The Cornell University Transportation and Environment/Energy Systems (CUTES) research group invites applications from outstanding researchers for a post-doctoral research position in the area of Urban Technology, Digital Twin, and the Sustainability Business–Technology, Infrastructure, and Software Platform for Smart and Healthy Communities. The successful candidate will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team of CUTES research on urban technology, digital twin and software development, infrastructure investment and asset management optimization, and infrastructure finance/policy for smart and healthy communities. The CUTES group is a cross-disciplinary research team that takes innovative systems informatics-analytics approaches to solving urban infrastructure and its associated environment/health/economics and management problems.  The CUTES research group brings together a world-class interdisciplinary team to model the whole-of-life performance of urban technology, transportation/infrastructure, and complexity of the interdependency between the built and natural environments. The research team combines social scientists with researchers in engineering and complex systems simulation: the Group involves faculty and grad/undergrad students from Civil and Environmental Engineering, Statistics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Economics and Management, and Systems Engineering. The CUTES Research Group has a successful history in the nexus of urban transportation and environment/energy systems research and is involved in several large-scale interdisciplinary projects in economic/environmental impact assessment such as transportation emissions and air pollution/public health in New York City. Our research seeks to combine fundamental theoretical investigations with serious applications including the modeling and development of efficient systems for extracting and processing information. We aim at developing theoretical models, hybrid numerical approaches, computational algorithms, integrated software platforms, and ultimately policy insights and practical guidelines for managing the interactions among urban technologies, infrastructure and environment networks, and consumers and communities.

 The Li Lab is interested in elucidating complex plant natural product biosynthetic pathways and developing genetic circuits using synthetic biology in yeast and Nicotiana benthamiana. The lab uses a combination of synthetic biology, molecular biology, plant biochemistry, metabolic engineering, and multi-omics approaches. In the Li Lab, we are committed to supporting a diverse and inclusive environment where all lab members can thrive. We are a highly collaborative group. We work closely with engineers and plant scientists to understand the complicated plant metabolism using engineering approaches. Several of our projects are funded through the National Institutes of Health, Cornell’s Institute for Digital Agriculture (CIDA: https://digitalagriculture.cornell.edu/), the NSF Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS: https://digitalagriculture.cornell.edu/cropps/), and Cornell’s Center for Technology Licensing. The postdoctoral scholar will be encouraged to engage in cross-disciplinary research through these communities.

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at Cornell University embraces diversity and strongly encourages individuals from underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply. CALS is a pioneer of purpose-driven science and home to Cornell University’s second largest population of students, faculty and staff. We work across disciplines to tackle the challenges of our time through world-renowned research, education and outreach. The questions we probe and the answers we seek focus on three overlapping concerns: natural and human systems; food, energy and environmental resources; and social, physical and economic well-being. CALS is fundamentally invested in improving the lives of people, their environments and their communities both in New York State and around the world.

We are seeking a motivated individual who has a strong research background in plant molecular biology and genetics to characterize and edit apple genes of great horticultural and economic importance. 

Applications are sought for a postdoctoral fellow position in Putnam Lab at Cornell University. The position is joint between the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering and the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. The successful applicant will lead and support research projects focused on the design and synthesis of functional biomaterials. One key attribute for the position is that the postdoctoral fellow will be immersed in the process through which functional biomaterials are developed and translated into the clinic (i.e., start-up companies, scale-up synthesis, process validation, biocompatibility analysis, FDA regulations, financing models, IP portfolio design, etc.)

The successful applicant will play a central role in the interactions among different labs and colleges. Applicants are not expected to have expertise in entrepreneurship, but do need to have a strong interest in learning entrepreneurship skills and methods. This will be a one-year appointment, with annual extension possible based on satisfactory performance.

Required Qualifications: • PhD or equivalent degree in polymer/organic chemistry completed by the start of the position • A willingness/ability to work with animal models of disease • Strong writing skills • Desire and ability to author manuscripts and grant proposals in high-quality English • Strong desire to impact human health through the commercialization of functional biomaterials

A Postdoctoral Associate position is open in the Johnson lab to study how dietary intake of bioactive lipids and production of bioactive lipids from the gut microbiome can influence mammalian phenotypes. The Johnson lab uses genetic, genomic, and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) based-lipidomic approaches to understand lipid-dependent host-microbe interactions. More information about research in the Johnson Lab can be found at
www.johnsonlab.nutrition.cornell.edu.

The successful candidate will be expected to run and maintain the in-lab LC-MS in order to conduct research investigating how bioactive lipids influence host-microbe interactions in human tissue culture, mouse, and human systems. The initial appointment is for a year with the opportunity to extend based on performance.

A postdoctoral position is available in the Leifer Laboratory in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Cornell University. The lab focuses on innate immune receptor signaling and regulation using a variety of techniques from signal pathway analysis in primary human and mouse macrophages and dendritic cells, and cell lines, to whole animal models of disease. Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and their crosstalk with other signaling pathways is a current area of ongoing research.

We seek highly motivated candidates with experience in cell biology, signaling, innate immune receptors, flow cytometry, molecular biology, and lab animal handling experience. Excellent written and oral communication skills are a must and bioinformatics experience analyzing -omics data is a plus. This individual will work on currently funded projects as well as carve out their own project in TLR signaling regulation. There are also multiple opportunities to engage in ongoing collaborative projects.

Cornell University is located in Ithaca New York. Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University’s heritage.  Cornell is a recognized employer and educator valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. The Leifer Lab is housed at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell where there are opportunities to perform both human and veterinary research. Find out more at our website Leiferlab.com.

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University embraces diversity and seeks candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty, and staff of all identities and backgrounds. We strongly encourage individuals from underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply.

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) is a pioneer of purpose-driven science and home to Cornell University’s second largest population of students, faculty and staff. We work across disciplines to tackle the challenges of our time through world-renowned research, education and outreach. The questions we probe and the answers we seek focus on three overlapping concerns: natural and human systems; food, energy and environmental resources; and social, physical and economic well-being.  CALS is fundamentally invested in improving the lives of people, their environments and their communities both in New York state and around the world.

A postdoc research position is available in the Laboratory of Dr. Sijin Li at the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University.

The Fuller Spatial Ecology and Decision Science Lab https://blogs.cornell.edu/fullerlab/ at the New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at Cornell University is seeking candidates for a postdoctoral associate to provide data management for a bat population monitoring project using mobile acoustic survey data. The project is in support of the North American Bat Monitoring Program (NABat), collaborating with partners from the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The project will collect and analyze mobile acoustic survey data from monitoring partners in the northeastern United States. The candidate will serve as the data manager, working with partners to determine where assistance is needed, troubleshoot, understand data management needs, data processing needs, and work to gather resources from partners. The candidate will apply knowledge of data management, computer programming, quality assurance and control, GIS, and data management guidelines to support the collation of regional bat population monitoring and survey data. The primary objective of this role is to ease data management burdens on partners and aid in the aggregation of data on bats occurring in the region so they may be accessed to address management needs.

The Nwosu lab has positions for two postdoctoral associates. Applicants should be enthusiastic about conducting research on cancer metabolism and specifically on delineating the role of glutathione (GSH) in pancreatic cancer. The project has various multidisciplinary contexts including a link to the tumor microenvironment/immunology, tumor subtypes, transcriptional and epigenetic regulation as well as therapeutic resistance. The project will require the use of cell lines and mouse models to mechanistically determine how GSH promotes cancer and the effect of targeting the GSH pathway on tumor growth. The successful applicants will have access to various already existing data that will ensure a smooth commencement of the project. Besides research, the applicants will be encouraged to participate in career development activities within and outside the university. Salaries are set at the NIH rate.

Prof. Vibha Kalra’s research group at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, USA) is seeking applicants for two postdoctoral associate positions on “Next Generation Batteries”. The project(s) will involve material development for next generation batteries, advanced electrochemical, spectroscopic, and microscopic characterizations (including in-situ/in-operando) and battery recycling. An ideal candidate will have expertise in one or more of the following areas: solid electrolytes, in-situ/in-operando characterizations, metal anodes, high voltage cathodes, and battery recycling. The postdoctoral scholar will be expected to actively participate in a collaborative environment, design independent, hypothesis-driven research projects, successfully carry out the proposed research, and disseminate their findings via peer-reviewed papers and conference presentations.

A Postdoctoral Fellow or Research Associate position is available in the Flyak laboratory in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Cornell University. A candidate will drive a fully funded antibody-discovery project.

At the Flyak lab at Cornell University, we study human antibody response to viral pathogens. We are currently focused on discovering the main principles of effective antibody response to the highly genetically diverse Hepatitis C virus – a leading cause of chronic liver disease and liver cancer. The candidate will use cross-disciplinary tools to dissect human antibody response to Hepatitis C virus. Working with other Flyak lab members, the candidate will also contribute to the structural characterization of isolated antibodies and the development of a prophylactic HCV vaccine. More information about research in the Flyak Lab can be found at flyaklab.org.

The Zehnder Lab at Cornell University is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate to perform research on the failure of soft materials.  Research will be under the direction of Prof. Alan Zehnder.  The successful candidate will be part of a small team consisting of Profs. Zehnder and C.Y. Hui and a Ph.D. student, working to understand, quantify and model time dependent damage leading to fracture in soft materials.  The role is primarily experimental but, depending on the candidate’s interests and expertise, may involve theoretical and/or computational modeling. 

The nominal start date of this position is April 1, 2024 but a flexible start date is possible. The initial appointment will be for one year,  with the possibility of an extension depending on satisfactory performance and budget availability. 

We seek a Postdoctoral Associate with experience in statistical modeling who is also interested in natural resource decision-making and species conservation. The successful candidate will use data products from eBird Status and Trends (https://science.ebird.org), combined with datasets from field surveys and remote sensing, to map Pinyon Jay distributions and investigate potential factors behind population change. The specific focus of the project will include (a) testing the association between eBird-based population trends and habitat conditions, and (b) exploring avenues for combining information sources from eBird with data from other monitoring programs. As such, the successful candidate will work closely with researchers both at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the USDA Forest Service to address information needs while gaining valuable experience working on a large-scale, multi-agency problem. The postdoctoral associate will be advised by Dr. Viviana Ruiz-Gutierrez in close collaboration with Dr. Andrew Stillman at the Cornell Lab, and by Dr. Gavin Jones at the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station.

EcoLab is an ecological modeling and a big data research lab in the Soil and Crop Sciences Section, the School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. The research program of EcoLab is designed to advance predictive understanding of ecosystem ecology and biogeochemistry under the global environmental change via data-model integration. Major issues to address include (1) how global change alters structure and functions of terrestrial ecosystems, and (2) how terrestrial ecosystems regulate climate change. Diverse approaches have been used, including data synthesis, modeling, data-model fusion, theoretical analysis, machine learning, experimentation, and observation. In addition to conducting original research, EcoLab also develops tools for data-model integration studies and ecological forecasting.

The incumbent of this Senior Research Associate (SRA) position will lead research as a Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) and, meanwhile, share the responsibility of managing the EcoLab.