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BCAM - Basque Center for Applied Mathematics

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Biomathematics

Research Field: Mathematics 
Sub Research Field:  

Job Summary

Within the BMTF project, the research project will be focused on the development of spatio-temporal models variations on infectious diseases transmission and control and its impact on the Basque surveillance system; Modeling different social contact structures to understand
disease spreading; Modeling the role of social behavioral changes, lock downs and other control measures affecting the dynamics of seasonal respiratory disease

Job Description

Basque Center for Applied Mathematics -BCAM offers a Postdoctoral position. Within the BMTF project, the research project will be focused on the development of spatio-temporal models variations on infectious diseases transmission and control and its impact on the Basque surveillance system; Modeling different social contact structures to understand disease spreading; Modeling the role of social behavioral changes, lock downs and other control measures affecting the dynamics of seasonal respiratory disease.

We seek an experienced postdoctoral fellow, highly motivated and skilled person, able to work effectively as part of a team.
Applicants must have professional experience, with a relevant curriculum in the scientific area of modeling infectious disease dynamics.

The preferred candidate will have:

• PhD degree in applied mathematics, mathematical biology, physics or related disciplines on quantitative life sciences field.
• research experience in modeling COVID-19 and other respiratory disease dynamics.
• researh experience in network theory.
• research experience in stochastic processes.
• research interest in mathematical modeling of infectious diseases and population biology, dynamical systems theory, non-linear dynamics complex systems and computer programming.
• strong background in statistics is advantageous.
• Experience in interdisciplinary research, formulation and analysis of mathematical/computational models.
• knowledge of bio-statistics and experience in advanced programming are essential.

Benefits

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Job Details

Type of Contract Temporary 
Status Full-time 
Hours Per Week   
Company/Institute Basque Center for Applied Mathematics - BCAM 
Country SPAIN 
State/Province Bizkaia 
City Bilbao 

Organization/Institute Contact Data

Organization BCAM - Basque Center for Applied Mathematics 
Organization/Institution Type Research Laboratory 
Faculty/Department/Research Lab  
Country SPAIN 
City BILBAO 
State/Province Bizkaia 
Postal Code E48009 
Street Alda. Mazarredo, 14 
E-Mail communication@bcamath.org 
Website www.bcamath.org 
Phone +34 946 567 842 
Mobile Phone  
Fax  

Application Details

Envisaged Job Starting Date 2022-11-01 
Application Deadline 2022-09-15 
How To Apply www.bcamath.org 

Additional Requirements

Skill

Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Fluent in English (verbal and written).
Ability to communicate and present research ideas to researchers with different background and general public.
Ability to clearly present and publish research outcomes in spoken (talks) and written (papers) form.
Programming in LaTeX.
Programming in C, MatLab or R
Experience in organizing scientific events (workshops,
seminars, etc.).

 
Specific Requirements

Applicants must have professional experience, with a
relevant curriculum in the scientific area of modeling
infectious disease dynamics.
• PhD degree in applied mathematics, mathematical
biology, physics or related disciplines on quantitative
life sciences field.