Postdoc opportunity in applied Bayesian modeling with us here at Columbia

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I have a new postdoc opportunity. It’s for Bayesian contamination models for laboratory assays. It’s a real application–I’m doing this in collaboration with Prof. Qixuan Chen in the biostat dept and Prof. Matt Perzanowski in environmental health–and combines interesting problems in modeling, experimental design, and computing.

The ad is here: https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/10/24/postdoc-opportunity-to-work-with-me-here-at-columbia-on-bayesian-workflow-for-contamination-models-with-some-wonderful-collaborators/

I’m really excited about this project–it should be really fun and a way to make contributions in a variety of areas.

You can apply right away. The ad is out there, so we’re already getting applications!

The funding is here. It’s possible we would hire someone to start this summer or fall, but we’d be open to hiring someone sooner, even in January, if you are available.

Interested candidates should submit a detailed CV, a cover letter outlining research interests and career goals, and contact information for three references to Prof. Qixuan Chen at qc2138@cumc.columbia.edu

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What’s the anticipated salary range for this position? I see it says “competitive”, but I’ve been in industry for the last few years and lost track of what that means in a post-doc context.

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The job’s through an NIH grant, so it’ll probably be a low-ish salary as they’re controlled by NIH.

If you do apply, I would suggest confirming with Columbia’s HR department that you’ll be qualified. They don’t like hiring people they think of as overqualified for postdoc positions.

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The anticipated salary is $74,000/year, so competitive for an academic postdoc position but not compared to industry!

Also, no, if you apply for the job, you don’t need to confirm with Columbia’s HR department! Qixuan and I will collect all applicants and do the interviews.

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I didn’t mean qualified in the sense of being able to do the job, I meant confirm with HR that they are not going to do to you what they did to me and fire you for being overqualified.

@andrewgelman: Mike is not a fresh Ph.D. of the type that typically apply for postdocs, which is why I thought he might run into the same problem I did of being considered overqualified by Columbia’s HR.