Postdoctoral Research Scholar

Job description

Description The Biodesign Center at Arizona State University is hiring for a Postdoctoral Research Scholar within 1 year of their completion of their PhD program in the Biodesign Center for Applied Structural Discovery. This person will report to Dr. Alexandra Ros. Essential Duties: - Design and fabricate polymer microfluidic devices for protein crystallization screening. - Design and conduct workflows to establish efficient protein crystallization screening conditions in microfluidic devices. - Work in a team of researchers to develop protein crystallization screening devices for space travel and operation in microgravity. - Perform numerical modeling analysis to test and refine microfluidic devices and establish suitable data analysis tools. - Advise and mentor graduate and undergraduate students on research topics and suitable laboratory practices. - Establish suitable laboratory safety practices for work with proteins and required solvents and chemicals. - Practice electronic notebook taking, summarize research in reports on a regular basis and present to other team members and collaborators. - Photolithography and microfabrication techniques - Microfluidic device assembly and...