Open postdoctoral research positions in the Applied Statistics Center at Columbia University
Postdoctoral research positions in applied statistics: hierarchical
(multilevel) models for problems in social science and public health,
under the supervision of Prof. Andrew Gelman.
Methodological challenges include: understanding and summarizing
inferences from multilevel models; analysis of survey data poststratified
into many categories; combining expert judgments; modeling complex structures of interactions; and measurement error models.
Application areas include public opinion, social work, risk analysis, and bioassays. See Andrew Gelman's research papers
and papers by current and former students and postdocs for more information.
Applicants would ideally be able to program well and be familiar with Bayesian statistics.
There are several things you can apply for:
- Application for a postdoc with my research group and collaborators. Applicants should email a c.v., research statement, copies of their papers, and three letters of recommendation to Andrew Gelman, gelman@stat.columbia.edu.
- Application for a postdoc at the Earth Institute. Instructions are here.
The deadline for applying is 1 Dec, so you should apply right away! In addition to letters of recommendation, etc., this application requires a five-page statement of a research plan. Applicants can feel free to contact me about how their research interests would fit into the Earth Institute.
- Application for an assistant professor position at the Statistics Department.
These are non-tenure-track; however, they are actually great possibilities for a postdoc who is interested in teaching. This could be good for Ph.D. graduates with interest in applied statistics, since there will be lots of opportunity to work on interesting projects and develop their research ideas.
Interested students can apply to one, two, or all three of these possibilities to make it more likely that some position can be put together for them. Any applicants for the Earth Institute postdoc and the statistics Assistant Professorship should also contact me so that I can coordinate things.
Columbia University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.