and analysis, methodology development, and contribute to a range of challenging and important research projects in biomedicine.

We integrate and analyze a variety of big data sets from biomedical research & applications. And we develop statistical/analytical methods, and implement them into software packages or web servers. Some of them are widely used by tens of thousands of scientists over the world:

https://bioconductor.org/packages/pathview/
https://bioconductor.org/packages/gage/
https://pathview.uncc.edu/

We apply big data and advanced analytics to solve important and complex problems in biomedicine. For example, we recently were working on autism, a complex brain disorder, using big data + novel analytics approach

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/4/e1701799.full

Technical skills:

• Solid statistics/analytical training
• R or Python
• Unix/Linux shell
• R package (or software) development is a plus
• Machine learning is a plus

Other qualifications:

Genuine interest in research and analytics

(For postdocs) Proven research/development experience, publication records

Education: Bachelor or advanced degree in statistics/biostats/applied math, computer science, bioinformatics or related fields.

Salary and benefits: Competitive package including stipend, tuition, medical insurance and benefits, visa sponsorship

Start Date: As soon as possible

*Application:

Please send a resume/CV, and the names of 2-3 references to: weijun.luo[AT]uncc.edu