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<p class="MsoTitle" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Postdoctoral Research Associate<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Tulane University Biodiversity Research Institute (TUBRI) is a research center of Tulane’s School of Science and Engineering, located on the grounds of the F. Edward Hebert Research Center in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, a suburb of New
Orleans. TUBRI houses the Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection and specializes in biodiversity discovery (primarily fishes) and biodiversity informatics research. Henry L. Bart, Jr., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology serves as TUBRI Director and Yasin
Bakış is Senior Manager of Biodiversity Informatics and Data Engineering for the center.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A postdoctoral research associate is sought to provide biological expertise and insight to the newly funded, NSF Harnessing the Data Revolution Institute project entitled,
<i>Imageomics: A New Frontier of Biological Information Powered by Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning</i>. The project involves using Machine-Learning methods to train neural networks to extract phenotypic trait data from images of fish specimens, aided by
a fish anatomy ontology and trees depicting phylogenetic relationships among tested fish species.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The successful candidate will actively participate in the research of the project under the mentorship of Bart and Bakış.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Analyzing images of fish specimens and corresponding metadata and creating reports based on the statistics about the data<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Extracting morphological traits from fish specimen images to verify species identity<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Designing and following workflows and pipelines for processing images and using extracted morphological traits data in “morphological barcoding” experiments for diagnosing the various taxonomic groups.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Verifying project outputs for scientifically accuracy<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Support the coding team by<o:p></o:p></li><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
assisting in software design where biological expertise is needed<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
making sure the software is properly documented and openly accessible<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1">
providing scientific input during the coding process so that outputs are scientifically sound and publishable<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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Attending related workshops, training programs, and meetings <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Keeping abreast of the latest literature and openly sharing finding with project collaborators,<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Work collaboratively with Imageomics ML experts to explore deep-learning methods,<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Perform scientific analyses based on outputs of the project<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
Present analysis results at conferences and publish findings at scientific journals.
<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Prior (proven) experience in at least one of the following fields:
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Image Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Genetic Algorithms, Biodiversity Informatics, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics, Ecoinformatics or a related field (<i>scientific publications</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Working knowledge of at least three of the following languages (<i>one from each group</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">{Java, C, C++, C#}, {Python, PHP, Perl}, {R, Bash, JavaScript}, {ORACLE SQL, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL}<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Working knowledge of Unix based operating systems<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Experience in writing grant proposals and scientific publications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.4in;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Strong problem-solving skills<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Required Education and/or Experience<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.4in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#222222">PhD in Biological Sciences, Biodiversity Informatics, Computer Science, Information Sciences, Computational Biology/Bioinformatics, or a related field<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Preferred Qualifications<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Experience with: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Image Processing <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Artificial Intelligence/Neural Networks
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Genetic Algorithms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Web-database applications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.4in;line-height:normal">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Experience in parallel computing (GPU)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Working knowledge of version control system (GIT)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Other<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Position is open to international candidates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Should be able to travel internationally<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#222222">Strong communication and interpersonal skills<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#222222"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#222222">Start date</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#222222">: 1 February 2022<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#222222">For additional information about the position, please contact Henry Bart (</span><a href="mailto:hbartjr@tulane.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">hbartjr@tulane.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#222222">)
or Yasin Bakiş (</span><a href="mailto:ybakis@tulane.edu"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%">ybakis@tulane.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;color:#222222">)</span><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;letter-spacing:-.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Apply here: <a href="https://apply.interfolio.com/99039">https://apply.interfolio.com/99039</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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