<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;color:black">One Postdoctoral Researcher Position is available through the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering (BBE) at <b>University of Minnesota-Twin Cities</b>. The initial appointment is 12 months and can be renewed contingent upon performance.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Position Summary:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The successful candidate will work on Physics Guided Machine Learning, a new paradigm for modeling complex systems. This novel framework combines process-based models with start-of-the-art machine learning models to leverage their complementary strengths. The team will focus on modeling carbon and nutrient cycles throughout the agroecosystems, with a goal to support sustainable agricultural development. The candidate will be supervised by <b>Dr. Zhenong Jin </b>(</span><span lang="EN"><a href="http://jinlab.bbe.umn.edu/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">link</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">) and collaborate closely with <b>Dr. Vipin Kumar</b> (</span><span lang="EN"><a href="https://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~kumar001/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">link</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">) in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Essential Qualifications:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Applicants should have a Ph.D. in quantitative disciplines such as earth and atmospheric science, hydrology, ecology, environmental science, math, and statistics, or any other closely related fields. The applicant is expected to have a wide range of skills related to process-based modeling and machine learning:</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Strong programming experience (e.g., Python, Fortran, or C++ in the Linux environment) and be familiar with supercomputing and/or cloud platforms;</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p><p style="line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="fon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ine-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Application Process:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> Qualified candidates must send a short email, CV, and contact information of three references via e-mail to Dr. Zhenong Jin<b> (<a href="mailto:jinzn@umn.edu" target="_blank">jinzn@umn.edu</a>)</b>. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Applicants will be immediately reviewed but notification will only send out biweekly. For further information, please direct to Dr. Zhenong Jin.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><br></span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Zhenong Jin<br>Assistant Professor<br>University of Minnesota - Twin Cities<br>Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering<br>BioAgEng Building, Room 220B</div><div dir="ltr">1390 Eckles Ave.<br>St. Paul, MN 55108<br></div><div dir="ltr">Office tel: 612-624-6243<br></div></div></div></div></div>