ISTBI 博士后 Prof. David Waxman*s Team

The Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-inspired Intelligence(ISTBI), Fudan University, Shanghai is seeking talented and motivatedindividuals to work as full time Post-doctoral Research Associates in alaboratory led by Prof. David Waxman (********).

Prof. David Waxman

David Waxman carries out research in quantitative biology. From 1985 to2011 he was at the University of Sussex (UK), first in the Department ofPhysics, and then in the Department of Biology. Since 2011 he has beenworking full time in Fudan University, Shanghai, initially under theChinese Government Foreign Expert Program. He has published researchpapers in well-known journals including Nature, Science, PNAS, PhysicalReview, Physical Review Letters, Genetics and Evolution. He has servedon the Editorial Board of the journals Science, American Naturalist,Journal of Theoretical Biology and Theoretical Population Biology. Inhis research he uses methods from physics, mathematics, probability andstatistics, along with computational methods, to construct and analysemathematical models of biological systems.

Professor Waxman’s research typically concerns models involvingrandomness and stochasticity. He has wide interests, and most

recently has been working on the stochastic dynamics of genes inbiological populations.

For examples of recent work see：

Influence of Dominance and Drift on Lethal Mutations in Human Populations

D Waxman and A D J Overall

Frontiers in Genetics, 11: 267 (2020)

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Sub-or supercritical transmissibilities in a finite disease outbreak:Symmetry in outbreak

properties of a disease conditioned on extinction

D Waxman, P Nouvellet

Journal of theoretical biology 467, 80-86 (2019)

What is adaptation and how should it be measured?

J R Peck, D Waxman

Journal of theoretical biology 447, 190-198 (2018)

Corrected simulations for one-dimensional diffusion processes withnaturally occurring

boundaries

H Shafiey, X Gan, D Waxman

Physical Review E 96 (5), 053310 (2017)

Preferred Experience and Skills

Applicants for a postdoctoral position should have good quantitativeskills and interests in biological systems. They can come from a varietyof different disciplines including physics, mathematics, computing,economics and biology.

Job Benefits
• The initial appointment period is for 2 years with a potentialextension up to 4 years based on performance and the progress of theprojects within the laboratory.
• Salary is ¥300-500k/year (~£34-55k/year) based on experience.
• Additional research funding up to £24k will be provided to supportresearchers with exceptional ideas and the capability to run independentprojects.
• Opportunities to top-up salaries up to £11k/year with grants fromShanghai Government.
• Opportunities to visit collaborating labs at the University ofOxford, University of Cambridge, University of Sydney，Harvard