Research Asst Professor, Genomic Sequencing Data Analysis

Tuskegee University; Tuskegee (AL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Tuskegee University seeks a Research Assistant Professor specializing in genomic sequencing data analysis to lead computational and statistical work on large-scale datasets (WGS, WES, RNA-Seq, spatial transcriptomics). The role combines independent research with collaborative team science across cancer biology and precision medicine.

Responsibilities include developing pipelines for variant calling and multi-omics analyses, applying ML approaches, mentoring students, and contributing to

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or equivalent degree in bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, computer science, statistics, or related field.
• Demonstrated expertise in NGS data analysis (quality control, alignment, variant calling, interpretation).
• Proficiency with bioinformatics tools (GATK, samtools, bcftools, STAR, HISAT2, Cell Ranger, Seurat) and programming languages (Python, R, Bash).
• Experience with HPC and cloud-based analysis platforms.
• Experience in cancer genomics, single-cell/spatial transcriptomics, or epigenomics analyses.

Responsibilities

• Lead computational and statistical analyses of large-scale genomic datasets (WGS, WES, RNA-Seq, spatial transcriptomics).
• Develop and implement bioinformatics pipelines for variant calling, transcriptome profiling, and multi-omics integration.
• Apply machine learning to identify genomic alterations and biomarkers.
• Collaborate with wet-lab scientists to integrate genomic data with experiments.
• Contribute to manuscript preparation and grant applications.
• Mentor graduate students, postdocs, and staff in computational genomics.
• Maintain data management, quality control, and reproducibility standards.

Skills

Genomic data analysis

NGS data analysis

Machine learning

Statistics

Education

Ph.D. or equivalent

Tools

GATK

samtools

bcftools

STAR

HISAT2

Cell Ranger

Seurat

Nextflow

Snakemake

Docker

Git

Python

R

Bash

Job description

Tuskegee University seeks a Research Assistant Professor specializing in genomic sequencing data analysis to lead computational and statistical work on large-scale datasets (WGS, WES, RNA-Seq, spatial transcriptomics). The role combines independent research with collaborative team science across cancer biology and precision medicine.

Responsibilities include developing pipelines for variant calling and multi-omics analyses, applying ML approaches, mentoring students, and contributing to