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Postdoctoral Associate

The Barstow lab in the Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University is looking for a postdoctoral associate to support, lead and invent projects at the intersection of sustainable energy, synthetic biology, physics and chemistry.

The postdoctoral associate will join the growing Microbe-Mineral Atlas Center team to understand how microbes accelerate geology, and then leverage it for mining metals for sustainable energy technologies and CO2 sequestration.

This position includes a 12-month initial appointment, available starting immediately, with the possibility of renewal contingent upon available work, satisfactory performance and continued funding.

Anticipated Division of Time:

• Characterize the genetics of microbe-mineral interactions and engineer them (65%)
• Write and publish outstanding peer reviewed research articles and present results at scientific meetings. (30%)
• Assist in the development of proposals for external funding for research projects. (5%)

Requirements:

• A PhD degree in physics, chemistry, synthetic, systems or molecular biology or related fields.
• A track record of independence, and a high level of enthusiasm for interdisciplinary research, learning new skills and a demonstrated ability to well as part of a team.
• Excellent organizational, communication and time management skills.

I'm particularly interested in candidates who have experience with:

• Molecular or synthetic biology
• Microbiology, particularly of non-model organisms
• Computer programming and experience with the solution of numerical problems, machine vision, and analysis of next-generation sequencing data
• High-throughput screening

Supervision Exercised:

This job comes with a high degree of autonomy. The successful candidate will however, be expected to meet with the principal investigator at least twice per week for approximately 2 hours. There are no supervisory components with this position.

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