Disclaimer
This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.
Essential Functions
This position is structured as a hands-on, bench-focused role with a central responsibility for driving experimental work and helping projects move forward efficiently. A key aspect of the role will be translating research ideas into practical, well-controlled experiments and troubleshooting technical challenges as they arise.
In addition to your own experimental work, you will play an important role in supporting trainees in the lab. This will include working with graduate and undergraduate students on experimental design, helping them establish reliable approaches early in their projects, and assisting with troubleshooting to maintain progress.
Specific responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Leading or co-leading scientific research projects.
- Designing and implementing new methodologies and assays.
- Troubleshooting and applying innovative solutions to research challenges.
- Analyzing, interpreting, and synthesizing data to draw meaningful conclusions.
- Training and supervising students and research staff.
- Collaborating with internal and external research teams.
- Preparing research findings for presentations, abstracts, peer-reviewed publications, and grant applications.
- Assisting in the preparation of research grant proposals.
Problem Solving
This position demands proficiency in computational data analysis and statistical methods.
Comments
Work Environment and Level of Frequency that may be required:
Nearly Continuously: Benchwork.
Often: Exposure to animals, hazardous chemicals and reagents
Physical Requirements and Level of Frequency that may be required
Nearly Continuously: Hearing, listening, talking.
Often: Repetitive hand motion (such as typing), walking, standing, sitting.
Seldom: Bending, reaching overhead.
