Postdoc: AI-Driven Bioinformatics & Precision Medicine

Purdue University Institute of CHIPS and AI; West Lafayette (IN); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Purdue University College of Pharmacy (Indianapolis campus) invites a Postdoctoral Research Associate to advance bioinformatics, pharmacogenomics, and AI/ML methods for biomedical discovery and precision therapeutics.

You will collaborate with Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University, applying multi-omics data integration, NLP/LLM, and predictive modeling to translational research. Strong programming and communication skills are essential for leadership and dissemination.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or equivalent degree in bioinformatics, biomedical informatics, computer science, pharmacogenomics, or related field.
• Experience in bioinformatics, pharmacogenomics, AI/ML, computational biology, drug discovery, precision medicine.
• Strong programming skills in Python, R, SQL, or related languages.
• Experience with omics data, pharmacogenomics data, drug databases, ontologies, knowledge graphs, or large-scale datasets is highly desirable.
• Strong written and oral communication skills with scholarly publications or conference presentations.
• Ability to work effectively with diverse multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Developing and applying bioinformatics, pharmacogenomics, AI, machine learning, and deep learning methods.
• Analyzing and integrating large-scale biomedical datasets, including omics, pharmacogenomics, medication, drug databases, ontologies, knowledge graphs, and clinical data.
• Building computational pipelines for drug discovery, drug response prediction, therapeutic target identification, and precision therapeutics.
• Developing predictive models, knowledge graphs, NLP/LLM applications, and AI-enabled analytic frameworks.
• Leading manuscript preparation and contributing to grant proposals and scientific dissemination.
• Collaborating with clinicians, biomedical scientists, informaticians, and data scientists.

Skills

Python

R

SQL

Bioinformatics

Pharmacogenomics

NLP

AI/ML

Deep Learning

Education

Ph.D. or equivalent

Tools

Knowledge Graphs

Ontologies

NLP frameworks

Deep Learning frameworks

Job description

Purdue University College of Pharmacy (Indianapolis campus) invites a Postdoctoral Research Associate to advance bioinformatics, pharmacogenomics, and AI/ML methods for biomedical discovery and precision therapeutics.

You will collaborate with Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University, applying multi-omics data integration, NLP/LLM, and predictive modeling to translational research. Strong programming and communication skills are essential for leadership and dissemination.