Postdoctoral Appointee - Bioengineering, Onsite

at  Sandia National Laboratories

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WHAT YOUR JOB WILL BE LIKE

Sandia/California’s Biomaterials and Biomanufacturing Department is seeking a creative, dedicated, and hardworking Postdoctoral Scientist (job title: JBEI PostDoctoral Bio/Chem) with expertise in molecular biology and bioengineering to work on engineering non-model fungi to produce biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass. This work will be part of the multi-disciplinary effort at the Joint Bioenergy Institute, with opportunities to work with a wide range of experts in national labs and industry to conduct state-of-the-art R&D in lignocellulosic biofuels.

On any given day, you may be called on to:

• Develop and implement approaches to iteratively engineer fungi to produce biofuels and bioproducts;
• Develop and execute proteomic, transcriptomic and metabolomic approaches to understand the microbial engineering efforts;
• Participate in laboratory management and mentoring student interns;
• Present at project meetings and conferences;
• Write up work for publication in high-impact peer-reviewed scientific journals.

Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite.

QUALIFICATIONS WE REQUIRE

• PhD in molecular biology, biochemistry, bioengineering or a closely related, relevant field;
• Ability to conduct and communicate creative, independent research as proven through a record of high technical accomplishments (e.g., publication in high-impact scientific journals and/or presentations at national/international conferences).

QUALIFICATIONS WE DESIRE

• Experience with genetic engineering of non-model organisms, yeasts, or bacteria, including building expression and deletion constructs, transformation, DNA and RNA purification, and utilizing genome data for designs
• Experience with analytical characterization of cellular metabolites (eg. GC-MS, LC-MS, HPLC)
• Desire to perform research in a collaborative manner including with teams outside of your area of expertise, eg. JBEI Pretreatment Optimization and Process Integration and the JBEI Feedstocks teams.
• Ability to maintain an accurate and detailed laboratory notebook (e-notebooks will be used) of all work performed and to submit this information into an electronic database.
• Willingness and ability to contribute to a safe, respectful and considerate working environment with a diverse workforce.
• Motivation to publish research results in high-impact peer-reviewed scientific journals.

NNSA REQUIREMENTS FOR MEDPEDS

If you have a Medical Portable Electronic Device (MedPED), such as a pacemaker, defibrillator, drug-releasing pump, hearing aids, or diagnostic equipment and other equipment for measuring, monitoring, and recording body functions such as heartbeat and brain waves, if employed by Sandia National Laboratories you may be required to comply with NNSA security requirements for MedPEDs.
If you have a MedPED and you are selected for an on-site interview at Sandia National Laboratories, there may be additional steps necessary to ensure compliance with NNSA security requirements prior to the interview date.

Please refer the Job description for details