Associate in Research Job Details | Duke Careers

Duke University is an academic research institution whose School of Medicine conducts interdisciplinary biomedical research. The Associate in Research will develop machine learning and transformer-based models for single-cell multi-omics and perturbation datasets, maintain computational pipelines, and analyze biological data using high-performance computing environments. The role also supports collaborative research, reproducible workflows, scientific publications, and grant-funded projects.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement transformer-based and deep learning models for large-scale biological datasets
• Process, curate, and analyze single-cell and multi-omics datasets, including perturbation data
• Maintain and optimize computational pipelines and model training workflows in HPC environments
• Collaborate with the PI, postdoctoral fellows, and students to advance research objectives and project milestones
• Support reproducible research, including workflow documentation, manuscript preparation, and grant-related deliverables