Job Description Summary Organization's Summary Statement: Major
Responsibilities
(in order of importance) The work will primarily focus on data analyses and visualization. The position consists of a high degree of numerical analysis and computer programming. The applicant will be expected to: • Build and maintain reproducible pipelines for processing metabolomics, bile acid profiles, and metagenomic sequencing data from dietary intervention studies. • Implement multi-omic data processing approaches with emphasis on large-scale sequencing data handling and multi-omic integration used to study microbial systems. • Apply multi-omics frameworks to integrate metabolomics, bile acids, and metagenomics for understanding microbial function. • Develop predictive models in R and Python or related platforms to link dietary exposures to health outcomes. • Use tools such as QIIME2, MetaPhlAn, HUMAnN, Kraken2, and R packages like phyloseq and vegan to perform taxonomic and functional profiling. • Apply workflows for diversity analysis, functional gene profiling, and bioinformatic pipeline execution in developing and executing microbial community analysis pipelines. • Conduct metabolite-microbe association analyses and pathway enrichment using tools such as MetaboAnalystR, mummichog, and KEGG/MetaCyc. • Build predictive models to identify individual responses to dietary interventions. • Create high-quality visualizations to communicate multi-omics findings. • Prepare figures, reports, and manuscripts that clearly convey complex results to interdisciplinary teams. • Present findings at meetings to nutrition scientists, clinicians, microbiologists, and collaborators. Required
Qualifications
Ph.D. in computational biology, bioinformatics or a related science field with a strong emphasis on genomic data analysis and data visualization. Physical Demands of the Position: Most of the work will be working at a computer or attending meetings. Additional Job Details Required Application Materials: CV Best Consideration Date: 09/14/2026 Posting Close Date: 09/14/2026 Open Until Filled: Financial Disclosure Required For more information on Financial Disclosure, please visit Maryland's State Ethics Commission website. Department AGNR-Nutrition and Food Science Worker Sub-Type Faculty Regular Salary Range 85,000-90,000
Benefits
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