Assistant Professional Researcher
Company: University of California - Davis
Location: Davis
Posted on: May 24, 2025
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Job Description:
Position overview
Salary range:
The salary range for Assistant Researcher - FY is $90,200 -
$121,100. "Off-scale salaries", i.e., a salary that is higher than
the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step,
are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions,
qualifications, and experience.
Application Window
Open date: February 13, 2025
Most recent review date: Monday, Mar 3, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific
Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the
search committee if the position has not yet been filled.
Final date: Monday, Jun 30, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but
those received after the review date will only be considered if the
position has not yet been filled.
Position description
NATURE AND PURPOSE
The Professional Researcher develops and oversees their own
independent, creative, and high-quality research program equivalent
to that required for the Professor series. The Professional
Researcher takes major responsibility and leadership for their
programs. Generally, the appointee is expected to secure funding as
a Principal Investigator but may be funded as a co-PI within a
large center or collaborative program grant on which many
independent investigators are working, as long as it is clear that
the activities led by the professional researcher within the larger
project constitute his/her own independent research program.
Appointees do not have teaching responsibilities.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
I.RESEARCH (90%)
The candidate will develop an independent research program on the
molecular characteristics of dietary intake and its impact on human
health and disease through multi-omics approaches and computational
biology.
Research activity (70%)
The candidate will be expected to design and conduct studies
designed to determine the relationship between the molecular
characteristics of diet and clinical health outcomes through the
integration of glycomics, proteomics, lipidomics, and metabolomics
food composition data. The appointee will investigate the influence
of these multi-omics dietary features on gastrointestinal and
metabolic health outcomes and their interaction via compositional
and functional characteristics of the gut microbiome. Computational
approaches for analyzing large-scale datasets will include
bioinformatics workflows, natural language processing and
development of AI/ML algorithms. The appointee will publish
research results in peer-reviewed journals as senior author in the
fields of nutrition, bioinformatics and microbiome research.
Grant Acquisition and Management (20%)
The candidate will acquire funding to support an independent
research program, managing a budget and research projects, and
write and submit progress reports to funding agencies.
II.PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE AND ACTIVITY (5%)
The candidate will participate in professional societies and
conferences related to nutrition, bioinformatics, microbiome
research, and artificial intelligence in biology. They will serve
as a reviewer for research proposals and scientific publications in
these fields. The candidate will present research at national and
international scientific meetings and may coordinate seminars and
laboratory meetings focusing on computational approaches in
nutritional research.
III.UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE (5%)
University and Public Service is required for the Associate and
Full Title ranks. The candidate will engage in University service
activities such as guest lecturing on topics related to nutritional
systems biology and computational approaches innutrition research.
The candidate will participate in committee service, particularly
those related to bioinformatics and data science initiatives. They
will engage in public outreach activities to communicate complex
nutritional science concepts to the general public and provide
evidence-based dietary advice to individuals and public agencies
based on molecular and microbiome research findings.
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
*Ph.D. in nutrition, food science or related field.
Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
*3+ years research experience after PhD.
*3+ years' experience with AI/ML in nutrition related projects.
*5+ years' experience in host-diet-microbiome research, supported
by publications in this area.
*3+ years of experience in dietary data analysis, supported by
publications in this area.
Preferred qualifications (other preferred, but not required,
qualifications for the position)
*3+ years' experience with food composition databases.
*3+ years' experience in high performance computing, including
shell scripting and experiencewith resource managers such as
SLURM.
*5+ years coding experience in R and/or Python.
*3+ years' experience with natural language processing (NLP) and
application to foodcomposition data.
*Multiple publications in respected peer-reviewed journals.
*Presented at national conferences.
*Communicates and collaborates well with lab members and colleagues
in other labs and atother institutions.
*Experience troubleshooting and optimizing analytical methods, data
generation andintegration.
*Experience as manuscript reviewer for respected journals.
Application Requirements
Document requirements
Form Link:
https://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk2376/files/media/documents/authorization-release-form.pdf
Reference requirements
Apply link:
https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06930
Help contact: eevilleda@ucdavis.edu
About UC Davis
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to
disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or
judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that
they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for
misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged
misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.
To implement this process, UC Davis requires all applicants for any
open search to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled,
"Authorization to Release Information" into UC RECRUIT as part of
their application. If an applicant does not include the signed
authorization with the application materials, the application will
be considered incomplete, and as with any incomplete application,
will not receive further consideration.
UC Davis is a smoke and tobacco-free campus
(http://breathefree.ucdavis.edu/).
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected
veteran status, or other protected status under state for federal
law.
Under Federal law, the University of California may employ only
individuals who are legally able to work in the United States as
established by providing documents as specified in the Immigration
Reform and Control Act of 1986. Certain UC Davis positions funded
by federal contracts or sub-contracts require the selected
candidate to pass an E-Verify check. More information is available
at: http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) is committed to
creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees
and students. Our excellence in research, teaching, and service are
embodied by members of our academic community who share our
commitment to these values. A variety of resources and programs are
available to academics, staff, and students that reflect the core
values reflected in our strategic plan: "To Boldly Go," our
Principles of Community, the Office of Academic Affairs' Mission
Statement, and the UC Board of Regents Policy 4400.
UC Davis also is making important progress towards our goal of
achieving federal designation as a Hispanic-Serving Institution
(HSI). There are numerous links available on the About Us webpage
where you can learn more about our administration, campus rankings,
locations, campus safety, sustainability, visiting UC Davis and UC
Davis Health.
The university is consistently ranked among the top institutions in
the world for campus sustainability practices by the UI Green
Metric World University Rankings. UC Davis is focused on achieving
net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and repeatedly shown its
commitment to preserving a healthy and sustainable environment for
generations to come.
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all
applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining
agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or
local government directives may impose additional requirements.
Job location
Davis, CA
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