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The newly established Center for Agricultural and
Environmental Biotechnology is looking for candidates to fill the
position of post doctoral associate in the
field of food safety & security. The focus and goal of the Center
is to conduct advanced agricultural and biotechnology research that
enhances understanding of critical plant-microbe interactions,
physiological processes, and metabolomic
modeling that enables a wide range of commercial applications related
to agricultural sustainability, global climate change, food security
& safety, renewable energy, ethnobotany,
green biotechnology, and bioremediation integrated with site management.
The successful candidate will work under the supervision of the program
director for food safety & security as part of a multidisciplinary
team, and will be part of an original food safety program that covers
various aspects of risks associated with biotic and abiotic food
contaminants (such as the presence/transfer of heavy metals and
agrochemicals in the food chain), as well as original strategies to
study microbial community dynamics as part of strategies to control
opportunistic food-borne pathogens. One of the focus areas of research
will be using microbes to lower arsenic uptake into rice. This work
will be closely tied into other CAEB programs, such as food waste
conversion via anaerobic digestion. The responsibilities will include
the daily planning, execution and quality control of the research,
writing research papers, contributing to the preparation of grants and
proposals, and participating in discussions with external commercial
and government clients.
Requirements:
Ph.D. in a field related to food safety (environmental microbiology,
plant sciences, molecular biology)
An excellent track record in performing original research in the field
of environmental
microbiology as reflected in the candidate's publication list
1-2 years experience researching the impact
of metal-microbe interactions
1-2 years experience utilizing tools such as
GC-MS, SPME, TOC, HPLC, IC and Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) to
support research activity
Previous post doc research experience a plus.
Background in microbial ecology, molecular microbiology including in
situ identification and quantification of microorganisms.
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