BDC Post-Doc Research Associate
Primary Purpose Of Organizational Unit
The Renaissance Computing Institute ( RENCI ) at UNC Chapel Hill is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to contribute to innovative projects within the NIH BioData Catalyst ( BDC ) ecosystem, a cloud-based platform that provides secure access to biomedical data, analytic tools, and collaborative workspaces.
Position Summary
This position offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge initiatives aimed at improving how researchers interact with complex data and analysis workflows. Potential project areas include developing semantic search capabilities to help users efficiently locate relevant datasets, designing natural language interfaces for more intuitive navigation of the BDC environment, creating BDC-specific foundation models, and enabling large language models (LLMs) and machine learning-based workflows within the platform. The role may also involve advancing harmonization techniques to improve data interoperability and usability across the ecosystem.
Minimum Education And Experience Requirements
- Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Experience deploying and working with LLMs
- Agentic workflows and retrieval augmented generation (RAG)
- Prompt engineering experience
- Developing, training, and testing machine learning (ML) models
- Software engineering expertise
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, And Experience
- Experience with biomedical data, including clinical, EHR, omics, and imaging
- Knowledge graphs (KGs) and integrating LLMs with KGs
- Multimodal LLMs
Special Physical/Mental Requirements
N/A
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
The University is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all to apply without regard to age, color, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.