Research Scientist I, Infectious Disease Monitoring Specialist

1 week ago


Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States MIT Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Research Scientist I, Infectious Disease Monitoring to join our team at MIT. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the wet-lab research team, designing and executing complex metagenomic experiments, and implementing an active biosurveillance system.

Key Responsibilities
  • Co-lead the wet-lab research team in designing and executing complex metagenomic experiments
  • Implement an active biosurveillance system to monitor infectious diseases
  • Conceive, design, and execute experiments to evaluate and improve biosurveillance processes
  • Oversee and carry out sample and library processing as part of ongoing monitoring efforts
  • Publish key results to inform the wider biosurveillance community
Requirements
  • Ph.D. or another doctoral degree in a relevant field such as biology, biological engineering, or environmental science
  • At least two years of experience with standard biological assays and molecular biology techniques and with high-throughput sequencing
  • Scientific expertise in one or more fields supporting the group's primary research interests, including metagenomics, virology, microbiology, environmental DNA, infectious disease epidemiology, wastewater monitoring, and long-read sequencing
Preferred Qualifications
  • At least two years of relevant postdoc and/or industry experience
  • Scientific expertise in two or more fields supporting the group's primary research interests
  • A record of publishing in academic publications in relevant research fields
  • Experience in research management, such as managing research technicians or graduate students
  • Experience working with human wastewater and/or respiratory swab samples, or otherwise working in BSL2+ conditions


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