09 Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Texas at Austin, United States

As a top-10 engineering school with the No. 1 program in Texas, the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has been a global leader in technology innovation and engineering education for over a century. With 11 undergraduate and 13 graduate programs, over 20 research centers and a faculty community that boasts one of the highest number of National Academy of Engineering members among U.S. universities, Texas Engineering has launched some of the nation’s most accomplished leaders and pioneered world-changing solutions in virtually every industry, from space exploration to energy to health care. Situated in the heart of Austin — named “America’s Coolest City” by Expedia and “The Best Place to Live in the U.S.” by U.S. News and World Report — the Cockrell School embodies the city’s innovative spirit. Major companies with Austin campuses, such as Dell, National Instruments, Apple, IBM, Samsung, Google, and many others, continue to recruit Cockrell School students at a remarkable rate, launching thousands of successful careers and developing Texas Engineers into industry leaders.

PhD in Petroleum Engineering or equivalent field, knowledge of CO2 enhanced oil recovery, water flood, and reservoir geology, expertise with one or more multiphase flow simulation programs such as Eclipse, CMG, and Tough. Write reports and papers in Domestic and International Journals. Proven capacity for innovative, creative scientific analysis. Ability to give presentations to operators and to academic audiences. Proven publication and verbal communication skills. Ability to work both independently and effectively in a group. Ability to work effectively with multiple disciplines, including engineers, data scientist, geologists. Ph.D. must have been received within 3 years from date of hire.

• Carry out flow cytometry and transcriptional profiling experiments to test the impact of conditional deficiency of MHC-II in specific HAPC subsets on negative selection and Treg selection throughout the perinatal to juvenile transition (Aims 2a and 3).

• Carry out 2-photon imaging and in vitro selection experiments (Aim 3) to determine if the perinatal thymus does not efficiently induce negative selection and if altered APC interactions contribute.

• Carry out in vitro and in vivo Treg suppression assays, as well as functional assays of T cell autoreactivity.

• Analyze data for all above experiments, prepare presentations on data for our group, participate in all relevant group meetings/journal clubs, coordinate data analysis with other investigators on the P01 and write manuscripts describing findings for timely dissemination to the research community.

The Population Research Center and Department of Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin (PI: Cristine Legare) invite applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow. The successful candidate will work on the processing and analysis of a large international dataset as part of the Culture of Schooling Project, a research program funded by Templeton Religion Trust. Grand claims have been made about the impact of formal education on demographic and economic outcomes, but much less is known about how it impacts the kind of beliefs, values, and practices individuals and groups adopt. This international project systematically documents and explains the impact of formal education on the scientific and religious beliefs, values, and behaviors of individuals and groups.

The Livestrong Cancer Institutes of the Dell Medical School have a simple yet powerful mission: to rethink the full range of cancer care and research, from prevention to diagnosis, treatment, survivorship and end-of-life care — all with a focus on the patient’s needs, values and preferences. Embedded within The University of Texas at Austin, a top-tier research institution, the Livestrong Cancer Institutes are positioned to become a renowned center for technologies and models that strengthen the fight against cancer. Closely affiliated with the Livestrong Cancer Institutes is the Department of Oncology, which aims to advance care — and improve health outcomes — through a patient-centered enterprise strategy developed in partnership with the Central Texas cancer care community. The Matsui cancer research program merges cancer, stem cell, and developmental biology to better understand tumor initiation, regrowth, and spread. We have identified the determinants of self-renewal in both blood (multiple myeloma, leukemia) and solid (pancreas) that include signaling pathways directing embryonic development.  We have also carried out translational research and have developed several novel treatment approaches in the laboratory that have been subsequently tested in patients in the form of novel clinical trials. This research is led by William Matsui, MD, Professor of Oncology at the Livestrong Cancer Institutes in Dell Medical School at The University of Texas of Austin. 

Initial appointment is for two years and may be extended for a third and fourth year, subject to budget availability and performance. Fellow will be supervised by Dr. Junfeng Jiao with the opportunity to work with Dr. Dev Niyogi, Dr. Farahi, and Dr. Navratil. The School of Architecture recognizes that strength comes through diversity and actively seeks and welcomes people from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and identities to apply.

The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow to join a vibrant research program in Earthquake Hazards and Fault Dynamics. The successful candidate will pursue research on the earthquake source, including fundamental physical and mechanistic aspects of faulting and earthquakes, as well as seismic hazard applications. Research interests aligned with ongoing studies at UTIG, including on megathrust system dynamics from field to lab to computational geoscience perspectives, are considered an advantage. The Postdoctoral Fellow will have the opportunity to work with a diverse group of PIs with expertise spanning from experimental rock mechanics, to geophysical imaging, to theoretical and computational modeling. UTIG, which is part of the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin, is known for research excellence, integrative science efforts, and international field programs in geophysics (solid earth, marine, polar), climate science, planetary science, and energy geoscience (ig.utexas.edu/research/) and hosts an intellectually active and diverse community of scientists.  

We seek a postdoctoral fellow to carry out research in a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary environment with world-class experts and state-of-the-art technologies.