68 postdoctoral scholar jobs found in Seattle, WA

Position Description The Quantum Defect Lab (QDL) at the University of Washington is seeking two Postdoctoral Scholars in the area of experimental quantum information beginning March 2023. Postdoctoral Scholar appointments are full-time, 12-month appointments for a period of up to three years subject to funding and mutual agreement. At the QDL, we seek to advance quantum technologies based on defects in crystals. Research areas include defect synthesis, characterization of fundamental properties, quantum sensing, and nanophotonic device integration for quantum network applications. Further information on the QDL can be found at https://sites.google.com/uw.edu/optospintronics-lab/. Applicants will be considered in all areas of experimental quantum information, semiconductor physics and optics. Experience in optical microscopy, optical spectroscopy, photonic design, nanofabrication, RF design and cryogenics is desirable but not required.  The base salary range...

Position Description The Arce-McShane lab in the Department of Oral Health Sciences at the University of Washington School of Dentistry has openings for two postdoctoral scholar/fellow positions. Postdoctoral scholars and fellows are represented by UAW 4121 and are subject to the collective bargaining agreement, unless agreed exclusion apply.  For more information, please visit the University of Washington Labor Relations website. Research in the Arce-McShane Lab focuses on the principles of cortical and biomechanical control of oral sensorimotor behavior and how these are affected by learning, aging, and disease.   Our lab uses a multidisciplinary approach to understand the interplay between sensation and movement using converging evidence from psychophysics, biomechanics, neurophysiology, and computational modeling. Our methods include recording neural activity from chronically-implanted microelectrode arrays in multiple regions of the cerebral...

Position Description The Department of Oral Health Sciences (OHS)  brings together faculty from different ends of the dental and oral health research spectrum into a single department that has expertise ranging from the modern experimental life sciences through the public health and behavioral sciences. OHS has the goal of improving the oral and general health and well-being of our diverse global population through research, teaching and service. OHS has a broadly defined mission that accommodates diverse faculty interests and expertise. At present, OHS enjoys faculty expertise in areas including anatomy, biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, biostatistics, epidemiology, behavioral science (both basic and applied), public health, dental hygiene, education, law, medicine, and clinical dentistry including faculty members with specialty training in periodontics, orthodontics, and oral medicine. OHS also sponsors the School of Dentistry’s only PhD program as...

Position Description Applicants are invited for a postdoctoral position at the University of Washington, School of Medicine. This position is searching for an entry-level postdoctoral scholar, and will be given the title Post-doctoral Scholar.  Postdoctoral level researcher.  Minimum 3 years salary support with University of Washington benefits. Initial project aims focus on studying hippocampal and neocortical interactions during language behavior paradigms. Will be expected to do extensive computational coding and analytical background  Data sources: Intracranial EEG local field potential recordings Behnke-Fried microelectrode recordings for single neuron isolation Responsive neurostimulation devices Micro- and macro-electrode recordings during deep brain stimulation The anticipated start date is 3/1/23. This is an annually renewed (12 month service period) appointment. Postdoctoral scholars are represented by UAW...

Position Description The Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean, and Ecosystem Studies (CICOES) seeks applications for Postdoctoral Scholars with research interests in climate, oceanography, and/or ecosystem science including management and policy. We anticipate offering two to three Postdoctoral Scholar appointments. Postdocs are appointed at any one of the CICOES consortium universities: University of Washington (UW), Oregon State University (OSU), and University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) and may be located at a partner university or at one of our National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sponsored laboratories: the Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), the Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC), and/or the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL). Appointments are based on the strength of the applicant’s research proposal, the fit to CICOES’ research portfolio, and the composition of the mentoring team. Applicants are expected to...

Position Description The School of Oceanography at the University of Washington (UW) invites applications for a postdoctoral scholar to conduct original research focusing on a new project “Constraining Pliocene North Pacific marine heatwave variability from individual foraminifera Mg/Ca,” funded through the NSF’s Paleo-Perspectives on Climate Change program. This will be an excellent opportunity for those who are excited by the challenge of using highly-sensitive, cutting-edge analytical techniques to generate novel reconstructions of past climate variability in hopes of better forecasting future change. Marine heatwaves (MHW) are prolonged periods of anomalous ocean warming with considerable socioeconomic impacts, and a persistent north Pacific event from 2014-2016 is likely the most ecologically and economically impactful ever. Observational data suggest an increase in MHW frequency and duration over the past century, but simulations of future MHW...

Position Description The InQubator for Quantum Simulation (IQuS) at the University of Washington anticipates appointing one or two full-time Postdoctoral Scholars to start in September 2023.  Outstanding candidates in quantum information theory, quantum simulation, lattice gauge theory, Standard Model physics, broadly defined, to be part of the Fermilab QuantISED Program focusing on the quantum simulation of quantum field theories, are invited to apply. These positions are full-time, 12-month (one-year) appointment, which may be extended (upon successful performance) up to a maximum term of three years, subject to funding and mutual agreement. The Postdoctoral Scholar title is limited to five years, including postdoctoral experience(s) at UW and other institutions. IQuS includes local researchers, visitors, and community-driven workshops at the Institute of Nuclear Theory, along with close connections with national laboratories and technology companies, to help...

Position Description Overview CMAP is a Center of Excellence in Genome Science. Our Center is developing highly generalizable, reproducible and scalable technologies to generate and assess the functional impact of variants in human genes. Our goal is to facilitate variant interpretation to enable genome-guided precision medicine in clinical decision making. Position Description The Center for the Multiplex Assessment of Phenotype (CMAP) is accepting applications for two full-time “CMAP Postdoctoral Scholar” positions starting in 2023. The University has an annual service period of 12-months (July 1 - June 30) Linking phenotype to genotype is one of the most pressing problems in biology. We are looking for near or recent grads to work on high-risk, high-reward methods development projects that will drive the mutational scanning field forward. This is a unique opportunity to work at the cutting edge of genomics and proteomics with a team of creative and...

Position Description The University of Washington Information School invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar position. The postdoc will support a research grant funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in coordination with the US Research Software Sustainability Institute (URSSI). URSSI’s mission is to improve the  recognition, development,  and  use , of software for a more sustainable research enterprise: https://urssi.us/   The postdoc will work with URSSI to investigate the development and maintenance of research software in order to better understand what factors influence research software sustainability; describe current models of sustainability planning and suggest potential new models that could increase the likelihood of achieving long-term software sustainability; and develop new methods to evaluate research software sustainability.   The successful candidate will be able to either conduct ...

Position Description The UW Puget Sound Institute seeks a Postdoctoral Scholar with expertise in process-based, multi-scale watershed modeling to collaborate with an interdisciplinary team developing a linked set of terrestrial-marine models parameterized for the entire Puget Sound basin and its watersheds. The 3-year project goal is to deliver a tool to support regional planning and restoration decision-making under alternative climate, population, and land use futures for a broad range of regional objectives, from orcas to human wellbeing. Watershed modeling outputs aim to help local and regional planners and managers visualize how effects of their decisions will propagate downstream with far reaching benefits and tradeoffs for terrestrial and marine endpoints of concern. This 3-year project brings together the USEPA’s VELMA modeling team, the UW Salish Sea Modeling Center team, the NOAA Atlantis and social-ecological systems modeling team, a...

Position Description The University of Washington Center for an Informed Public (CIP) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar to work on a National Science Foundation funded project titled “Building Rapid-Response Frameworks to Support Multi-Stakeholder Collaborations for Mitigating Online Disinformation”.  The postdoctoral scholar will be appointed in the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering, College of Engineering at the University of Washington. In collaboration with project PIs Drs. Kate Starbird, Emma Spiro, and Jevin West, the postdoctoral scholar will lead the iterative design and evaluation of a multi-stakeholder, data science collaboration working to mitigate online mis- and disinformation. The work will include participant observation of collaborative data analysis, interviews with diverse stakeholders, and iterative design work to improve the tools and broader socio-technical system that support this work. One goal of...

Position Description The University of Washington Tacoma’s Puget Sound Institute, in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries Services, Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle WA seeks 2 (two) Postdoctoral Scholars to conduct ecosystem modeling research in the Salish Sea. The Salish Sea spans Washington State in the US and British Columbia in Canada, and includes Puget Sound, the Strait of Georgia, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.  Postdoctoral scholars are represented by UAW 4121 and are subject to the collective bargaining agreement, unless agreed exclusion criteria apply. For more information, please visit the University of Washington Labor Relations website. Both positions have an anticipated start date of January 1, 2023 (negotiable). Initial appointments are for 1 year. One position allows reappointment up to 1 additional year, pending performance review. The other position...

Position Description The Garcia laboratory in the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington and the VA Puget Sound is looking for a highly motivated postdoctoral scholar, who is interested in studying signaling networks related to muscle wasting in cancer patients and in patient-derived samples. The research team is interested in elucidating comprehensive signaling networks that control muscle mass and function with the goals to identify and characterize novel mechanisms of muscle atrophy in the setting of cancer. We are particularly interested in the role of mitochondria and hormonal signaling including androgens. The postdoctoral scholar will work in a highly interactive laboratory environment and collaborate with clinical experts, molecular biologists, and biochemists. Competitive candidates will have  expertise in: 1) Clinicaltranslational research, 2) Muscle metabolism, and 3) molecular biology in cancer or metabolic diseases. See Dr....

Position Description Applicants are invited for a postdoctoral position at the University of Washington (UW), School of Medicine in the area of cerebrovascular disease and neuroinflammation under the leadership of Dr. Jonathan Weinstein. Dr. Weinstein is an academic clinician-scientist in the department of Neurology with extensive clinical and research training and experience in the stroke research, glial cell biology and neuroinflammation fields. Dr. Weinstein has assembled an outstanding multidisciplinary research team focusing on innate immune signaling and glial cells in the context of ischemia. The current position would be primarily funded by Dr. Weinstein’s new R01 grant from NIH (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-185.html). The focus of this project is on understanding neuroimmune and vascular changes underpinning initiation and progression of cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD), the pathophysiologic substrate that leads to vascular...

Position Description Applicants are invited for a postdoctoral position at the University of Washington (UW), School of Medicine in the area of cerebrovascular disease and neuroinflammation under the leadership of Dr. Jonathan Weinstein. Dr. Weinstein is an academic clinician-scientist in the department of Neurology with extensive clinical and research training and experience in the stroke research, glial cell biology and neuroinflammation fields. Dr. Weinstein has assembled an outstanding multidisciplinary research team focusing on innate immune signaling and glial cells in the context of ischemia. The current position would be primarily funded by Dr. Weinstein’s new R01 grant from NIH (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-20-185.html). The focus of this project is on understanding neuroimmune and vascular changes underpinning initiation and progression of cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD), the pathophysiologic substrate that leads to vascular...

Position Description The Miller laboratory at the University of Washington has an opening for a full-time postdoctoral scholar position focused on using long-read sequencing (LRS) to identify missing disease-causing variation, evaluate normal patterns of human variation, and develop new tools for the analysis of LRS data. The Miller lab is focused on using new technology, such as long-read DNA and RNA sequencing to identify missing disease-causing variation, identify novel variants that contribute to disease, and make new gene-phenotype associations. For details see the laboratory website at www.millerlaboratory.com. The position is flexible in that projects can be tailored to fit the long-term interests of the individual. The position will be mostly computational, with opportunities for bench work as desired by the individual filling the role. In general, the position will lead analysis of LRS data generated from unsolved clinical samples recruited to a research protocol,...

Position Description A postdoctoral scholar position is available at the Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington https://fhl.uw.edu/. We seek a marine genomics scholar who can benefit from facilities and equipment being acquired as part of an NSF-funded Genomics at the Shoreline funding. The scholar is expected to conduct work appropriate for a marine field station and to reside on San Juan Island, working under the mentorship of a faculty member at FHL or at other UW campuses. Co-mentorship by a non-UW scientist can be considered. This position will be an initial 12-month appointment, with funds available for an additional year pending satisfactory performance. Funding for the position will include a modest supplement for research and travel costs. Salary will be determined by prior work experience (https://hr.uw.edu/files/labor/UAW-4121-Postdoc-2021-2023-CBA-TA.pdf). Duties: ·Conduct independent marine genomics research based at FHL...

Position Description Position Description The Department of Atmospheric Sciences at  the University of Washington  is seeking Postdoctoral Scholars to participate in the Marine Cloud Brightening (MCB) Project. The position will undertake global and regional modeling studies of forcing by aerosol-cloud interactions in marine warm clouds, and to explore environmental impacts of cloud brightening from deliberate injections of sea-salt aerosol into the marine environment. We are especially interested in candidates who have experience in one or more of the following areas: numerical modeling, climate dynamics, aerosol-cloud interactions, cloud or aerosol physics, observationally-based model evaluation. The Marine Cloud Brightening Project is a research program studying interventions to cool climate through increasing the reflection of sunlight from clouds and the effects of aerosol particles on clouds and climate. Led by Professor Robert Wood...

Position Description The University of Washington has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time postdoctoral researcher in AI driven Trauma, Injury and Inflammation Prediction Modeling. We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual who has experience with machine learning algorithms and who is passionate about advancing the science behind predicting onset of sepsis for critical care and trauma patients. Candidates should have experience with research using cloud-based ML modeling tools, especially TensorFlow and PyTorch, and handling healthcare datasets. Candidates should see value both in excellent scholarship and in real-word impact. Our group uses predictive models to (1) understand the temporal variables that lead to onset of sepsis and sepsis shock, and (2) to test specific hypothesis that could help address those underlying factors. For a current project, which is a collaboration between Department of Surgery and the Center for Data Science we...

Position Description The University of Washington has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time postdoctoral researcher in AI driven Trauma, Injury and Inflammation Prediction Modeling. We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated individual who has experience with machine learning algorithms and who is passionate about advancing the science behind predicting onset of sepsis for critical care and trauma patients. Candidates should have experience with research using cloud-based ML modeling tools, especially TensorFlow and PyTorch, and handling healthcare datasets. Candidates should see value both in excellent scholarship and in real-word impact. Our group uses predictive models to (1) understand the temporal variables that lead to onset of sepsis and sepsis shock, and (2) to test specific hypothesis that could help address those underlying factors. For a current project, which is a collaboration between Department of Surgery and the Center for Data Science we...