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PostDoc Researcher

New York, NY💼 Full-time💰 $55,000–$55,000🗓 2026-09-04 → 2026-09-26

Core

Develop closed-loop discovery systems where AI agents generate hypotheses, plan, and execute multi-step experiments with robots to design bio-inspired materials.

Role type

Postdoctoral Researcher (AI-enabled autonomous experimentation)

Builds

Scalable synthesis-and-characterization pipelines for bio-derived and supramolecular materials

Domain

Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Soft-matter Physics, Materials Science

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

AI/ML algorithms for autonomous decision making, reinforcement learning, imitation learning, game theory, control algorithms, large multimodal models, Bayesian optimization, hardware-software system integration, robotic platform development, automated analytical pipeline design

Preferred skills

Experience with liquid-handling robots, cloud-based orchestration, photoelectron/Raman spectroscopy, AFM, electron microscopy

Technologies

Reinforcement learning, Imitation learning, Game theory, Control algorithms, Large multimodal models (VLMs/VLAs), Bayesian optimization, Cloud infrastructure

Responsibilities

Build algorithms to control AI agents for autonomous laboratory planning and execution; Develop autonomous workflows coordinating robots and analytical instruments; Publish scientific results in reputed conferences and journals; Supervise graduate research assistants and undergraduates

Seniority

Postdoctoral, hands-on IC

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