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Research Scientist
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At Matter Labs, we believe freedom drives progress and prosperity. We don’t see ourselves as a company, but as a team aligned around a single mission: to advance personal freedom for all (see ZK Credo).
To achieve this goal, we’re building zkSync — a credibly neutral, fully open source technology stack and network on top of Ethereum, which is owned and governed by its community. We use advanced cryptography called zero-knowledge proofs to scale Ethereum infinitely without compromising on security or decentralization. With a world-class team, a community of over 1M supporters across Twitter + Discord, and hundreds of millions $ in funding, we have abundant resources to accomplish the mission.
The Role
We are looking for Research Scientists to join our Research Team. We are looking for accomplished researchers with a PhD in relevant areas of computer science interested in working on various aspects of the complex system that Matter Labs is building, including security, performance, networking, hardware, programming languages, program correctness, and various aspects of applied cryptography related to zero-knowledge proofs.
We expect you to have a track record of research in a relevant area and to be connected to both the academic community and industrial practice. Experience of working on other blockchain projects is a plus but not a requirement.
What You’ll Be Doing
- We expect you to be an expert in your field and to apply your knowledge and expertise to come up with solutions relevant to what Matter Labs is building.
- We expect you to work with both research scientists as well as engineers and engineering managers to get what you produce deployed.
- We expect you to be a member of the academic community and to read and possibly write papers, listen and possibly give presentations, in order to stay abreast of the most recent developments as they happen.
What We Look For In You
- Experience in one (or more) of the following areas: performance (distributed systems, runtimes, networking stack), security, verification and/or machine learning.
- A PhD in computer science or related discipline.
- A track record of research relevant to or deployed in an industrial setting.
- Ability and willingness to produce technical blogs, reports, and papers.
- Deep understanding of software engineering best-practices.
- Ownership mindset and a track record of successfully accomplished projects.
- In-depth knowledge of common algorithms, data structures, and their computational & memory complexities.
- Proven publication history.
- Experience implementing complex prototypes both from scratch and based on existing code bases.
- Ability to produce code that leads to industrial deployment.
- English is your native language or you are completely fluent.
Working at Matter Labs
At Matter Labs, you have the freedom to work how you want, when you want, and from where you want. All positions are 100% remote (with optional travel to team and/or industry events). We operate in lean and nimble teams, with no time tracking and minimum bureaucracy. We move fast. Only results matter. We will provide you with everything you need to learn, grow, and be productive.
Our results-only environment means anyone who believes in our mission can join us, regardless of background, sexual orientation, race, gender, and age. Both our team and community are made up of people from diverse backgrounds. That’s why, out of politeness and respect, we refrain from opinions on politics, religion, or sex at the workplace.
We designed our culture around the tenants of freedom and ownership. This ethos will underpin our positive-sum community as we evolve toward full decentralization.
If this role resonates with you, apply now for prompt feedback.
Important: We are remote-first, operating in the timezones between UTC-5 (Latam and Atlantic Coast) to UTC+7 (South-East Asia). While we’re currently not hiring in the US, we do consider US-based applicants willing to relocate.
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Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer/ Research Scientist
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Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Research Scientist in Artificial Intelligence for Health Science
Faculty of Health Sciences
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Position Type: 5-year renewable contract
About the Position: The Faculty of Health Sciences at WITS University invites suitably qualified candidates to apply for a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Researcher position specializing in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for health sciences. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic faculty and contribute meaningfully to building cutting-edge health sciences research and innovation.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead and execute high-quality research integrating AI methodologies into the broad field of health sciences.
- Publish findings in reputable peer-reviewed journals and present research at international conferences.
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary health science teams to develop innovative AI-driven products and solutions tailored to medical and health science applications.
- Help nurture collaborations between the Faculty of Health Sciences at WITS and both the MIND institute and the School of Computer Sciences and Applied Mathematics at WITS.
- Provide mentorship and supervision of postgraduate students.
- Participate in securing external funding through grant applications and industry partnerships.
- Engage actively with industry stakeholders to ensure effective translation of research into viable products.
- Relevant Master's degree (MSc) in Engineering, Physics, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a closely related discipline is required. A PhD will be highly advantageous.
- Extensive experience in building and deploying AI solutions across diverse applications, including natural language processing, computer vision, statistical modeling, regression, AI agents and large language models and tools.
- The following will be advantageous:
- industry experience
- a proven track record of successful AI product design and deployments
- experience applying AI to medical and health-related research.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with proven ability to effectively collaborate in multidisciplinary environments.
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Remuneration: Competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with qualifications and experience.
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Africa Production Research Data Scientist
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Production Research Data Scientist |
Purpose:
- The Production Research Data Scientist will be responsible for data management systems and data analytics activities within the Africa and EMEA-A region.
- Accountabilities include managing team databases, developing data management systems, securing data quality and integrity, data analysis and developing visualization and modeling tools.
- Leads specific projects within the region and is part of a global data analytics network to support broad initiatives and represent Africa in the Global Data Analytics network to help shape global PR strategy, governance, and projects.
Scope (regional, local, global):
- Support Row Crop Data Science focusing on descriptive, diagnostic and prescriptive analysis.
- Data availability (data gathering, data quality, data access and database management system).
- Implementing data projects supporting Global and Regional strategy in partnership with SPR Regional Leadership Team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide data management technical expertise & support, as needed, in solving critical business issues.
- Responsible for consolidation, summarization, and analysis of Parent Test data to drive critical processes such as:
- Regional Portfolio Management Process
- Foundation Seed Production Planting Instructions
- Hybrid Seed Production Planting Instructions
- Hybrid Seed Production Yield Forecasting across Africa
- Data source mapping, data gathering, data access to support Data Base building process.
- Independently develop algorithms in R and/or Python for data quality processes, analyze and visualize large multivariate datasets
- Perform specific projects (descriptive analysis, BI analysis and visualization), establishing a strong connection with regional & global teams.
- Attend regional and global missions to support projects identification and results presentation.
- Decision Analytics: Understands and articulates the advantages and limitations of project data and statistical models used in seed production.
- Innovation: Actively learns and applies new tools e.g. SQL, Tableau, Spotfire. Power BI-Collaborates with subject matter experts, business stakeholders, and other analysts.
- Consolidate, Monitor and Communicate to leadership statistical indicators to support data compliance and reliability.
- Support KPIs build up and follow up with action plans to team members.
- Support regional team with statistical data analysis.
- Support Production Research team with building data visualization and training on the use of data visualization tools.
- Manage Row Crop Production Research / Parent Test databases.
- Develop data management systems to ensure proper data QC processes and data integrity.
- Work closely with RSA and SSA Research and Testing Mission Coordinators to drive sound data management.
- Provide guidelines for database audit process and compliance.
- Actively participate on cross-regional teams and initiatives to leverage global data and knowledge, build consistent data processes, and leverage global information.
- Must be able to travel and support the needs within the Africa region.
- Manage the Africa Production Support QMS system (ISO9001).
- HSE Responsibilities:
- Leading HSE efforts according to ISO 45001 and Bayer safety standards focusing on legal compliance and identifying safety risks applying the HIRA methodology.
- Adherence to all applicable legislation, Bayer safety policies and procedures.
- Actively promoting the Bayer safety culture and best practices.
- Participation in compiling Risk assessments and Job safety analysis.
- Actively recording safety observation and near misses.
- Participating in 5WHY problem solving identifying corrective and preventative actions.
Key Working Relations:
- Data Insights and Pipeline Advancement Unit
- SSA and RSA Research and Testing Missions
- Agronomy and Technology Deploy Mission
- Foundation and Commercial Seed Production
- Production Management
- Production Quality
- Breeding (R&D)
- Portfolio Management
Qualifications & Experience:
Education:
- MSc. in Data Sciences or related Agricultural discipline with 5+ years’ experience Agronomy/Plant Science; or BSc/MSc in Agronomy/Plant Science with strong data analytics aptitude.
Experience:
- Excellent project management and organizational skills.
- Excellent communication – oral, written, under diverse circumstances and audiences.
- Strong technical aptitude on data management, data analysis, data mining, data visualization tools, predictive analytics, and modeling.
- A track record of successful project delivery.
- Decision making and problem-solving skills.
- Act in solving problems while exhibiting judgment and a realistic understanding of issues.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Proven data science experience in the life sciences field.
- Strong statistical skills.
- Extensive experience processing, analyzing, and visualizing large datasets.
- Excellent oral and written communications skills.
Desired:
- Additional experience in Predictive Analytics, Modelling, and Simulation.
- Sound decision making and judgement skills.
- Six Sigma or Lean manufacturing expertise.
Functional Competencies:
- Excellent human relation skills, effective oral and written communication skills required. Capability to clearly present information and influence or persuade others (multilingual in local language / English).
- The ability to communicate with different reporting levels in multi-national and cultural organizations as an individual or a team.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced global and multi-cultural seed company.
- Decision making and problem-solving skills.
- Act in solving problems while exhibiting judgment and a realistic understanding of issues.
- Challenging the status quo to improve processes and the way things are done.
| Application Period: | 21 August 2025 - 4 September 2025 | Reference Code: | |
| Division: | Crop Science | Location: | South Africa : North West : Brits | South Africa : North West : Lichtenburg |
| Functional Area: | Production&Manufacturing | Position Grade: | VS 1.1 |
| Employment Type: | Regular | Work Time: | Standard |
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| 9 Country Estate Drive, Waterfall City, Johannesburg, 2090. P O Box 143 Isando, 1600, South Africa |
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Our clinical activities are growing rapidly, and we are currently seeking full-time, home-based Clinical Research Associates to join our Clinical Monitoring team in South Africa. This position will work with a team to accomplish tasks and projects that are instrumental to the company’s success. The Clinical Research Associate at Medpace is offered the unique opportunity to be involved at every stage of the drug development process by providing unrivalled support to our customers. If you want an exciting career where you use your medical or health background and education, travel extensively and are instrumental in the clinical trials process, this could be the opportunity for you.
We kindly ask to submit applications in English.
Entry level associates with research associate or trial assistant-type backgrounds may also be considered.
Responsibilities- Conduct pre-study, initiation, monitoring, and closeout visits for research sites;
- Perform source document verification and case report form review;
- Perform regulatory document review;
- Conduct study drug inventory;
- Perform adverse event and serious adverse event reporting and follow-up;
- Assess patient recruitment and retention.
- Minimum a Bachelor of science in health-related field or equivalent
- Minimum of 1-year independent clinical monitoring; Entry level associates may be considered with relevant trial assistant or research associate-type backgrounds
- Broad knowledge of medical terminology and clinical patient management
- Basic knowledge of drug therapy techniques and clinical research methodologies
- Comprehensive knowledge of Local Regulations and ICH GCP
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Fluency in English
- Great attention to detail
- Must hold a valid driver’s license
Medpace is a full-service clinical contract research organization (CRO). We provide Phase I-IV clinical development services to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Our mission is to accelerate the global development of safe and effective medical therapeutics through its scientific and disciplined approach. We leverage local regulatory and therapeutic expertise across all major areas including oncology, cardiology, metabolic disease, endocrinology, central nervous system, anti-viral and anti-infective. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, employing more than 5,000 people across 40+ countries.
Why Medpace?People. Purpose. Passion. Make a Difference Tomorrow. Join Us Today.
The work we’ve done over the past 30+ years has positively impacted the lives of countless patients and families who face hundreds of diseases across all key therapeutic areas. The work we do today will improve the lives of people living with illness and disease in the future.
Medpace Perks
- Flexible work environment
- Competitive compensation and benefits package
- Competitive PTO packages
- Structured career paths with opportunities for professional growth
- Company-sponsored employee appreciation events
- Employee health and wellness initiatives
Awards
- Recognized by Forbes as one of America's Most Successful Midsize Companies in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024
- Continually recognized with CRO Leadership Awards from Life Science Leader magazine based on expertise, quality, capabilities, reliability, and compatibility
What to Expect Next
A Medpace team member will review your qualifications and, if interested, you will be contacted with details for next steps.
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The Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RF CUNY) invites applications for a full-time Research Associate in Dr. Jessica Rothman’s Wildlife Ecology and Nutrition laboratory at Hunter College as part of a NASA funded project entitled “Mega impacts of Megaherbivores: unraveling the role of rhino restoration in fire-savannah dynamics”. The successful candidate will conduct field research and use remote sensing tools to assess the before-and-after eosystem effects related to rhino reintroductions in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Uganda in line with grant activities, as well as use existing data. The position is expected to last for 1 year as per the grant award, but is initially funded for 6 months.
Other Duties- Use pre-existing field datasets from Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa, to examine how rhinos create and maintain grazing lawns along a productivity (rainfall) gradient.
- Map the distribution of grazing lawns using the above datasets to understand the relationship between rhinos and their habitat combining data with remote sensing imagery at different spatial and spectral scales (30 m and 60 m resolution).
- Provide technical and logistical support for field work in Uganda and Zimbabwe, which includes tracking rhino movement and feeding ecology of individual rhinos.
- Use NASA databases including PlantScope/Harmonized Landsat-Sentinel, to link rhino movement and feeding ecology with changes in grass biomass from field collected data in the first year.
- Procure a large database with information on ungulate communities and densities (specifically white rhino) in reserves across South Africa.
- Link the above database on rhino densities across South African reserves with remotely sensed indices of fire intensity and grass-layer heterogeneity.
- Contribute to analyses and manuscript preparation for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
- Other duties as assigned.
- PhD research on large mammal ecology
- At least 2 years of postdoctoral experience conducting large mammal ecological research
- Prior experience using remote sensing techniques
- Prior experience publishing in peer-reviewed journals
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity StatementEqual Employment Opportunity Statement The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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