Senior Microbiologist

About the role

We are seeking a highly motivated microbiologist to contribute to a team focused on engineering microbial metabolic pathways, biocorrosion, and biomaterials. As a Senior Microbiologist you will...

Responsibilities

• Contribute to projects involving engineering of non-model microbes.
• Work with a variety of non-model fungi and bacterial systems.
• Lead projects and teams for both internally funded and externally funded efforts in the research areas mentioned above.
• Support new business development activities to expand program scope within the Research and Exploratory Development Department and other business areas across APL, including concept development, proposal writing, and project execution.
• Provide leadership in the development of new opportunities and support internal initiatives, driving technical innovation and growth in areas relevant to APL sponsors.
• Participate in the broader APL community by presenting data to interdisciplinary groups and to department management.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with external sponsors.
• Assist and collaborate with scientists in support of laboratory-based experimentation.

Qualifications

• Have a PhD in Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biological Engineering, or a similar field.
• Have 1+ year experience designing, running, and troubleshooting a wide range of biological assays.
• Have web lab experience culturing, assaying, and manipulating bacterial species.
• Be proficient in basic molecular biology techniques, including DNA and RNA manipulation and analysis, qPCR and plate-reader assay development, and microscopy techniques.
• Able to obtain an Interim Secret level security clearance by your start date and can ultimately obtain a TS/SCI level clearance.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.

Skills

• Experience working with non-model organisms like Rhodopseudomonas palustris, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, or Komagataeibacter sucrofermentans.
• Expertise culturing and manipulating anaerobic microbes.
• Experience with assays characterizing microbial surface colonization and biofilm formation.
• Previous experience in genetic engineering techniques, metabolic engineering, or biomaterials.
• Experience with environmental microbiology, fungi, or microbiome systems.

Benefits

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Pay

$105,000 - $290,000 Annually

Schedule

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