<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Valerie Young</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vyoung@bigelow.org">vyoung@bigelow.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:25 AM<br>Subject: Job Announcement: SRS-2013-1<br>To: Staff <<a href="mailto:staff@bigelow.org">staff@bigelow.org</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><b><font size="4">Two Principal Investigator Positions<br>
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences<br></font></b><br>Bigelow Laboratory invites applications for two Senior
Research Scientist positions associated with the three centers of research in
the Laboratory’s new Ocean Science and Education Campus. The targeted research areas for these
positions are: 1) <b>Blue Biotechnology</b> (e.g. synthetic biology, systems biology,
biofuels, marine natural products, marine phycology, marine mycology); 2) <b>Ocean Biogeochemistry and Climate Change </b>(e.g.
global scale modeling, ocean observing, controls on the ocean biological pump [past,
present and future], stable isotope biogeochemistry, environmental
radiochemistry); and 3) <b>Ocean Health</b>
(e.g. predator-prey interactions, microbial signaling, quorum sensing,
plankton physiology, and chemical ecology of marine microbes). Cross-cutting themes for these positions
include human impacts, foundations of marine food webs, and climate
change. The research at Bigelow
Laboratory has global geographical reach, from the tropics to the poles.<br><br>Bigelow Laboratory has unique capabilities and core
facilities for transformative research in marine microbial studies. Candidates should plan to make use of the
facilities in their future work (which can be further explored at the Laboratory’s
website (<a href="http://www.bigelow.org" target="_blank">www.bigelow.org</a>)): the Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Marine
Algae and Microbiota (<a href="https://ncma.bigelow.org/" target="_blank">NCMA</a>; formerly CCMP); the <a href="http://www.bigelow.org/research/facilities/flow_cytometry/" target="_blank">J.J. MacIsacc
Facility for Aquatic Cytometry</a>; the Single Cell Genomics Center (<a href="http://www.bigelow.org/research/facilities/single_cell_genomics_center/" target="_blank">SCGC</a>);
<a href="http://www.bigelow.org/research/facilities/analytical-services/" target="_blank">Bigelow
Analytical Services</a>; an indoor, multi-tank mesocosm facility; a confocal
and <a href="http://www.bigelow.org/research/facilities/transmission_and_scanning_electron_microscope_fa/" target="_blank">electron
microscopy facility</a>; and a high-performance computing system. <a href="http://bigeloweastboothbycampus.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Bigelow Laboratory’s new
$32-million Ocean Campus</a> is situated on a 64-acre deepwater site in East
Boothbay, Maine.<br><br>Successful candidates are expected to lead transformative, translational,
cross disciplinary research, examples of which include, but are not limited to:
a) bioprospecting from the Laboratory’s NCMA and SCGC biological collections for
novel natural products and biofuels; b) using ocean observing and mesocosm assets
to elucidate the impacts of climate change on biogeochemical cycles; c) better
understanding of the oceanic biological processes using high-throughput
molecular "-omics" tools; d) development of more accurate models to
predict environmental change in the ocean, constrained by ongoing ocean observing
and -omics data sets; and e) use of model organisms to understand interactions
among marine microbes.<br><br>Minimum requirements are a Ph.D. with two years of
postdoctoral experience and the capability to acquire external funding and lead
scientific programs. Bigelow Laboratory
for Ocean Sciences is a primarily soft money institution with the expectation
that the PI will generate external funding and be an active participant in the
Laboratory’s institutionally-funded teaching through Colby College and the NSF
REU program, technology transfer activities, and administrative activities
associated with Laboratory governance.
Salary and start-up packages are negotiable. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
provides a generous benefits package including family medical and dental and
pension/403c retirement plan. Applicants
should consult the laboratory’s <a href="http://www.bigelow.org/about-bigelow-laboratory/governance_administration/general_publications/" target="_blank">strategic
plan</a>.<br><br>Applicants should send a cover letter describing which
position they are applying for and why.
They should also include their CV, a research plan, list of relevant
teaching experience, plus contact information for three references to <a href="mailto:jobs@bigelow.org." target="_blank">jobs@bigelow.org.</a> Please reference
Job # SRS-2013-1 in the subject line. All applications will be
acknowledged upon receipt. For full consideration, the application should
be received by 25 October 2013. The search will continue until the positions
are filled but the goal is to have these positions filled by summer 2014. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is an
equal opportunity employer/affirmative action institution.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><p></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Valerie Young<div>Executive Assistant</div><div>Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences</div>
<div><div>60 Bigelow Drive, P.O. Box 380</div>
<div>East Boothbay, Maine 04544</div><div>Tel: <a href="tel:%28207%29%20315-2567%2C%20ext.107" value="+12073152567" target="_blank">(207) 315-2567, ext.107</a></div><div><a href="mailto:vyoung@bigelow.org" target="_blank">vyoung@bigelow.org</a></div>
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