Department

Genetics - 423501

Posting Open Date

05/04/2023

Application Deadline

Open Until Filled

Yes

Position Type

Postdoctoral Scholar

Position Title

Post-Doc Research Associate (Schrider Lab)

Vacancy ID

PDS003834

Full-time/Part-time

Full-Time Temporary

Hours per week

40

FTE

1

Work Location

Chapel Hill, NC

Position Location

Hiring Range

Dependent on experience

Proposed Start Date

06/01/2023

Estimated Duration of Appointment

12 Months

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit

The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

Position Summary

The Schrider Lab at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring a postdoc in the area of computational population genetics and/or phylogenetics. The successful candidate will help design and carry out projects related to: 1) elucidating the phylogenetic relationships among species and/or the genealogical relationships of individuals of the same species; 2) the development and application of computational methods to interrogate the impacts of(and interplay between) adaptation, recombination, and demographic changes on genetic diversity within and between species 3) the study of these or evolutionary questions in mosquito genomes.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

PhD in Evolution, Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, or related fields.

Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

The successful candidate will have a strong research background in computational evolutionary genetics/genomics, and ideally experience study mosquito genomes as well.

Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience

N/A

Special Physical/Mental Requirements