Arizona State University’s Biodesign Center for Health Through Microbiomes, led by Dr. Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown (https://biodesign.asu.edu/Research/Centers/Health-Through-Microbiomes and http://rosylab.org/) invite applications for a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the area of microbial ecology with a special focus on host-microbe interactions. The Postdoctoral Research Scholar will be working in a uniquely collaborative and productive lab. Dr. Krajmalnik-Brown’s lab is leading research on Microbiome and Autism, and Microbiome and Energy extraction and Microbial Ecology for environmental biotechnology applications. The Postdoc will be taking a leadership role in a Gut Microbiome funded project (microbiome-autism), will assist an NIH-funded team, will be exposed to many research topics associated with environmental biotechnology, and will have the opportunity to start new projects.​

Priority will be given to candidates with experience working with biostatistics, functional microbial ecology analysis targeting microbial genomes, microbial pathways, microbially-produced metabolites and/or bioreactor operation as demonstrated through publications and references.

Essential Duties

• Project management, meeting coordination and leadership

• Experimental design and implementation, data analyses, and report/manuscript preparation

• Training and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students.

• Identifying, coordinating, and leading the writing of research proposals and seeking future funding.

• Establishing and sustaining interactions among faculty, post-docs, and students across the Centers and the University is central to the position
• Coordinating among team members

Minimum Qualifications

• Applicants must have a recent Ph.D. (within the past four years) in Microbiology, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Environmental Engineering, Chemical engineering, Computer Science, or Allied discipline

Desired Qualifications

• Interest in host-microbiome interactions, microbe-microbe interactions, microbe-environment interactions;
• Hands-on experience with molecular biology and lab-scale bioreactor operations;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Hands on experience with large datasets and data analysis and integration
• R, tableau, or other big data stat modeling software experience
• Experience with mentoring graduate and undergraduate students.
• Experience in project management, team leadership, and effective communications

Only electronic submissions will be reviewed. Incomplete applications will not be considered. To apply for this position, submit the following required application materials:

• Cover letter
• A complete curriculum vitae
• The names and contact information of three references (name, position, title, organization, email, and phone number).
• Optional (I.e. statement of research, two or more peer-reviewed publications)

The initial application deadline is December 16, 2024. Applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis for a reserve pool. Applications in the reserve pool may then be reviewed in the order in which they were received until the position is filled.