Opportunities
Our group welcomes qualified and energetic researchers from many backgrounds. Most successful candidates have come from the fields of population biology, mathematics, computer science, engineering, physics, epidemiology and the quantitative environmental sciences. However, group members from other fields, including anthropology, history and linguistics, have made major contributions as well.
The lab's activities are focused mainly on statistical and mathematical modeling of infectious disease systems, environmental simulation, geospatial analysis of coupled environmental-epidemiological systems, and analysis of high-dimensional data sets. Our field research in global settings provides opportunities for group members to collect data, collaborate with international partners and contribute to the practice of cross-cultural science. Graduate or undergraduate students should read some of our recent papers to determine if their interests are in line with the lab's activities. |
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Postdoctoral
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Multiple postdoctoral fellow positions are currently available starting now through 2026, contributing to our EHR-based projects on the epidemiology of fungal diseases in the U.S. (see NIH Reporter) and our California-based studies on the epidemiology, ecology and environmental biology of Coccidioides (see NIH Reporter). Send a current CV and cover letter to [email protected] to express interest.
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Graduate students |
Potential doctoral students can apply through Berkeley's Epidemiology or Environmental Health Sciences graduate programs, and often do so with a Designated Emphasis in Computational Biology. Students in ERG, Environmental Engineering, IB and ESPM are also key contributors to the group. Members of our group spanning all of Berkeley's graduate programs are afforded frequent interaction with earth scientists, epidemiologists, infectious disease scientists, global health scholars and engineers. Doctoral dissertations and Masters theses in the group seamlessly bridge the environmental, biological and epidemiological sciences. Doctoral and Masters students with strong quantitative skills, especially in the fields mentioned above, and those with strong writing and/or programming backgrounds, are invited to inquire.
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Undergraduate students
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Highly motivated undergraduates, especially those with quantitative majors such as math and computer science, are encouraged to inquire. Our group participates in Berkeley's URAP program, through which qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.
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University of California, Berkeley
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Berkeley, CA
94720-7360
