Postdoctoral Research Associate Job Description
Postdoctoral Research Associate Duties & Responsibilities
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Postdoctoral Research Associate Qualifications
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Education for Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Employers hiring for the postdoctoral research associate job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Doctoral and University Degree in Biology, Statistics, Biostatistics, Communication, Biomedical Sciences, Conducting, Biological Science, Biochemistry, Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Skills for Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Postdoctoral Research Associate Examples
Postdoctoral Research Associate Job Description
- Active engagement in the research on development of optical instrumentation pursued by group
- Publishing of research papers
- Assistance with writing research grant proposals
- Active search for new investigation topics
- Assistance in advising student members of the group
- The aquatic and geochemistry
- Physical chemistry and computation
- Prepare annual reports to funding agencies
- Attend and participate in laboratory meetings
- Meet with larger collaborative group
- Meet individually with Dr
- Design experiments, carry out experiments in the laboratory, analyze experimental data, formulate conclusions, communicate results and conclusions to the Principal Investigator, and lab members
- Assist in writing manuscripts for publication and grant reports
- Perform post-acquisition processing of 3T knee MRI images
- Perform collaborative research related to osteoarthritis and orthopedics
- Participate in the preparation of research publications, reports, grants and presentations
Postdoctoral Research Associate Job Description
- Ability and experience of writing up research work for publication
- Ability and experience of developing research objectives, projects and proposals and conducting research projects
- Design and carry out experiments in the laboratory, analyze experimental data, formulate conclusions, communicate results and conclusions to the Principal Investigator, and lab members
- Assist with drafting manuscripts for publication, grant reports, and invention disclosures
- Present and discuss research findings in lab meetings, with collaborators, and at conferences
- Experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance followed by genomics analyses and biochemical characterization
- Supervision and training of graduate and undergraduate students
- Plan, design and perform experiments
- Manuscript and fellowship/grant writing
- Hold a PhD in Economics (or expected to do so by the start date of the project) in Behavioural Science or something equivalent
- Biochemical purification techniques
- RNA-seq and related technologies
- Fundamental knowledge and basic techniques in electrochemistry, material science and analytical chemistry
- Documented excellent track record of scholarly publications in the field of electroanalytical chemistry and/or material science
- Experimental skills and theoretical/practical knowledge in electrochemistry required
- Personal characteristics such as effective team player, dependability, integrity, flexibility, adaptability, enthusiasm, ability to take initiative
Postdoctoral Research Associate Job Description
- Have significant experience with statistical programming such as Stata
- Be able to present information on research progress and outcomes, and communicate complex information, orally, and in writing
- Be expected to communicate the findings of the project by writing papers for publication in top ranked academic journals in economics and/or psychology
- Be expected to engage with relevant stakeholders and advisors when it comes to the communication of key research findings
- Conducting research on the topic
- Disseminate research results through publications and conference presentations
- Develop proof assistant implementations
- Plan, design, and conduct highly technical and complex research projects in consulting with principle investigator, operate and maintain sophisticated laboratory/scientific equipment
- Identify, research, compile, and evaluate data sources, background information, and/or technology related to areas of specialization, provide rational input in explanation and trouble shooting
- Analyze and evaluate research data utilizing computers and providing interpretations based on significant knowledge and training
- S.cerevisiae and/or cell line model systems
- RT-PCR, Northern and Western blotting
- Demonstrated ability to perform electrochemical experiments and characterize nanoparticle systems
- 2 years’ work experience in an analytical chemistry/electrochemistry/material science lab
- Characterization of nanoparticle systems
- 4 to 5 years’ experience in an analytical/material science lab
Postdoctoral Research Associate Job Description
- Contribute to the development of research documentation for publication and/or preparing technical reports, patents, grants, papers, and/or records
- Supervise other lab personnel
- Contribute to the generation and maintenance of a work environment that is concurrently competitive and healthy, where all individuals can thrive and maximally contribute to the lab their own personal growth and success
- Supervision of graduate and undergraduate students
- Manuscript preparation and editing and conference presentations
- Design statistically-robust greenhouse, field, and lab experiments focused on screening for resistance to Fusarium wilt
- Utilize plant pathology laboratory, field, and greenhouse techniques, including isolation, culturing, identification and maintenance of pathogen cultures
- Contribute meaningfully to whole-genome resequencing, discovery of molecular markers (single nucleotide polymorphisms), and association mapping for resistance to spinach Fusarium wilt with project collaborators
- Complete data management and statistical analyses effectively and in a timely manner
- Communicate and present results professionally to general and scientific audiences at stakeholder meetings, scientific conferences, and field days
- Fluent in English, able to write scientific papers and research proposals independently
- Background in both electrochemistry and material/colloid science
- Familiar with or rich experience in nano-impact electrochemistry and/or functional colloids for sensing design
- Have experience of systematically assembling large datasets surrounding well-being, particularly experience with using large scale longitudinal household datasets such as the British Household Panel Survey, United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study or something similar
- Evidence of innovative peer-reviewed journal publications
- Have experience with using spatial analysis tools such as Arc view GIS
Postdoctoral Research Associate Job Description
- Assist with additional grant writing, if needed, to support the project
- Collaborate professionally with regional, national, and international scientists/stakeholders
- Work effectively independently and as part of the larger team associated with this project
- Travel in the Pacific Northwest and elsewhere in the USA for field trials, presentations, and research planning meetings related to this project
- Supervision and training of graduate students and lab personnel
- Preparing survey findings for publication in leading academic journals in collaboration with our team
- Leading planned formative research and intervention development activities
- Developing new ideas and incorporating them into planned or new research
- Presenting research at national conferences and meetings
- Operations of CMS experiment or detector development
- Expertise in protein purification, characterization by biophysical methods
- Experience in market research, consumer behavior, choice modeling, demand analysis, survey research, or partial budget analysis
- Familiar with SAS, NLogit or related statistical/mathematical software
- Develop new and compare existing performance benchmarks in distributed and parallel computer environments
- Develop performance models for different hardware architectures
- Evaluation of models to identify performance bottlenecks