Post Doctoral Fellow

About the role

The Dr. Anne Piantadosi’s laboratory at the Emory University School of Medicine seeks a postdoctoral researcher with expertise in computational biology to study viral genomics and metagenomics.

Responsibilities

• Lead computational projects investigating population-level virus evolution, within-host virus evolution, and/or metagenomics/virome studies.
• Contribute to the professional development of undergraduate and graduate students.
• Work closely with research associates in the wet lab to ensure projects proceed smoothly.

Requirements

• A doctoral degree or equivalent (Ph.D., M.D., ScD., D.V.M., DDS etc).
• Excellent scientific writing ability and strong oral communication skills.
• The ability to work effectively and collegially with colleagues.

Qualifications

• PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, evolutionary biology, virology or related.
• Background in phylogenetics and/or metagenomics.
• Track record of outstanding written and verbal communication.
• Superior organizational skills.
• Experience working with massively parallel sequencing data.
• Experience working on cloud platforms.
• Proficiency with command-line Linux/UNIX systems.
• Use of basic software engineering practices such as version control.
• A history of, or interest in, contributing to open-source software.
• Experience with wet lab sequencing methods is beneficial.

Skills

• Strong programming skills in Python/R/Perl/Java/C++.
• Experience with bioinformatics tools like FastQC, Trimmomatic, Bowtie, SAMtools, GATK, etc.
• Knowledge of phylogenetic analysis software (e.g., RAxML, MrBayes, BEAST).
• Experience with metagenomic analysis tools (e.g., Kraken, MetaPhlAn, QIIME).
• Experience with cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud).
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).

Benefits

This is a one-year position, with potential for extension depending on funding. There is the opportunity to work remotely.

Pay

Salary is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The position requires in-person attendance at an Emory University location. Remote work from home day options may be granted at department discretion.

Contact

For inquiries about this position, please contact the Department of Equity and Civil Rights Compliance at accessibility@emory.edu or call 404-727-9877 (Voice) | 404-712-2049 (TDD).