Job Description Summary: | GW has everything you need to succeed in discovery. Outstanding research, state-of-the-art facilities and world-class faculty support discovery and innovative solutions. Researchers and faculty across campus advance interdisciplinary and emerging research and scholarship. Our active GW Postdoctoral Association welcomes your engagement in social and professional activities as you join our research teams. Research guides, coding and data management solutions as well as extensive online journals from GW Libraries help to guide your study. The Office of the Vice Provost for Research (OVPR) supports the research infrastructure and facilitates several institutional research initiatives.
In the Department of Biological Sciences, challenging science courses are just one part of a holistic approach to learning. Our curriculum integrates traditional study with individual mentorship in the lab and service learning and sustainable projects in the community, for a truly interdisciplinary experience.
The postdoctoral associate will conduct research in phylogenetics and evolutionary biology of fishes and work together with the PI (Orti) and graduate students. Required qualifications include a completed PhD and expertise in molecular systematics, comparative phylogenetic methods, genomics, and ichthyology.
Postdocs will design, organize and conduct specialized and advanced experiments using established scientific protocols, troubleshoot and design new protocols, summarize findings and publish results in research journals, under the general supervision of a faculty member. In some cases, postdocs will assume general responsibility for general scientific operations in the lab, and/or provide supervision and guidance to laboratory staff, trainees, and other researchers.
Duties:
- Research project development, including experimental design and preparation of grant proposals.
- Compilation, generation, and curation of genomic and trait data for selected fish species.
- Bioinformatic analysis of genomic data to infer phylogenies and perform comparative analyses on trait to test hypotheses.
- Preparation and submission of manuscripts to scientific journals.
- Training of graduate students in the lab on the above-mentioned duties.
- Delivering guest lectures or short workshops for relevant courses offered at GW in the disciplines involved in the research program.
A Postdoctoral Associate: - holds a PhD or equivalent degree;
- develops skills by participating in scholarly projects that are actively mentored by a member of the university faculty;
- receives financial support in the form of a salary that is typically funded by grants, contracts or departmental funds secured by a faculty mentor; and
- has a limited term of up to five years at GW.
In collaboration with experienced researchers, this role will participate in the planning and conduction of discovery research, data analysis and interpretation, preparation of materials for publication, presentations at conferences and meetings, and may develop new theories and methodologies. This role can expect timely advice as to research directions and career planning for a future independent career.
Performs other related duties as assigned. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position. |