Post-doctoral Researcher, National Emergency Response Information System (NERIS)

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Post-doctoral Researcher, National Emergency Response Information System (NERIS) at UL Research Institutes.

UL’s Fire Safety Research Institute (FSRI) advances fire safety knowledge to address the world’s unresolved fire safety risks and emerging dangers. As part of UL Research Institutes, we are committed to sharing our fire safety insights with everyone to advance UL’s public safety mission of providing safe living and working environments for people everywhere. Through advanced fire science, rigorous research, extensive outreach, and education in collaboration with our international network of partners, we share with stakeholders the information, tools, and resources that enable them to make better, more fire-safe decisions that ultimately save lives and property.

To learn more, visit FSRI.org.

The National Emergency Response Information System (NERIS) will revolutionize the way the United States Fire Administration collects and analyzes emergency response data. At FSRI, we are leading the development of this state-of-the-art system that will enable federal and local agencies to make near real-time decisions based on the data infrastructure, engineering principles, and computer algorithms employed and developed by the NERIS team.

Underwriters Laboratories

At UL Research Institutes, we wake up every day with a common purpose: to make the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place. Science is in our DNA; we are endlessly curious and passionate about seeking and speaking the truth. We take delight in knowing that our work makes a meaningful contribution to society, and we are proud that our culture is centered on integrity, collaboration, inclusion and excellence. UL stands at the forefront of technological advancement, and we are continually challenged to find new ways to foster innovation and positive change. Satisfying? Yes. Exciting? Absolutely!

This is a two-year term position.

The Post-doctoral Researcher performs independent research in preparation for a career as a scientific professional, contributing to NERIS and advancing fire safety research. The Post-doctoral Researcher will work closely with other researchers and colleagues to advance research excellence.

What you’ll learn and achieve:

As the Post-doctoral Researcher, you will play a key role in the rapid growth of UL as you:

• Conduct primary research in public safety addressing concerns related to advancements in development of statistical models, decision analysis, and operations research. Topic areas include incident data from emergency responses, fire and EMS entity data, community health data, risk data, and loss data. Data sets may include, but are not limited to, time-series, geospatial, stochastic, and/or discrete in nature.

• Apply knowledge of scientific principles to the specific research tasks.

• Exercise a high degree of judgment in formulating, evaluating, and correlating broad research concepts, guiding the analysis of unique problems, and developing new and improved techniques and methods.

• Assume primary responsibility for development of independent research.

• Assist with data collection, evaluations, and support researchers on projects; analyze results.

• Plan, design, and complete initial and follow up procedures as needed to test and validate results.

• Perform research to a high standard and in accordance with all institutional and federal regulations.

• Collaborate with ULRI colleagues and universities.

• Contribute to and participate in webinars, conference presentations, writing papers for journal publications, facilitate training programs.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

What you’ll experience working at UL Research Institutes:

For the organizations across the UL enterprise, corporate and social responsibility isn’t new. We have pursued our mission of working for a safer, more secure, and sustainable world for nearly 130 years, embedding conscientious stewardship into everything we do.

• People: Our people make us special. You’ll work with a diverse team of experts respected for their independence and transparency and build a network, because our approach is collaborative. We collaborate across disciplines, organizations, and geographies to build the global scientific response that today’s global challenges require.

• Interesting work: Every day is different