Postdoctoral and Academic Positions in Physical/Mathematical Sciences at The University of Florida, United States, an American public research university in Gainesville, Florida, United States.
| POSITION | DEPARTMENT | LOCATION | CLOSES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Associate in Biological Chemistry | 16120100 – LS-CHEMISTRY-GENERAL | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Eddy Research Group at the Department of Chemistry, University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate position in Biological Chemistry. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of Prof. Matthew Eddy (https://eddy.chem.ufl.edu), focusing on the expression of membrane and soluble proteins and investigating their structures and conformational dynamics. This one-year appointment is renewable based on performance and funding availability. | |||
| Assistant Scientist (Survey Methodologist) | 29240101 – MD-HOBI-GENERAL | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The University of Florida Institute for Child Health Policy and the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, seeks applicants for a full-time faculty position as an Assistant Scientist, with a working title of Survey Methodologist. The position requires the candidate to work independently as a scientist while also collaborating with other social and behavioral scientists, health professionals, and health policy experts on the design, coordination, and implementation of program evaluation research. The position scope includes federal and state funded projects that evaluate access to and quality of care for beneficiaries enrolled in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program. The Department more broadly has an interest in health disparities in access to and quality of care, social determinants of health, and implementation science. We are seeking a social/behavioral scientist/health services researcher with strong study design, data collection, and analytical skills in survey research. Candidates with demonstrated expertise in public health insurance policy, the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) surveys, and qualitative research methods are preferred. This position will supervise research support staff across multiple survey projects. | |||
| Post-Doctoral Associate in optical spectroscopies in low-dimensional materials | 16360100 – LS-PHYSICS-GENERAL | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| A Post-doctoral Associate position is available to work optical spectroscopies in low-dimensional materials led by Dr. Xiao-Xiao Zhang in the Department of Physics. | |||
| Postdoctoral Associate in Natural Products Discovery and Biosynthesis | 16120100 – LS-CHEMISTRY-GENERAL | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Rudolf Research Group at the Department of Chemistry, University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate position in Natural Products Discovery and Biosynthesis. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of Prof. Jeffrey Rudolf (https://rudolf.chem.ufl.edu/), focusing on genome-based discovery, biosynthesis, and enzymology of bacterial terpenoids. This one-year appointment is renewable based on performance and funding availability. | |||
| Associate or Full Professor | 33080000 – HP-HEALTH SERVICES ADMIN | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Department of Health Services Research, Management, and Policy (HSRMP) at the University of Florida (https://hsrmp.phhp.ufl.edu/) invites applications for a tenure/tenure track faculty position at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. This is a full-time (1.0 FTE), 12-month position. Academic rank will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. | |||
| Postdoctoral Associate | 29240101 – MD-HOBI-GENERAL | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | 6 Jul 2024 |
| The Biomedical Informatics Program (BMI) is hosted within the Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics (HOBI) and is closely affiliated with the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI). It engages in a broad spectrum of informatics research and service initiatives across the University of Florida (UF). These services include building the informatics infrastructure for the OneFlorida Clinical Research Network. BMI is responsible for establishing and maintaining the software, infrastructure, and data management processes required for all these networks. Recently, leveraging a $50 million hardware (i.e., HiPerGator AI cluster–top 20 worldwide with 140 NVIDIA SuperPODs and 1,120 A100 GPUs) from NVIDIA, we created GatorTron and GatorTronGPT—the largest clinical large language models (LLMs) trained with all UF Health patients’ clinical notes. This position will work under the guidance of Dr. Xing He, in collaboration with a team of data scientists, clinicians, bioinformaticians and computer scientists to fulfill the research and service missions of the BMI program, especially for NLP projects. You will play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining innovative software applications that utilize the capabilities of natural language processing (NLP) and LLMs to enhance healthcare outcomes and biomedical informatics. Your contributions will directly influence patient care, clinical decision-making, and medical research. Responsibilities: 1. Natural Language Processing (NLP): Leverage NLP techniques to process and analyze unstructured text data, such as clinical notes and medical literature. Apply state-of-the-art NLP algorithms to extract valuable insights from textual data, leading to improved patient outcomes and enhanced healthcare services. 2. Integration of Large Language Models (LLMs): Utilize LLMs to build intelligent applications capable of understanding, generating, and responding to natural language inputs. Integrate these language models into healthcare applications to enhance their capabilities and provide intelligent user interactions. 3. Collaborative Projects: Work closely with healthcare professionals, researchers, and informatics experts to understand their requirements and collaborate on projects that address critical challenges in healthcare data analysis, decision support, and knowledge management. 4. Data Security and Compliance: Ensure that all software applications adhere to strict data security and privacy regulations, especially when handling sensitive patient information and medical records. 5. Testing and Quality Assurance: Conduct rigorous testing of developed applications to ensure their accuracy, reliability, and performance. Implement effective quality assurance processes to maintain high standards throughout the development lifecycle. 6. Documentation and Training: Create comprehensive documentation for the developed applications, including technical specifications and user manuals. Provide training sessions to end-users, enabling them to effectively utilize and benefit from the software tools. 7. Research and Innovation: Stay abreast of the latest advancements in NLP, open-source LLMs, and healthcare informatics. Contribute to research efforts within the department to continuously improve and innovate healthcare applications and technologies. | |||
| Postdoctoral Associate | 29240101 – MD-HOBI-GENERAL | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | 30 May 2024 |
| The Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics is seeking an enthusiastic and outstanding candidate to fill a grant-funded Post-Doctoral Associate position. This position is under the supervision of Dr. Stephanie Staras, Ph.D., who is Associate Chair of Faculty Development and Associate Professor in Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics. The post-doctoral associate will play a role in all stages of Implementation Science Research including research design, intervention development, trial management, analysis, and presentation. The job responsibilities include a full range of research-related tasks, including writing abstracts, leading manuscript authorships, conducting analyses, preparing educational intervention materials and assessments, and developing surveys. Successful candidates should have an interest in testing the implementation of evidence-based interventions in clinical and community settings, supporting decisions with theoretical methods and evidence, conducting analysis of complex research designs, and presenting results. Additionally, candidates must be committed to working with diverse professional and community populations. | |||
| Postdoctoral Associate in Quantum Chemistry | 16120100 – LS-CHEMISTRY-GENERAL | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Bartlett Group at the Department of Chemistry, University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate position in Quantum Chemistry. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of Graduate Research Professor Rodney Bartlett in the Quantum Theory Project, focusing on extensions of coupled cluster theory and its unitary forms, with an eye toward quantum computing. This one-year appointment is renewable based on performance and funding availability. | |||
| Lecturer in Physical and Biophysical Chemistry | 16120100 – LS-CHEMISTRY-GENERAL | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Department of Chemistry at the University of Florida invites applications for a full-time, 12-month, renewable, non-tenure track Lecturer position to begin Fall 2024. The appointment is in the areas of Physical and Biophysical Chemistry. Typical applicants will have a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry, or a closely related field, and demonstrable expertise in teaching at the University level. |
Research Scientist, Early Learning | 18300000 – ED-LASTINGER CENTER | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Lastinger Center for Learning in the College of Education at the University of Florida is seeking a qualified Research Scientist to coordinate research activities for its Early Learning Team. This individual will work under the supervision of the Early Learning Principal and will collaborate with Lastinger Center staff and external partners, to carry out research activities. In addition, this position will assist with early learning content development and evaluation. This position requires ongoing and effective communication with internal and external partners of the Lastinger Center for Learning. | |||
| Post Doctoral Associate in Computational Chemistry | 16120100 – LS-CHEMISTRY-GENERAL | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Miranda Quintana Research Group at the Department of Chemistry, University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate position in Computational Chemistry. The successful candidate will work under the supervision of Prof. Ramon Miranda Quintana (https://quintana.chem.ufl.edu/), focusing on the development of new similarity-based Machine Learning techniques for drug design and biomolecule analysis. This two-year appointment is renewable based on performance and funding availability. | |||
| Post-Doctoral Associate in Astronomy | 16060000 – LS-ASTRONOMY | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| A Post-doctoral Associate position is available to work on a project on the TOU high-resolution spectrograph and the DHARMA optical telescope with Dr. Jason Dittmann in the Department of Astronomy. This position is available immediately and is open until filled. | |||
| Postdoctoral Associate in Polymer Chemistry | 16120100 – LS-CHEMISTRY-GENERAL | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Sumerlin Research Group in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL, invites applications for two Postdoctoral Research Associates in Polymer Chemistry. The successful candidates will work under the supervision of Prof. Brent Sumerlin (https://www.sumerlinlab.com/), focusing on the precision synthesis of polymers and functional polymer materials. These one-year appointments are renewable based on performance and funding availability. | |||
| Postdoctoral Associate in Polymer Science | 16120100 – LS-CHEMISTRY-GENERAL | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Evans Research Group at the Department of Chemistry, University of Florida (UF), Gainesville, FL invites applications for two Postdoctoral Associate positions in Polymer Chemistry. | |||
| Post-doctoral Associate in Particle Physics Theory | 16360100 – LS-PHYSICS-GENERAL | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| A Post-doctoral Associate position is available in particle physics theory to work on a project on particle physics phenomenology led by Dr. Rachel Houtz in the Department of Physics. The postdoctoral candidate will work to support the research projects of Dr. Rachel Houtz and is encouraged to work with other members of the theory group as well. The group’s research interests include axion and dark matter phenomenology, gravitational wave phenomenology, BSM model building, applications of machine learning to particle physics, and early universe model building. | |||
| Postdoctoral Associate in Bioinformatics | 36010000 – PHHP-COM BIOSTATISTICS | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| Dr. Li Chen’s laboratory (https://lichen-lab.github.io/) at the University of Florida’s Department of Biostatistics (https://biostat.ufl.edu/) is accepting applications for a fully-funded postdoctoral associate. This position, available immediately, focuses on developing statistical, machine learning and deep learning methods to analyze multi-omics data (genetic, epigenetic, transcriptomic, imaging, single-cell genomics and proteomic data) with the goal of understanding the underlying genetic architecture of complex traits and diseases. Key responsibilities for the postdoctoral associate position include data analysis, manuscript writing, research presentation at conferences, and assistance with grant applications. UF Biostatistics: The Department of Biostatistics (https://biostat.ufl.edu/) is strategically situated within the College of Public Health and Health Professions (PHHP) and the College of Medicine. The department is ranked #11 in Biostatistics Programs at Public Universities by U.S. News & World Report. Currently, the department has 28 full-time faculty. Faculty members are jointly appointed to create synergies and collective strength, resulting in a competitive research profile and highly trained students who receive exceptional exposure to diverse expertise. Our faculty and students have received numerous national awards in research and mentoring and are committed to excellence in training. The department offers an PhD, Master of Science, and concentration in the MPH program, and currently has 40+ PhD students. All trainees of PhD graduates are placed into tenure-track faculty, government, and industry positions. | |||
| Assistant, Associate or Full Professor | 36010000 – PHHP-COM BIOSTATISTICS | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Department of Biostatistics is growing and invites applicants to join our expanding team of talented faculty and staff. We are recruiting up to three full-time 12-month tenure-track faculty members at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level. The Department is situated jointly within the College of Public Health and Health Professions (PHHP) and the College of Medicine (COM), in the Clinical and Translational Research Building, facilitating multidisciplinary research. Faculty members pursue independent and collaborative research; they also teach in the MS and PhD in Biostatistics Programs and support a concentration in Biostatistics as part of the Masters of Public Health Program. They are advisors and mentors to a wide variety of students. Our current faculty members are leaders in artificial intelligence, big data analysis, cancer, genetics, infectious disease modeling and intervention studies, medical image processing, metabolomics data analysis, survival analysis, causal inference, statistical methods of health surveys, high-dimensional inference, longitudinal data analysis, and clinical trials. The Department works closely with the NIH-funded Clinical and Translational Science Institute and is home to the Children’s Oncology Group, the Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases and multiple NIH and other grants. The department is ranked No. 11 in biostatistics programs at public universities by U.S. News & World Report. And, in the “2024 Best Colleges in the U.S.” report, the Wall Street Journal named the University of Florida No. 1 public institution. | |||
| Lecturer | 60210000 – AG-SOIL AND WATER SCIENCE | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| This position will be 70% teaching (College of Agricultural and Life Sciences) and 30% academic support. Duties will include, but are not limited to, developing and teaching a new 3000-level undergraduate course “Ecosystem Principles and Practices in Soil and Water Sciences”, teaching established 2000 and 3000 courses, and assisting graduate coordinator and academic support staff in monitoring and tracking graduate student progress. | |||
| Research Scientist – Center for Molecular Magnetic Quantum Materials | 16360100 – LS-PHYSICS-GENERAL | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| A research scientist position is available in the Center for Molecular Magnetic Quantum Materials (M2QM) at the University of Florida. See https://efrc.ufl.edu/. M2QM is a renewed (Aug. 1, 2022) Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the US Department of Energy; See https://science.osti.gov/-/media/bes/pdf/awards/EFRC-awards-sheet-8-25.pdf The Center focuses on the science of molecule-based magnetic systems as the basis for their application in next-generation quantum technologies. The Center programs ranges from the synthesis and characterization of these emergent new materials to a systematic computational understanding of their many-body quantum behavior. The fundamental science of the M2QM aims to address the two primary technological challenges: 1) how to create qubits for intrinsically quantum computing, and 2) how to replace elements of traditional computers and sensors with intrinsically quantum, molecule-based devices that are energy efficient as well as fast and adaptive. In this setting, reliable, swift, all-electron calculations of magnetically complex materials are crucial. | |||
| Post-Doctoral Associate in Protoplanetary Disk and Planet Formation | 16060000 – LS-ASTRONOMY | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| A Post-doctoral Associate position is available to work on a project on the protoplanetary disk and planet formation research led by Dr. Jaehan Bae in the Department of Astronomy. The anticipated start date is September 1, 2024, but can be negotiated. |
Associate or Full Professor in Astronomy | 16060000 – LS-ASTRONOMY | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Department of Astronomy at the University of Florida (UF) invites applications for a full-time, nine-month tenure-track faculty position at the level of Associate or Full Professor with specialization in technology development or instrumentation, beginning August 16, 2024. | |||
| Assistant Professor in Time-Domain Astronomy | 16060000 – LS-ASTRONOMY | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Department of Astronomy at the University of Florida invites applications for a full-time, nine-month tenure-track faculty position at the level of Assistant Professor to begin August 16, 2024. We particularly encourage applicants who have experience in time domain astrophysics, which can be at any wavelength or timescale, and can utilize resources available at the University of Florida (UF). Applicants with backgrounds in observational, experimental, theoretical, or computational astrophysics are welcome. | |||
| Tenure Track Assistant Professor – Experimental Optics for Gravitational Wave Detection | 16360100 – LS-PHYSICS-GENERAL | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Department of Physics at the University of Florida invites applications for a full-time, nine-month, tenure-accruing position at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning August 16, 2024. The targeted research area is precision interferometry and optical instrument science, generally, with a focus on gravitational wave detector instrumentation. | |||
| Post Doctoral Associate – Proteomics | 11600109 – RE-ICBR-PROTEOMICS | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Core Laboratory in the Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research (ICBR) at the University of Florida is recruiting for a Postdoctoral Associate. This is a full-time position reporting to the PM Scientific Director. The ICBR PM Core offers comprehensive molecular analytical services to support life science research on campus. A particular area of interest for this project is the role of the human gut microbiota in cancer pathogenesis and therapeutic response. The incumbent will work independently to develop new methodologies using mass spectrometry for the analysis of microbial metabolites. This individual must be familiar with High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), mass spectrometry technologies and data analysis, and analytical chemistry techniques. The University of Florida campus is a highly collaborative environment, and it is expected that the incumbent will pursue productive collaborations with investigators in developing, validating and establishing robust analytical pipelines in support of microbial metabolomic research. This includes publication of key methodologies and discoveries in appropriate peer-reviewed scientific journals and presentation at relevant scientific meetings. | |||
| ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE/FULL PROFESSOR – Materials Science & Engineering | 19090000 – EG-MATERIALS SCI ENGINEERING | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida invites applications for multiple full-time, tenure-track or tenured faculty positions at the rank of Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering in the areas of Biomaterials or Metallurgy. | |||
| ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE/FULL PROFESSOR – Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (Space) | 19020000 – EG-MECHANICAL / AEROSPACE ENG | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track or tenured faculty position at the rank of Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) (https://mae.ufl.edu/). | |||
| ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE/FULL PROFESSOR – Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (Autonomy) | 19020000 – EG-MECHANICAL / AEROSPACE ENG | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track or tenured faculty position at the rank of Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) (https://mae.ufl.edu/). | |||
| Post Doctoral Associate in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics (Dirac) | 16360100 – LS-PHYSICS-GENERAL | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Department of Physics at the University of Florida seeks to fill a Dirac postdoctoral position in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics with a starting date in the Fall of 2024. The position is sponsored by The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL) and designed for recent Ph.D.’s with research interests in any of the Condensed Matter areas represented at the three NHMFL sites (Gainesville, Los Alamos, and Tallahassee). Successful applicants are expected to demonstrate a high aptitude for theoretical research as well as to establish a close connection with the ongoing experimental program. |
Assistant Professor in High-Temperature Geochemistry/Petrology | 16240000 – LS-GEOLOGY | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The University of Florida (UF) Department of Geological Sciences invites applications for a full-time, tenure accruing position in High-Temperature Geochemistry/Petrology at the Assistant Professor Level. We are interested in candidates in the broadly defined areas of petrology and high-temperature geochemistry with research interests including, but not limited to, the origin and evolution of Earth and terrestrial planets, the formation of igneous rocks, isotope systematics, geochronology, and/or solid-state metamorphic reactions. | |||
| Post Doctoral Associate in Gravitational Wave Astronomy | 16360100 – LS-PHYSICS-GENERAL | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The LIGO Research Group at the University of Florida invites applications for a postdoctoral position in gravitational wave astronomy and gravitational wave data analysis. The initial appointment is for one year with anticipated extension for two more years. The position is available starting November 2023. | |||
| Research Post-Doctoral Associate – Medical AI Research | 29130000 – MD-RADIOLOGY | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| A one-year Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Medical AI Research, UF Health – Department of Radiology | |||
| Research Post-Doctoral Associate – Medical AI Research | 29130100 – MD-RADIOLOGY-ADMINISTRATION | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| A one-year Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Medical AI Research, UF Health – Department of Radiology | |||
| Postdoctoral Associate in the MagLab High B/T Facility | 16360000 – LS-PHYSICS | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab) High B/T Facility in the Department of Physics at the University of Florida invites applications for a Postdoctoral Associate in Experimental Condensed Matter – low temperatures and high magnetic fields. | |||
| Post Doctoral Associate in the Center for Molecular Magnetic Quantum Materials (M2QM) | 16360100 – LS-PHYSICS-GENERAL | Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) | Open until filled |
| The Center for Molecular Magnetic Quantum Materials (M2QM) at the Department of Physics, University of Florida is seeking 3 Post Doctoral Associates. See https://efrc.ufl.edu/. M2QM is a renewed (Aug. 1, 2022) Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the US Department of Energy; See https://science.osti.gov/-/media/bes/pdf/awards/EFRC-awards-sheet-8-25.pdf. Successful candidates will work on spin transitions and magnetoelectric couplings in molecular magnetic systems, dynamics, and decoherence of spin and clock transition, spin-spin couplings, spin-environment interactions in junctions, simulation of inelastic tunneling spectroscopy (IETS) etc. Experience in DFT and beyond DFT methods, high-level quantum chemistry, machine learning, high-throughput modeling of complex materials, model Hamiltonian-based spin dynamics, or in IETS is a plus. This is a time-limited position. |