Postdoctoral Research Fellow - EIR (Contingent II/Grant - Funded)

Duties & Responsibilities

• Evaluate the metabolome and functional traits of kale/plants grown hydroponically under microgravity environment.
• Elucidate how the Simulated Microgravity affects the Photosynthetic efficiency of the Kale plants in hydroponically grown under microgravity system compared with the soil system.
• Conduct Endophyte Research
• Help in the development of a new Plant Science / Smart Agriculture Program.
• Development of HPTLC-MS, HPTLC methods for analyzing for analyzing compositional variability of plant samples.
• Collecting plants from all over the world, Processing of plant samples
• Mentoring undergraduate and graduate students in research.
• Compile technical reports for publication of results in peer reviewed journals.
• Write grants to support plant science Laboratory.
• Write scientific papers from the work done.
• Affix duties as assigned by the Principal Investigator (PI).
• Mentor undergraduate students.

Qualifications

• PhD in Chemistry, Plant Science or related fields.
• Knowledge of scientific analysis techniques such as spectroscopy, chromatography, mass spectrometry, titration, electrochemistry, X-ray diffraction, nuclear magnetic resonance, and thermal analysis.
• Skills of preparing culture media (growth media, growth regulators, Murashige and Skoog (MS) media) for cultivation of endophytes.
• Skills in Plant cultivation and green house work/research.
• Proven track record of scientific publications in high quality peer reviewed scientific journals.
• Proactive, innovative and independent problem solver and excellent team player.
• Supervision of students (undergraduates, MSc-students, co-supervise PhD researchers).
• Excellent communication skills, able to interact with a multi-cultural team of researchers.
• Ability to deal with high workload and capacity to work under challenging situations.
• Knowledgeable in troubleshooting.
• Skills in grant and research proposal writings.
• Proficiency in English and communication techniques.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance.
• Paid time for paid sick leave and annual leave.
• 10 paid holidays per year, tuition remission and supplemental retirement.