Postdoctoral Researcher

Purpose:

Will assist to fulfill the objectives of the recently founded 1890 Capacity Building Grant.

Essential Job Functions:

• Training of undergraduates and graduate students.
• Design and implement studies to achieve the goals of the project.
• Present the scientific findings the academia and the industry.
• Educate the public and stakeholders.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

• Help the principal investigator (PI) in the daily operation and effort, in seeking funding support from both internal and extramural sources.

Qualifications:

• Ph.D. degree in Microbiology or a related area is required.
• Experience in water microbiology is required.
• Experience in plant pathology is a plus.
• Experience in molecular biology/bioinformatics is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Personal Characteristics:

• knowledge and skills in microbial source tracking.
• Knowledge and skills in molecular biology.
• Ability to perform research independently.
• Ability to develop a research proposal and grant application.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations:

Missouri state driver license

Physical Demands:

• Ability to sit at a workstation for extended periods.
• Occasional ability to lift, carry, and put away parcels weighing up 25 pounds.
• Normal physical mobility, which includes movement from place to place on the job taking distance and speed into account.
• Normal physical agility, which includes ability to maneuver body while in place.
• Normal physical strength to handle routine office materials and tools.
• Normal dexterity of hands and fingers.
• Normal coordination, including eye-hand, hand-foot.
• Normal endurance.

This job description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change at any time, with or without notice, in accordance with the needs of Lincoln University. Since no job description can detail all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time in the performance of a job, duties and responsibilities that may be inherent in a job, reasonably required for its performance, or required due to the changing nature of the job shall also be considered part of the jobholder's responsibility.

All grant-funded positions are contingent upon receipt of funding specifically for that purpose. Note that grant funding positions terminate upon:

• completion of the term of the grant
• early termination of the grant by Lincoln University or the funding agency
• exhaustion of the available funding for the position provided for under that grant, whichever occurs first.

This is a 12-month fixed term position, effective from the date of employment. Renewal on an annual basis is contingent upon job performance and funding availability.

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