Postdoc: AI for Credible Climate Mitigation (Hybrid)

UNC-Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill (NC); Híbrido; USD 65.000 - 75.000; Tempo integral

Benefícios oferecidos por esta vaga

Medical and vision coverage

Paid leave

Professional development

Resumo da vaga

UNC-Chapel Hill is seeking a Post-Doctoral Research Associate focused on AI for credible climate mitigation. The role sits in the Data-Driven EnviroLab at the UNC Institute for the Environment, joining CLAIM to advance trustworthy use of AI in subnational climate actions and governance.

You will work with computer science, climate policy, law, and social science researchers to develop and evaluate LLM-based tools, benchmark credibility, and address bias and misinformation in climate data and

Qualificações

• PhD in Computer Science, Computing, Statistics or Data Science, or related disciplines.
• Hands-on experience training, fine-tuning, or adapting LLMs / generative AI models with evidence in publications or code.
• Strong experience in LLM /genAI evaluation and benchmarking, incl. factuality, robustness and bias.
• Solid programming and ML/NLP engineering in Python with PyTorch, Transformers, and reproducible pipelines.
• Knowledge of climate change mitigation, emissions tracking, or policy/action tracking.
• Ability to work independently and in an interdisciplinary team.

Responsabilidades

• Develop, adapt, and evaluate LLM/genAI systems for climate mitigation intelligence.
• Design benchmarks, metrics, and auditing pipelines for LLM outputs related to targets and policy claims.
• Test genAI/ML models against misinformation, greenwashing, and adversarial scenarios.
• Study how AI shapes mitigation planning, transparency, and accountability.
• Contribute to CLAIM through data collection, open tools, papers, and policy outputs.

Conhecimentos

LLM evaluation

GenAI benchmarking

Python ML/NLP

Research pipelines

Cross-functional work

Formação

PhD in Computer Science/Statistics/Data Science

Ferramentas

PyTorch

Transformers

HuggingFace

RAG tooling

Vector databases

Descrição da vaga

UNC-Chapel Hill is seeking a Post-Doctoral Research Associate focused on AI for credible climate mitigation. The role sits in the Data-Driven EnviroLab at the UNC Institute for the Environment, joining CLAIM to advance trustworthy use of AI in subnational climate actions and governance.

You will work with computer science, climate policy, law, and social science researchers to develop and evaluate LLM-based tools, benchmark credibility, and address bias and misinformation in climate data and