Postdoc: Quantum Computing for Bioinformatics & Molecular Design

University of Amsterdam (UvA); Netherlands; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

The Biosystems Data Analysis group at the University of Amsterdam is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to develop and benchmark quantum-computing approaches for bioinformatics problems. You will work within the Q-MMD programme, joining a multidisciplinary team at the cutting edge of quantum applications.

You will contribute to reproducible workflows, publish results, and collaborate with partners in the wider Amsterdam quantum ecosystem.

Qualifications

• PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, quantum information/quantum computing, computational chemistry, applied mathematics, physics, or closely related field.
• Strong programming and computational research skills, and experience building reproducible analysis or simulation workflows.
• Expertise in one of: quantum computation or bioinformatics/computational biology, with ability to learn the complementary domain.

Responsibilities

• Survey and select quantum or hybrid quantum-classical methods for chosen biological problems.
• Design reproducible proof-of-concept studies and evaluate on simulated or real datasets.
• Compare accuracy, scalability, and usefulness against strong classical baselines and report findings clearly.
• Collaborate with Lead Scientist Quantum Applications and other project teams at UvA.

Skills

Strong programming skills

Fluent English

Education

PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science, quantum information/quantum computing, computational chemistry, applied mathematics, physics, or closely related field

Tools

High-performance computing

Open-source software development

Job description

The Biosystems Data Analysis group at the University of Amsterdam is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to develop and benchmark quantum-computing approaches for bioinformatics problems. You will work within the Q-MMD programme, joining a multidisciplinary team at the cutting edge of quantum applications.

You will contribute to reproducible workflows, publish results, and collaborate with partners in the wider Amsterdam quantum ecosystem.