美国弗吉尼亚理工大学博士后职位招聘–生物系统工程、食品工程、食品科学、化学工程或相关学科

Job Description

The Virginia Seafood Agricultural Research & Extension Center, Virginia Tech is seeking a postdoctoral associate in the area of food bioprocess engineering. The position is concerned primarily with numerical simulations and machine learning algorithms to optimize a bioprocessing system.

The Postdoctoral Associate will conduct numerical simulation on bioprocess systems and develop optimization strategies on bioprocess systems. The position will also be expected to write manuscripts and assist with grant preparation. The postdoctoral associate position may also be involved in and responsible for student mentorship.

Required Qualifications

• An earned doctoral degree in Biological Systems Engineering, Food Engineering, Food Science, Chemical Engineering, or related discipline. PhD must be awarded no more than four years prior to the effective date of appointment with a minimum of one year eligibility remaining.
• Experience with conducting original research using computational software such as COMSOL.
• Expertise with programming languages such as C/C++/Python/Fortran or similar.
• Expertise in data science techniques 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with high performance computing on large-scale supercomputers
• Experience with hardware design and sensors

Appointment Type

Restricted

Salary Information

$53,550 – $60,000; commensurate with experience.

Review Date

April 30, 2024

Additional Information

The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.