Research Scientist

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Posted: 25-May-23

Location: Pasadena, California

Salary: Open

Categories:

Academic/Faculty
Biological/Biomedical Sciences

Internal Number: 4215327

Research Scientist
Caltech
Job Category: Fulltime Regular
Exempt Overtime Eligible: Exempt
Benefits Eligible: Benefit Based
Caltech is a world-renowned science and engineering institute that marshals some of the world's brightest minds and most innovative tools to address fundamental scientific questions. We thrive on finding and cultivating talented people who are passionate about what they do. Join us and be a part of the diverse Caltech community.
Job Summary
Full-Time position: Research Scientist to work on a set of geobiological problems with early evolution of life on Earth, prototyping of machine-learning approaches using metabolic and (meta)genomic data to solve geobiology problems that require improved understanding of the distribution and evolution of metabolic pathways in microbes. The position entails both independent work and collaborative work as part of a team. The collaborative work will include working in the field, lab, and on computational projects.
Essential Job Duties

• Conducts scientific analysis of experimental results designed to detect and measure previously unobserved phenomena, engineering practices and outcomes
• Develops complex database tools for retrieving, maintaining and reporting scientific data
• Applies scientific knowledge to solve practical and relevant problems and engineering practices
• Network expansion analyses.
• Metabolic and (meta)genomic analyses.
• Protein Language Model prototyping and analyses.
• Scholarship, synthesis, writing.
• Collaboration on group microbiology and computational projects in the field and in the lab.
• Other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications

• PhD in bioinformatics or computational biology.
• 1 year working in academic research science beyond graduate training.
• Knowledge of (Meta)genomics, comparative biology, biochemistry, microbiology, origin and early evolution of life.
• Experience with data analysis and reduction, Python, bioinformatic processing of genomic data, metabolic modeling, machine-learning.

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in biology or Earth science.
• 2 years of academic research beyond graduate training.
• Knowledge of protein language model prototyping, database construction using the genome taxonomy database genomes, network expansion algorithms.

Required Documents

• Resume

To be considered for this position please visit our web site and apply on line at the following link: https://hr.caltech.edu/work/job_openings
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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