Postdoctoral Fellow 528503
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Job Location:
Tuscaloosa, AL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
17 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Pay Grade/Pay Range:Minimum: $53500 - Midpoint: $66900 (Salaried E8)
Department/Organization:206205 - Business Analytics Institute
Normal Work Schedule:Monday - Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm
Job Summary:The Postdoctoral Fellow provides for an internship and continuation of scholarly activity and research after achieving the PhD or other doctoral degree under the direction of a senior faculty member who serves as a mentor for the postdoctoral appointee.
Additional Department Summary:The University of Alabama seeks applications for a postdoctoral fellow position. The position is available to individuals with research interests in electric vehicle analytics (EVA). The successful candidate will conduct research under the supervision of Dr. Mesut Yavuz and Dr. Matthew Hudnall and will have the opportunity to collaborate with other researchers affiliated with the Institute of Data and Analytics (IDA) Alabama Mobility and Power (AMP) center and Alabama Transportation Institute (ATI).
This position will lead and support in the development and publishing research on various topics relating to the EVA initiative to help transition to the future of transportation with electric vehicles in the state of Alabama and beyond. The successful candidate will apply tools including (but not limited to) Data Acquisitions Data Mining Data Visualization Machine Learning Statistics Optimization and Simulation in various interdisciplinary projects spanning engineering business policy and public health fields. The postdoctoral fellow will at times need to concurrently complete research goals involving peer review publications and task-driven analytic projects as detailed by extramurally funded projects. Opportunities will also be available for the scholar to assist with the development and submission of applications for externally funded contracts and grants.
The College and or hiring department will establish a series of structured merit-based evaluations. Initial appointments are for one year with renewal contingent upon demonstration of research productivity and funding.
Required Minimum Qualifications:Doctorate. Additional qualifications based on assignment.
Additional Required Department Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. in Operations Research Operations Management Industrial Engineering Electrical Engineering Computer Science or a closely related field.
Preferred Qualifications:Experience in the area of transportation and/or energy operations. Experience with data acquisition (web scraping and API usage) and data visualization and other analytics tools including machine learning optimization and simulation. Computer programming expertise in at least one of the C C# and Python languages.
Background Investigation Statement: Prior to hiring the final candidate(s) must successfully pass a pre-employment background investigation and information obtained from social media and other internet sources. A prior conviction reported as a result of the background investigation DOES NOT automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration for this position. A candidate with a prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags will receive an individualized review of the prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags before a hiring decision is made.
Equal Employment Opportunity:The University of Alabama is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment or volunteer status without regard to any legally protected basis and will not be discriminated against because of their protected status. Applicants and employees of this institution are protected under Federal law from discrimination on several bases. More information is available in the EEOCsKnow Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegalposter.
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Key Skills
- Virology
- Bioinformatics
- Genetics
- R
- Biochemistry
- Cell Biology
- Research Experience
- Spectroscopy
- Cell Culture
- Molecular Biology
- Microscopy
- Research Laboratory Experience
