1-year PostDoc contract at ISI Foundation in designing synthetic populations for epidemic modelling of infectious diseases

Opportunity for a post-doctoral research associate to join our multi-disciplinary team and contribute to the design of national synthetic populations and multi-scale epidemic modelling.

You will be a member of the ISI Foundation, a private research institution located in Turin, Italy. Its mission focuses on promoting scientific interchange and representing an outstanding pole of high-level interdisciplinarity. In ISI you will find experts in Epidemiology, Complex Systems, Computer Science, Data Science and AI, actively operating in the EU research framework and innovation programs. ISI brings the expertise of researchers to the service of non-profit organisations that operate in social innovation, philanthropy, international development, and humanitarian action. ISI is an equal-opportunity employer.

Requirements

The candidate must:

Have already obtained (or be close to defend) the PhD title in a discipline among Physics, Physics of Complex Systems, Epidemiology, Computer Science, Data Science, Applied Mathematics and Statistics;
Have a strong academic background of publications in international scientific journals
Be fluent in English, both written and spoken
Preference will be devoted to candidates with proved experience in:
– Spatial analysis, GIS, human mobility modeling

Epidemic modelling, such as compartmental models and epidemiological data analysis
Mobility and demographic data treatment, e.g. mobile phone data, census data, surveys
Programming in Python or in alternative with R and C++
The candidate is expected to start working in the month of January, with some flexibility on the exact starting date.

Benefits

The salary rounds the 1900 euros after taxes per month and medical and pension benefits according to the Italian state. Initial appointment will be for a period of 1 year, with the possibility of renewal.

Premises of ISI Foundation are available to work full in person in via Chisola 5, Torino.
Partial remote working plans are allowed and can be discussed further.

The researcher will have the opportunity, if desired, to participate in different parallel projects or supervise predoctoral students on side projects.

How to apply

– Send a CV and a letter of motivation to mattia.mazzoli at isi.it and daniela.paolotti at isi.it specifying in the email subject the title of this call.
– Please include in your CV the contact of a person that could support your application (e.g. PhD project supervisor).

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.