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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Translational AI Center (TrAC)

Ames, IA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-20 → 2026-07-31

Core

Develop large-scale, trustworthy agentic AI frameworks for agricultural security applications, focusing on detecting, understanding, and responding to biological threats.

Role type

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Translational AI)

Builds

Trustworthy agentic AI systems for biosecurity and agricultural threat detection

Domain

Artificial Intelligence / Agricultural Security / Biosecurity

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Large language models, generative AI, agentic AI, foundation models, Python programming, machine learning frameworks

Preferred skills

Uncertainty quantification, model calibration, confidence estimation, hallucination detection, multi-agent systems, tool-using AI agents, retrieval-augmented generation, autonomous reasoning, agricultural AI, biosecurity, graduate student mentoring, federal research proposals, scalable computing environments, open-source software development

Technologies

Python, modern machine learning frameworks, cloud platforms, high-performance computing, distributed AI systems

Responsibilities

Develop agentic AI frameworks for agricultural security, deliver AI workshops and microcredential programs, publish high-impact research, mentor graduate students, contribute to research proposals

Seniority

Postdoctoral Researcher

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