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BDC Post-Doc Research Associate
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Postdoctoral Research Associate – BDC Post-Doc Research Associate
Department: Renaissance Computing Institute
Position Type: Postdoctoral Scholar
Full-time/Part-time: Full-Time Temporary
Hours Per Week: 40
FTE: 1
Location: Chapel Hill, NC (North Carolina, US)
Posting Open Date: 08/05/2025
Open Until Filled: Yes
Hiring Range: Dependent upon Qualifications
Proposed Start Date: 09/01/2025
Estimated Duration of Appointment: 12 Months
Position Summary The Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) at UNC Chapel Hill is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to contribute to innovative projects within the NIH BioData Catalyst (BDC) ecosystem, a cloud-based platform that provides secure access to biomedical data, analytic tools, and collaborative workspaces. This position offers the opportunity to work on cutting‑edge initiatives aimed at improving how researchers interact with complex data and analysis workflows. Potential project areas include developing semantic search capabilities to help users efficiently locate relevant datasets, designing natural language interfaces for more intuitive navigation of the BDC environment, creating BDC‑specific foundation models, and enabling large language models (LLM) and machine learning‑based workflows within the platform. The role may also involve advancing harmonization techniques to improve data interoperability and usability across the ecosystem. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to high‑impact, translational research infrastructure at the intersection of biomedical informatics, cloud computing, and AI.
Primary Purpose Of Organizational Unit At the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI), we use data, creativity, and inclusive teaming to revitalize how science is done. Fostering data science expertise and creating cyberinfrastructure isn’t just about solving known problems – it’s about expanding human potential by unlocking data.
Team Opportunities
Spend your time solving the interesting and unique problems of research and development.
Shape your future through experimentation and unfettered access to premier education and research.
Make connections to people and projects that ignite your passion.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics, Computer Science, or a related field.
Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Experience deploying and working with LLMs
Agentic workflows and retrieval augmented generation (RAG)
Prompt engineering experience
Developing, training, and testing machine learning (ML) models
Software engineering expertise
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Experience with biomedical data, including clinical, EHR, omics, and imaging
Knowledge graphs (KGs), and integrating LLMs with KGs
Multimodal LLMs
Special Instructions For information on UNC Postdoctoral Benefits and Services click here.
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Department: Renaissance Computing Institute
Position Type: Postdoctoral Scholar
Full-time/Part-time: Full-Time Temporary
Hours Per Week: 40
FTE: 1
Location: Chapel Hill, NC (North Carolina, US)
Posting Open Date: 08/05/2025
Open Until Filled: Yes
Hiring Range: Dependent upon Qualifications
Proposed Start Date: 09/01/2025
Estimated Duration of Appointment: 12 Months
Position Summary The Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) at UNC Chapel Hill is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to contribute to innovative projects within the NIH BioData Catalyst (BDC) ecosystem, a cloud-based platform that provides secure access to biomedical data, analytic tools, and collaborative workspaces. This position offers the opportunity to work on cutting‑edge initiatives aimed at improving how researchers interact with complex data and analysis workflows. Potential project areas include developing semantic search capabilities to help users efficiently locate relevant datasets, designing natural language interfaces for more intuitive navigation of the BDC environment, creating BDC‑specific foundation models, and enabling large language models (LLM) and machine learning‑based workflows within the platform. The role may also involve advancing harmonization techniques to improve data interoperability and usability across the ecosystem. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to high‑impact, translational research infrastructure at the intersection of biomedical informatics, cloud computing, and AI.
Primary Purpose Of Organizational Unit At the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI), we use data, creativity, and inclusive teaming to revitalize how science is done. Fostering data science expertise and creating cyberinfrastructure isn’t just about solving known problems – it’s about expanding human potential by unlocking data.
Team Opportunities
Spend your time solving the interesting and unique problems of research and development.
Shape your future through experimentation and unfettered access to premier education and research.
Make connections to people and projects that ignite your passion.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics, Computer Science, or a related field.
Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Experience deploying and working with LLMs
Agentic workflows and retrieval augmented generation (RAG)
Prompt engineering experience
Developing, training, and testing machine learning (ML) models
Software engineering expertise
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Experience with biomedical data, including clinical, EHR, omics, and imaging
Knowledge graphs (KGs), and integrating LLMs with KGs
Multimodal LLMs
Special Instructions For information on UNC Postdoctoral Benefits and Services click here.
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