Job Description Summary

Organization's Summary Statement:

Major Responsibilities (in order of importance) The work will primarily focus on data analyses and visualization. The position consists of a high degree of numerical analysis and computer programming. The applicant will be expected to: • Build and maintain reproducible pipelines for processing metabolomics, bile acid profiles, and metagenomic sequencing data from dietary intervention studies. • Implement multi-omic data processing approaches with emphasis on large-scale sequencing data handling and multi-omic integration used to study microbial systems. • Apply multi-omics frameworks to integrate metabolomics, bile acids, and metagenomics for understanding microbial function. • Develop predictive models in R and Python or related platforms to link dietary exposures to health outcomes. • Use tools such as QIIME2, MetaPhlAn, HUMAnN, Kraken2, and R packages like phyloseq and vegan to perform taxonomic and functional profiling. • Apply workflows for diversity analysis, functional gene profiling, and bioinformatic pipeline execution in developing and executing microbial community analysis pipelines. • Conduct metabolite-microbe association analyses and pathway enrichment using tools such as MetaboAnalystR, mummichog, and KEGG/MetaCyc. • Build predictive models to identify individual responses to dietary interventions. • Create high-quality visualizations to communicate multi-omics findings. • Prepare figures, reports, and manuscripts that clearly convey complex results to interdisciplinary teams. • Present findings at meetings to nutrition scientists, clinicians, microbiologists, and collaborators.


Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in computational biology, bioinformatics or a related science field with a strong emphasis on genomic data analysis and data visualization.


Physical Demands of the Position: Most of the work will be working at a computer or attending meetings.

Additional Job Details

Financial Disclosure Required

Department

AGNR-Nutrition and Food Science

Worker Sub-Type

Faculty Regular

Salary Range

85,000-90,000

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Employment Eligibility

The successful candidate must complete employment eligibility verification (on Form I-9) by presenting documents that establish identity and work authorization within the timeframe required by federal immigration law, and where applicable, to demonstrate renewed employment authorization.  Failure to complete employment eligibility verification or reverification within the timeframe set forth by law may result in suspension or termination of employment.

EEO Statement

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