Dalhousie University, Canada invites multiple online application for Postdoctoral Positions in various research areas. Candidates interested in Postdoctoral Fellowships can check the details and may apply as soon as possible.
1. Postdoctoral Fellow – Agricultural Mechanized Systems
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
The Post-Doctoral Fellow will develop and evaluate mechanized/precision agriculture systems (hardware and software), under the supervision of Dr. Travis Esau P.Eng, to improve crop yield and technology transfer activities. They will participate in a combination of field and laboratory research and will be required to complete extensive travel throughout the Atlantic region. Periodic exposure to allergy constituents including dust, insects (e.g. honeybees) are a component of this position.
2. Postdoctoral Positions
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
The Faculty of Dentistry at Dalhousie University invite applications for a postdoctoral research fellow (PDF) position supervised by Dr. Daniel Boyd (PI). The Boyd lab is a vibrant team of multidisciplinary researchers specializing in the development of glass-based biomaterials for a range of applications from oncology to dentistry. We are seeking a motivated PDF to lead a funded project in the development of compositional analysis assays for medical devices intended for oncology applications.
3. Two Postdoctoral Fellows
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
Cross-appointed in Dalhousie’s Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and its Department of Philosophy, successful candidates will investigate applications of the theory of evolution (broadly construed) and develop new understandings of mutualisms, multi-species symbioses and communities. We are specifically interested in extensions of Darwinian approaches that embrace persistence, niche construction, Hull’s replicator/interactor framework, evolutionary individuality, process ontology, lineage concepts and cooperation, from holobionts to biogeochemical cycles and the biosphere. This work will be supported by funds made available through the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation’s Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative. Supervision will be by W. Ford Doolittle (ford@dal.ca), who is PI on this project, and fellows will interact with an existing team comprising two philosophers, a population biologist, and a computational modeler.
4. Postdoctoral Fellow, Plant Pathology
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
The Wild Blueberry Research Program is seeking a postdoctoral research fellow to lead research into the molecular responses of wild blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait. and V. myrtillodes Michx.) to Monilinia vaccinia-corymbosi (Read) Honey and Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr. which are the causal pathogens of Monilinia blight and Botrytis blossom blight respectively. Substantial variability in the response of wild blueberries to these fungal organisms exists, and the intent of this research is to determine the mechanisms conferring disease resistance. This will allow for the eventual development of disease management practices that focus only on the susceptible portion of the population structure situated in fields.
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5. Postdoctoral Fellow, Psychiatric Epidemiology and Risk Predictive Analytics
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
The Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University is accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow (PDF) in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Risk Predictive Analytics. The PDF will work under the supervision of Dr. JianLi Wang, Professor. The PDF will be involved in Secondary data analyses to understand the epidemiology of depressive and anxiety disorders, suicide behaviors, and mental health service utilization. Developing and validating risk prediction models to inform early identification, mental health services delivery and population health planning.
6. Postdoctoral Fellow Black Health Education Collaborative
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
The Black Health Education Collaborative is committed to improving Black health through education and research. Our mission is to address anti-Black racism and the interlocking systems that impact the health and wellbeing of Black communities across Canada through transforming medical and health education. We understand Black health and Black life as intricately connected to the places and spaces in which we live, work, love, play, worship and resist. We draw on long histories of community and academic scholarship and resistance from Black, critical race theory, queer, feminist, anti/decolonial traditions.
7. Postdoctoral Positions
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
The candidate will conduct research on the intelligent control of cooperative robotic manipulations to accomplish dexterous tasks in a complex environment, such as applications in screwing, opening/closing a bottle cap, removing hazardous materials, surgery, and assembly tasks. one potential application is for smart factories where a team of robots is able to assist in manufacturing workshop for material handling, and dexterous tasks on the production automation assembly line etc. The research will investigate effective solutions for co-manipulations, human-like dexterous co-manipulation skills and machine learning strategies for tasks in a dynamic environment.
8. Postdoctoral Fellow: Ocean, Economy, Livelihoods
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
This is a one-year post-doctoral opportunity to support Dr. Sherry Pictou, supervisor, in a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair research program in Indigenous Governance with a focus on gender roles in Indigenous Ocean/water governance, supported by the Ocean, Economy and Livelihood projects in the Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Program. The aim of this position is making a significant contribution to Indigenous Ocean/Water Governance (aquatic and marine). This will be achieved by applying an Indigenous gender lens in ocean and water governance. The focus will include Mi’kmaw/Indigenous ocean/water governance from ancestral to current times.
9. Postdoctoral Positions
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
Background and experience in neural networks (NN), reinforcement learning (RL), simulation and programming in Robot Operating Systems (ROS), and knowledge of marine systems are strong assets. The candidate will conduct research on an unmanned surface vehicle (USV), specifically on the guidance, navigation and control unit with path planning, fault detection, and intelligent control modules. The research on the intelligent control methods includes NN and RL based method as well as comparisons with model-based control. The research will develop and build upon tools from Gazebo simulation in ROS for the simulation environment. The research will involve extensive experimental studies on the USV prototype and docking station available in the industry partner’s location.
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10. Postdoctoral Fellow in Disaster, Health, and Resilience
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
A postdoctoral fellow (PDF) position is open in the School of Social Work, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University to support Dr. Haorui Wu, Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Resilience, on an umbrella research project entitled: Building a Culture of Community Resilience. The PDF will assist with various research projects, examining climate change and disasters’ diverse impacts across Canada and beyond, with an emphasis on health and well-being of humans and other-than-human co-inhabitants. These projects include (1) environmental health, occupational health, mental health, social determinants of health, and human-animal welfare in disaster settings; (2) disaster education development in Canada; and (3) community-based climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction efforts and resident-driven vulnerability reduction. Job responsibilities include both qualitative and quantitative research design, implementation, data analysis and data management.
11. Postdoctoral Fellow (PDF) Food Systems Literacy
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
Fostering food system literacy and promoting careers in agriculture and food, is part of a larger initiative called Plant Protein Atlantic: Exploring the Value of Plant Proteins in the Atlantic Region with funding from Protein Industries Canada (PIC). The focus is to enhance primary and secondary school food literacy programming. In consultation with PIC partners and membership, this research will identify and develop tools for education and capacity around food system literacy for primary students and for junior high around career possibilities in agriculture, food, business, and health.
12. Postdoctoral Fellow (PDF) Plant-protein Value Chain Analysis
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
Plant-protein value chain analysis, is part of a larger initiative called Plant Protein Atlantic: Exploring the Value of Plant Proteins in the Atlantic Region with funding from Protein Industries Canada (PIC). For this value chain analysis, we plan to collect primary data from three key stakeholders in the plant protein business – consumers, food processors and manufacturers, and growers from the Atlantic region. The consumer survey will help us understand what consumers value in high plant protein sources.
13. Postdoctoral Fellow in EV Bioinformatics
Summary of Postdoctoral Fellowships:
A one year postdoctoral position is available for comprehensive bioinformatics analysis of stem-cell derived extracellular vesicles (EVs). The associated research project is being carried out as part of a Mitacs Accelerate grant with an industry partner in the field of EV cosmeceuticals under the supervision of Dr. Stanislav Sokolenko (ssokolen@dal.ca). The successful candidate will work on developing EV characterization methodology using flow cytometry, proteomics, and RNA sequencing. They will be expected to perform basic lab experiments such as protein and RNA quantification as well as flow cytometry labelling and fixation. The successful candidate will also need to analyze proteomics and RNA sequencing data to characterize EV cargo.
