Position Title: Postdoctoral Fellow

Duties & Responsibilities: The postdoctoral fellow will develop and implement innovative statistical methodologies intended to improve the analysis of high-dimensional spatio-temporal survey data. Research will mainly focus on development of broadly applicable methodologies in three related areas: (1) multiscale modeling of survey data, (2) spatio-temporal small area estimation, and (3) integrating information from multiple repeated surveys using hierarchical statistical models. The methodology will be applied to high-profile federal datasets, including the American Community Survey, and be used to address a multitude of subject matter questions from social science and public policy. The NCRN postdoctoral fellow will spend time at both University of Missouri (MU) and The Ohio State University (OSU). He or she will be mentored by Scott Holan (Associate Professor, MU), Christopher Wikle (Professor, MU) and Noel Cressie (Professor, OSU) and will interact with other researchers in the Departments of Statistics at MU and OSU, in addition to various researchers from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Position Qualifications: Applicants must have received, or expect to complete, a doctorate in statistics or related discipline within the last 5 years. Women and members of under-represented groups are particularly encouraged to apply. Selection criteria will include demonstrated research ability in statistics or a relevant scientific discipline, interest in hierarchical spatio-temporal modeling and official statistics, survey data, Bayesian methodology and computation, experience with dimension reduction and analysis of high-dimensional datasets, commitment to collaborative research, and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Salary Range: The initial salary is $75,000 per year.

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Application Address: To apply E-mail (PDF files if possible) the following items to holans@missouri.edu: (1) a letter of interest, containing full contact information, year graduated and citizenship/immigration status, concisely responding to the research emphases and criteria above; (2) a CV listing educational background, research experience and publications; and (3) abstracts of the dissertation and any publications. The cover letter or CV should include names and contact information for three references (no letters please). Please indicate “NCRN Postdoc” in the subject field of the message.

Contact Email: holans@missouri.edu

Application Deadline: The application pool will remain open until the position is filled but screening will begin on December 15 2011. All applicants are thanked in advance; only those selected for further consideration will receive a response.