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    Staff Research Scientist - Toronto, Canada - University of Toronto

    University of Toronto
    University of Toronto Toronto, Canada

    6 days ago

    University of Toronto background
    Full time
    Description

    Date Posted: 03/06/2024
    Req ID: 36240
    Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & Science
    Department: Acceleration Consortium
    Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

    Description:

    The Acceleration Consortium (AC) at the University of Toronto (U of T) is leading a transformative shift in scientific discovery that will accelerate technology development and commercialization. The AC is a global community of academia, industry, and government that leverages the power of artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, materials sciences, and high-throughput chemistry to create self-driving laboratories (SDLs), also called materials acceleration platforms (MAPs). These autonomous labs rapidly design materials and molecules needed for a sustainable, healthy, and resilient future, with applications ranging from renewable energy and consumer electronics to drugs. AC Staff Research Scientists will advance the field of AI-driven autonomous discovery and develop the materials and molecules required to address society's largest challenges, such as climate change, water pollution, and future pandemics.

    Hiring is occurring on a rolling intake. Please apply ASAP and do not wait for the listed job closing date.

    The Acceleration Consortium received a for seven years to develop self-driving labs for chemistry and materials, the largest ever grant to a Canadian University. This grant will provide the Acceleration Consortium with seven years of funding to execute its vision.

    The AC is developing seven advanced SDLs plus an AI and Automation lab:

  • SDL1 - Inorganic solid-state compounds for advanced materials and energy
  • SDL2 - Organic small molecules for sustainability and health
  • SDL3 - Medicinal chemistry for improving small molecule drug candidates
  • SDL4 - Polymers for materials science and biological applications
  • SDL5 - Formulations for pharmaceuticals, consumer products, and coatings
  • SDL6 - Biocompatibility with organoids / organ-on-a-chip
  • SDL7 - Synthetic scale-up of materials and molecules (University of British Colombia partner lab)
  • A central AI and Automation lab to support all the SDLs

    • This posted position is for a Staff Research Scientist within the AI and Automation Lab.

    Expertise in one or more of the following areas is desired:

  • Generative modelling
  • Active learning, exploration, optimal experiment design, Bayesian optimization
  • Reinforcement and imitation learning
  • Safe exploration and learning
  • Representation learning
  • Learning to search, learning planning heuristics
  • Continual learning, transfer learning (sim-to-real, real-to-sim), meta-learning
  • Domain adaptation
  • Uncertainty quantification, reasoning under uncertainty, POMDPs
  • Neurosymbolic reasoning
  • Simulation-based inference
  • Multimodal foundation models

    • The Staff Research Scientists will work with a diverse team of leading experts at U of T, including: Professors Anatole von Lilienfeld, Florian Shkurti, Animesh Garg, Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Oleksandr Voznyy, and more.

    The Staff Research Scientists involved in the AC are highly skilled and experienced researchers who will work independently to develop the AI and automation technologies required to build robust and scalable self-driving labs, manage these SDLs, and design and implement research programs (based on the direction of the AC's scientific leadership team) that leverage the SDL platforms to discover materials and molecules. Moreover, the Staff Research Scientists will work collectively, sharing knowledge among each other, faculty, and trainees. This role will report to the Academic Director and Executive Director of the Acceleration Consortium.

    The components and duties of the work can include:

  • SDL and Automation Development

    • Working with the AC community, including faculty and partners, to determine the required capabilities of the SDLs to be built. Developing the plans for SDLs that will meet user requirements and designing novel instruments for automated material synthesis and characterization. Developing customized hardware and Python software packages to build SDLs. Selecting, procurement, and installation of the equipment required for SDLs.

  • Research Direction

    • Develop research programs that leverage the AC's SDLs and support the research objectives of AC faculty and industry partners. Using SDLs to synthesize and characterize large quantities of candidate molecules, calibrating theoretical models with experimental data, predicting promising candidates with computational tools and machine learning algorithms, and elucidating structure-property relationships of emerging molecules, polymers, solid-state materials, formulations, etc.

    Tasks include:

  • Implementing research and development projects of AC's industry partners when implemented in AC labs.
  • Developing plans that support research collaborations and planning and estimating financial resources required for programs and/or projects.
  • Working with Product Managers to ensure research outcomes meet partner requirements.
  • Promoting AC's research capacity, including delivering presentations at conferences.
  • Collaboration in the preparation and submission of research proposals to granting agencies and progress reporting.
  • Preparing manuscripts for submission to peer-reviewed publications/journals and stewarding them through the process.

    • Other

  • Supporting consulting services related to the application of SDLs for materials discovery for the AC's partners. Support research-focused events such as the Annual Symposium.

    • MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

    Education – Ph.D. in Computational Chemistry

    Experience

  • 1 to 5 years of experience (inclusive of PhD and/or post-graduate work) in accelerated research and development with demonstrated academic and research excellence, AI applications for heterogeneous catalysis and self-driving laboratories.
  • Experience working with industry partners and on industry-led research and development projects.
  • Expert knowledge of AI and automation and experience with the development of self-driving laboratories.
  • Experience presenting research at academic conferences

    • Skills

  • Strong and effective communicator in oral and written English
  • Collegial in working with team members and collaborators
  • Ability to work independently
  • Programming Skills in BASH, Python, Zig, Haskell, LaTex
  • Computational Modeling Skills in VASP, Gaussian09, Quantum Espresso, Xtb(Crest), Orca.

    • Other

  • Must have a strong publication record
  • Demonstrated success in the writing and preparation of manuscripts, presentations, reports, briefs, and scientific abstracts and manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals.

    • All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority

    Closing Date: 08/30/2024, 11:59PM ET
    Employee Group: Research Associate
    Appointment Type: Budget - Term
    Schedule: Full-Time
    Pay Scale Group & Hiring Zone: R01 -- Research Associates (Limited Term): $51,543 - $96,643
    Job Category: Administrative / Managerial

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