[Forum SIS] JOB: Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Queen Mary, London, UK

[Silvia Liverani]

Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Queen Mary University of London, UK
School of Mathematical Sciences

Salary: £36,677 - £38,709
Closing date: 30-Nov-2017
Post: full time for 1 year, from January 2018 or as soon as possible 
thereafter

We invite applications for a research assistant position, funded by the 
US Department of Agriculture, to work with Dr Silvia Liverani at Queen 
Mary University of London, Professor Ann Stapleton at the University of 
North Carolina Wilmington and Dr Weijia Xu at the University of Texas at 
Austin, on an exciting collaborative project aimed at improving crop 
production. The research will involve developing a data analysis tool to 
help predict how specific plant varieties will react in environmental 
conditions such as extreme temperatures, drought, strong winds and a 
range of soil types.

The successful applicant will work on a software application that can 
accommodate the complex calculations necessary to determine which 
combinations of genetic traits have the greatest influence over a 
plant’s ability to survive in different environments.

Informal enquiries may be made to Dr Silvia Liverani at 
s.liverani a qmul.ac.uk

For further details and to apply:
https://webapps2.is.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/job.action?jobID=2837
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Silvia Liverani
Senior Lecturer in Statistics
Queen Mary University London
www.silvialiverani.com