Description

Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA, www.niva.no) offers a 3 years Post Doc position to develop Next Generation Risk Assessments (NGRA) tools in the research Research Council of Norway funded project "In silica and experimental screening platform for characterizing environmental impact of industry development in the Arctic (EXPECT, https://www.niva.no/en/projectweb/expect)". The Post Doc will be involved in the development of a Source To Outcome Predictor (STOPredictor) to characterize the most relevant Arctic Source To Outcome Pathways (STOPs) and use these to perform Cumulative Risk Assessments (CRA). Development of qualitative and quantitative Aggregate Exposure Pathways (AEPs) and Adverse Outcome Pathways (AOPs) will be central to the work (see details at NCTP, https://www.niva.no/en/projectweb/nctp). The work is expected to include chemical and non-chemical stressors that arise from urban and rural exposure sources and different routes of exposure and involve work spanning both temperate and arctic regions. 

The successful candidate will be involved in the following tasks: 

• Development and use of qualitative and quantitative AEPs and AOPs
• Development and evaluation of quantitative Source to Outcome Pathways
• Designing of workflows and data analysis pipelines for large exposure and effect datasets
• Development and use of mathematical and statistical models for integrated data analysis
• Publication of peer-reviewed articles in relevant high impact Journals
• Presentation of research at regional, national, and/or international conferences and workshops
• Mentoring and transferring of knowledge to colleagues 

Deadline for Application: June 5th, 2022.

Requirements

Formal qualifications and experience 

• PhD in relevant field (data sciences, computational toxicology, mathematical modelling, 
  bioinformatics or similar)
• Relevant experience in programming (python, R, C ++ etc.)
• Experience in mathematical modelling (design, implementation, numerical solutions and 
  evaluation of models, e.g. using differential equations, structural equations and multivariate 
  analysis etc.)
• Knowledge of advanced and applied statistics (deterministic and probabilistic modelling etc.)
• Knowledge of exposure, effect and/or risk assessment is an advantage
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential.
• Strong ability to communicate in English, both verbally and in writing is required. 

Personal abilities 

We are looking for an enthusiastic, goal-oriented colleague with great communication skills. You are independent and skilled to perform your assignments, at the same time you have a good team spirit and are keen to collaborate with your colleagues. You are pro-active and motivated to implement and find good practical solutions together with supervisors, managers and colleagues.

Applications need to be submitted to:

https://201710.webcruiter.no/Main/Recruit/Public/4520935708?language=en&showExpired=False