This position is part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Professional Research Experience (PREP) program. NIST recognizes that its research staff may wish to collaborate with researchers at academic institutions on specific projects of mutual interest, thus requires that such institutions must be the recipient of a PREP award. The PREP program requires staff from a wide range of backgrounds to work on scientific research in many areas. Employees in this position will perform technical work that underpins the scientific research of the collaboration.
Research Title: Statistical Metrology to Advance Science and Technology Through Reproducible Reporting and Data Analyses
The work will entail:
The work will entail collaborative statistical research with NIST scientists, engineers, and statisticians in support of applied metrology for physical or biological science applications of mutual interest to the Associate and to NIST. Programmatic areas of research at NIST include chemistry, materials science, forensics, semiconductor technology, physics, civil engineering, biology, and fire science among a wide range of other application areas. As an example, one potential project involves investigating ambient mass spectrometry data for forensics applications from a series of interlaboratory experiments. Another potential project includes the creation of resources to support efforts for reproducible research in Reference Material development and production.
Key responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Exploration of data including descriptive statistics and graphical displays
- Statistical modeling or analysis of data in support of collaborative research goals
- Implementing statistical methods as open-source software packages, code, or web-based apps
- Explaining complex statistical concepts to non-statisticians
Qualifications
- Researcher with an M.S. in statistics or a related area of academic study
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Experience with statistical graphics, modeling, analysis, and computing (e.g., Python, R)
- Experience with web-based app development (e.g., Shiny), desirable
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Authority: 15 U.S.C. § 278g-1(e)(1) and (e)(3) and 15 U.S.C. § 272(b) and (c)
Purpose: The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) hosts the Professional Research Experience Program (PREP) which is designed to provide valuable laboratory experience and financial assistance to undergraduates, post-bachelor’s degree holders, graduate students, master’s degree holders, postdocs, and faculty.
PREP is a 5-year cooperative agreement between NIST laboratories and participating PREP Universities to establish a collaborative research relationship between NIST and U.S. institutions of higher education in the following disciplines including (but may not be limited to) biochemistry, biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, engineering, electronics, materials science, mathematics, nanoscale science, neutron science, physical science, physics, and statistics. This collection of information is needed to facilitate the administrative functions of the PREP Program.
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