Postdoctoral Researcher for SNF-funded StrOntEx and MetaboLinkAI projects F/M

Must have:

• A recent PhD in a relevant field such as computer science, computational biology or a related quantitative discipline
• Deep biological knowledge in natural products and metabolism
• Good communication skills, enthusiasm and scientific curiosity, with strong interdisciplinary collaborative skills
• Strong programming skills in Python and in Rust
• Experience with analysing biological data, especially with the challenges of sparse data and designing and conducting biologically relevant evaluations
• Experience with biological ontologies and pathway resources
• High level of motivation for academic research work
• Good organisational skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English
• Experience fine-tuning large AI models for domain-specific tasks
• Contributions to open-source projects or publicly available research code

Screening of applications will commence on August 28th 2026.