Senior Researcher/ Researcher - Herbarium Data Science
Core
Develop and pilot AI workflows to digitize, analyze, and model herbarium image and label data to support biodiversity research and climate change studies in Southeast Asia.
Role type
Senior Researcher / Data Scientist (Herbarium & Computer Vision)
Builds
Pilot data processing workflows, species identification models, and spatial mapping tools for herbarium collections.
Domain
Botany, Natural History Collections, Computer Vision, Climate Change
Deliverable
production ML models | research
Required skills
PhD in Botany or related discipline, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Computer Vision, Natural history collection digitization, Software engineering, Scientific publishing
Preferred skills
Experience with tropical Asian flora, Machine learning for species identification, Spatial modelling, Software development
Technologies
Machine learning frameworks, Image processing tools, Spatial modelling software
Responsibilities
Develop workflows to make herbarium data accessible for independent research, Pilot machine learning approaches for data quality assessment and species identification, Map collection gaps in SE Asia using spatial modelling, Apply AI to query images for taxonomic heterogeneity, Investigate phenological changes over time to understand climate effects, Collaborate to translate research into working tools, Publish in peer-reviewed journals and present at conferences
