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Postdoctoral Research Associate – AI/ML for Biological Sciences
Upton, NY · Contract
Sponsorship not specified$72k-$119kDetected 30 days ago
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About the role
- Brookhaven National Laboratory's Computing and Data Sciences (CDS) Directorate seeks a Postdoctoral Research Associate - AI/ML for Biological Science for an on-site position in the AI Department.
- The successful candidate will contribute to interdisciplinary research projects at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and domain science, with a particular emphasis on biology.
- This position is intended for candidates with strong expertise in AI/ML, data science, and computational analysis, who are interested in applying advanced computational methods to biological data and scientific problems.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with AI researchers, computational scientists, and biology domain experts to translate scientific questions into effective computational workflows.
- Document methods and results and contribute to manuscripts, reports, presentations, and other project deliverables.
- The Postdoctoral Research Associate will develop and apply AI/ML and data-driven approaches to support biological research projects within the CDS AI Department.
- The selected candidate will work closely with computational scientists, AI researchers, and domain collaborators to analyze complex biological datasets, build or adapt computational models, and help advance data-enabled discovery in biology.
Requirements
- Candidates must have received a Ph.D. by the commencement of employment.
- This is due to nationwide identification requirements for federal site access as required by the federal REAL ID Act.
- Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Nice to have
- Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Skills
- Ph.D. in computer science, statistics, applied mathematics, biology, or a closely related field.
- Demonstrated expertise in AI/ML, statistical learning, or advanced data analytics.
- Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, interdisciplinary research environment.
- Strong track record of research productivity, demonstrated in peer-reviewed publications or equivalent research outputs.
- Familiarity with computational biology, bioinformatics, or biological data science concepts and workflows.
- Computational skills, including experience with programming/scripting for large-scale data analysis and reproducible research workflows.
- Experience using biological software tools, workflows, and databases.
- Proven exposure to model development, fine-tuning, evaluation, benchmarking, or deployment in modern AI/ML environments.
- Worked with heterogeneous, multimodal, or large-scale scientific datasets.
- Experience contributing to reusable analysis workflows, scientific software, open-source projects, or collaborative codebases.
- Familiarity with agentic AI systems, AI-assisted scientific workflows, or tool-using autonomous or semi-autonomous AI frameworks.
Compensation
- Brookhaven Laboratory is committed to providing fair, equitable and competitive compensation.
Benefits
- Conduct research in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science in support of biology-related projects.
- Experience developing, applying, or evaluating novel machine learning or data-driven methods on complex real-world datasets.
- Experience with deep learning, large language models (LLMs), protein language models (PLMs), or related generative AI methods for scientific or biological applications.
- The ideal candidate will have strong training in machine learning, artificial intelligence, statistical modeling, or related computational fields, along with sufficient background or interest in biological applications.
Company info
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (www.bnl.gov) delivers discovery science and transformative technology to power and secure the nation's future. Brookhaven Lab is a multidisciplinary laboratory with seven Nobel Prize-winning discoveries, 37 R&D 100 Awards, and more than 70 years of pioneering research. The Lab is primarily supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science. Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) operates and manages the Laboratory for DOE. BSA is a partnership between Battelle and The Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University. BSA salutes our veterans and active military members with careers that leverage the skills and unique experience they gained while serving our country, learn more at BNL | Opportunities for Veterans at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
- Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
- Guided by our core values of integrity, responsibility, innovation, respect, and teamwork, Brookhaven Science Associates is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer-Vets/Disabled. We are committed to fostering a respectful and collaborative environment that fuels scientific discovery. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to any characteristic protected by law. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. *VEVRAA Federal Contractor
- BSA employees are subject to restrictions related to participation in Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Programs, as defined and detailed in United States Department of Energy Order 486.1A. You will be asked to disclose any such participation at the time of hire for review by Brookhaven. The full text of the Order may be found at: https://www.directives.doe.gov/directives-documents/400-series/0486.1-BOrder-a/@@images/file
- Brookhaven National Laboratory (www.bnl.gov) delivers discovery science and transformative technology to power and secure the nation's future.
- Brookhaven Lab is a multidisciplinary laboratory with seven Nobel Prize-winning discoveries, 37 R&D 100 Awards, and more than 70 years of pioneering research.
- The Lab is primarily supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science.
- Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) operates and manages the Laboratory for DOE.
- BSA is a partnership between Battelle and The Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University.
- BSA salutes our veterans and active military members with careers that leverage the skills and unique experience they gained while serving our country, learn more at BNL | Opportunities for Veterans at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
- Guided by our core values of integrity, responsibility, innovation, respect, and teamwork, Brookhaven Science Associates is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer-Vets/Disabled.
- We are committed to fostering a respectful and collaborative environment that fuels scientific discovery.
- We consider all qualified applicants without regard to any characteristic protected by law.
- All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.
- We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
- Please contact us to request accommodation. *VEVRAA Federal Contractor
- BSA employees are subject to restrictions related to participation in Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Programs, as defined and detailed in United States Department of Energy Order 486.1A.
- You will be asked to disclose any such participation at the time of hire for review by Brookhaven.
- The full text of the Order may be found at: https://www.directives.doe.gov/directives-documents/400-series/0486.1-BOrder-a/@@images/file
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