Forest Data Scientist (Bioinformatics) - GEO-TREES

Smithsonian Institution; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 85,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC invites applications for a Data Scientist (Bioinformatics) to support ForestGEO and GEO-TREES initiatives. The role emphasizes data-management, analysis, and software development for tropical forest datasets.

Collaborate with site teams, develop pipelines using R, Python, SQL, and GIS, and deliver analytical data products to support global forest carbon estimates. This is a temporary, 2-year appointment.

Qualifications

• Professional knowledge of data-science principles and practices for ecological and forestry data.
• Knowledge of data acquisition, cleaning, validation, transformation, and reproducible workflows.
• Knowledge of programming concepts and tools such as R, Python, SQL, Git, GitHub, and GIS.

Responsibilities

• Performs data-management and bioinformatics assignments supporting tropical biology research.
• Develops and maintains data-processing pipelines for tree inventories and ecological data.
• Develops computational procedures for analysis of ForestGEO and GEO-TREES data.

Skills

Data management

Bioinformatics

Data analysis

Programming concepts

Tools

R

Python

SQL

Git

GitHub

GIS

Job description

The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC invites applications for a Data Scientist (Bioinformatics) to support ForestGEO and GEO-TREES initiatives. The role emphasizes data-management, analysis, and software development for tropical forest datasets.

Collaborate with site teams, develop pipelines using R, Python, SQL, and GIS, and deliver analytical data products to support global forest carbon estimates. This is a temporary, 2-year appointment.