Postdoctoral Fellow

About the role

The overall focus of the Charles lab is to decrease the global burden of mucosal and enteric infections affecting resource-poor and marginalized populations. Research in the lab utilizes human patient samples to perform a variety of immunological, functional, and genome-scale assays.

Responsibilities

• Contribute directly to ongoing research projects
• Lead scientific analysis, abstract submissions, and manuscript development for 1-2 projects at a time
• Research Program Management
• Aid PI with managing the Charles lab research portfolio
• Orchestrates competing priorities, deadlines, and workload in a group with 5-7 ongoing research projects
• Supervise research assistants/technicians
• Deliver new employee training
• Provide daily oversight and direction
• Assist with recruiting new team members
• Ensure research integrity, including data documentation and data management, by developing best practices, provide ongoing training, and monitor for adherence
• Manage and participate in collaborative grant-writing projects
• Serve as a liaison between team members at various US and international collaborative research sites

Qualifications

• PhD in immunology, infection biology, or related field
• 7+ years of experience in an academic, research, or related setting
• Experience in flow cytometry required
• Experience in other immunological assays (e.g. ELISA, multiplex-bead based assays)
• Strong track record of publications

Desired Skills/Abilities/Competencies

• Planning, organizing and coordinating
• Time management skills with the capability to prioritize among multiple requests from multiple individuals and the ability to change direction in response to a fluctuating work environment
• Gets Results/Takes Initiative
• Cognizant and respectful of cultural differences in communication approach
• Analytical Skills
• Intellectual curiosity and willingness to learn

Pay

$79,199.00

Schedule

Onsite