Research Scientist I, Infectious Disease Monitoring Specialist
1 week ago
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
- 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
- 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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