PostDoc Position in Computational Systems Biology

Locale: New Mexico State University Department of Computer Science

Data Position Advertised: October 17, 2007

Salary: Commensurate with qualifications

Conditions: Effective Date – Immediately

Examples of Duties: The PostDoc fellow will participate in computational systems biology research funded by NIH to develop discrete dynamic system model to reconstruct gene regulatory networks in Drosophila from microarray gene expression data, and travel to collaborate with a world-renowned biologist at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center at Seattle, WA. Ongoing work in the laboratory includes designing large scale dynamic system models to discover significant interactions among hundreds to thousands of variables. These systems models are being applied to neuroscience, bioenergy, microbial ecology, and cancer research.

Qualifications: Qualified individuals must have an earned Ph.D. (in hand by hire date) in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Electrical Engineering, Bioinformatics, or Computational Biology. Experience and publications in large scale mathematical modeling of dynamic systems required. Knowledge in molecular biology a plus. Proficient computer programming skills in C/C++ (required), R/SPLUS (desirable), and Message Passing Interface for parallel computing (desirable).

Benefits Offered: Group medical and dental insurance; long term disability insurance; state educational retirement; worker’s compensation; unemployment compensation; sick and annual leave.

How to Apply: Submit letter of interest, current curriculum vitae, select publications, and contact information of three references to Dr. Joe Song, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, New Mexico State Univ., P.O. Box 30001, MSC CS, Las Cruces, NM 88003, U.S.A.

Review of applications will begin immediately.

For more information call (575) 646-4299 or email joemsong@cs.nmsu.edu