Position Title: Postdoctoral Fellowship

Duties & Responsibilities: This position is funded through an NSF Research Training Group (RTG) and is open to US citizens and permanent residents. The postdoctoral fellow is expected to be an active member of the RTG, which consists of a dynamic group of Statistics faculty and collaborators from Neuroscience, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Cosmology and Entomology. RTG activities include teaching and training/mentoring of undergraduate and graduate students. Women and underrepresented minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Position Qualifications: The applicant should be a recent Ph.D. in Statistics or Biostatistics. We are seeking candidates that have the background and the capability of developing cutting edge statistical / computational methodology pertaining to modern areas of statistics involving large and complex data, such as medical imaging, visualization, graphical models, statistical network analysis, functional data analysis, manifold learning or statistical computing.

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Benefits: The salary includes benefits and health insurance.

Web Site: For more information about the Department of Statistics please visit our website: http://www-stat.ucdavis.edu/

Application Address: Interested applicants should submit application materials (cover letter, CV, Statement of research interests, and contact information for a least three references using the following link: https://recruitments.ucdavis.edu/ Select Postdoc-Fellow: Statistics. For more information contact Professor Wolfgang Polonik (wpolonik@ucdavis.edu).

Contact Email: pjaguilera@ucdavis.edu

Application Deadline: The position is open until filled. For full consideration please apply by June 30, 2012.