Postdoctoral Associate

Doctorate in a field appropriate to the assigned duties and responsibilities.

The Department of Environmental and Global Health in the College of Public Health and Health Professions is recruiting a Postdoctoral Associate. The successful candidate will be working in the laboratory of Dr. Zhoumeng Lin in the Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology, and Department of Environmental and Global Health, the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Research projects for this position include: (1) development of physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) and quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models of drugs, environmental chemicals, and nanoparticles for applications in nanomedicine, animal-derived food safety, and human health risk assessment; (2) collection and meta-analysis of pharmacokinetic and tissue distribution data of nanoparticles in healthy and tumor-bearing animals using machine learning and AI approaches; and (3) integration of PBPK and QSAR models with AI methods to develop AI-assisted computational approaches to support decision-making in human, animal and environmental health. This is a 1.0 FTE, 12-month position, expected to start in November 2025, but the start date is flexible.

The Department of Environmental and Global Health (EGH) incorporates a dynamic faculty with expertise spanning environmental infectious diseases, viral discovery, toxicology and exposure science, aquatic systems and coastal community health, global health, AI and GIS, food and nutritional security, and occupational health and safety. EGH programs offer a Master of Health Science and doctoral degrees in Environmental Health and One Health. The College is part of UF’s Health Science Center that also includes the colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Dentistry, and Veterinary Medicine. Department faculty also collaborate with the UF Emerging Pathogens Institute, the Institute of Child Health Policy, the UF Health Cancer Center, the UF Genetics Institute, the Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, the Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology, the Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the McKnight Brain Institute, all of which provide state-of-the-art environments and large data sets access.

$62,232 annually, commensurate with experience level and in accordance with current NIH postdoctoral salary guidelines.

Postdoctoral associates are eligible for comprehensive health and leave benefits and have access to libraries and other research resources available for faculty and postdoctoral associates.

A PhD degree in environmental health, biostatistics, epidemiology, toxicology, pharmacometrics, pharmacology, engineering, bioinformatics, or a related field.

Prior pharmacokinetic modeling or machine learning experience using software such as R, Python, MATLAB, GastroPlus, PK-Sim, Phoenix, Monolix, and Berkeley Madonna.

Qualified candidates must submit an application, which includes a CV, letter of interest, and contact information for three references. 

Final candidate will be required to provide official transcript to the hiring department upon hire.  A transcript will not be considered “official” if a designation of “Issued to Student” is visible.  Degrees earned from an education institution outside of the United States are required to be evaluated by a professional credentialing service provider approved by National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES), which can be found at http://www.naces.org/.

If an accommodation is needed to apply for this position, please call 352-392-2477 or the Florida Relay System at 800-955-8771 (TDD).  Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US.  Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.

Application must be submitted by 11:55 p.m. (ET) of the posting end date.