Salary is negotiable and will be based on experience and skills that align with the position's required qualifications. The employee in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holiday's, and paid time off; competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits, and much more!
Required Education:
Doctorate
Internal Number: 305362
The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC), at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is looking to hire a highly motivated Leader of the Experimental Fermentation Lab (EFL), located in the Wisconsin Energy Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The EFL provides important research tools and activities for solving challenges in sustainable bioenergy and bioproduct production. The EFL provides pretreatment and deconstruction of GLBRC plant biomass to act as feedstocks for conversion into biofuels and bioproducts. The EFL performs small-scale and bioreactor-scale fermentations with yeast and bacteria in collaboration with GLBRC researchers. The EFL Leader will supervise a team of 2-4 personnel to provide fermentation, ammonia-pretreatment, and hydrolysate production services to GLBRC Scientists. Specific examples include (1) ammonia-pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of plant feedstocks; (2) setting up bioreactors with deconstructed plant biomass for biofuel fermentations with yeast and bacteria; (3) working with other researchers in the Center to collect samples for proteomic, metabolic, and transcriptomic profiles of biofuel-producing microbes, and (4) generation of post-fermentation conversion residue or other carbon waste streams. The EFL Leader will also be in charge of overseeing the maintenance of bioreactor and deconstruction equipment, and overseeing the facility budget.
The GLBRC is a US Department of Energy (DOE)-funded Bioenergy Research Center consisting of research groups from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Michigan State University, and other universities focused on making the sustainable and cost-effective production of biofuels and bioproducts a reality.
Successful candidates will be creative microbiologists, chemical or fermentation engineers with a passion for tackling the world's energy issues through fundamental research, and collaborations with other trainees, staff, and scientists.
PhD in molecular biology, microbiology, chemical engineering, bioengineering, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field.
Required: - Minimum of 2 years of experience in microbial fermentation with a variety of different bioreactor systems in batch, fed-batch, and chemostat modes; - Experience with chemical and enzymatic processing of plant-based biomass; - Experience with programming and writing codes/scripts; - Effective teamwork and documentation skills.
Preferred: - Experience in training and supervising technical staff - The ideal candidate will have 2-4 years of post-degree lab experience in molecular biology, microbiology, bioengineering, biotechnology, biomedical engineering, civil engineering, or a related field. - Experience in data acquisition using fermentation or chemical process monitoring and sensors, use of electronic circuits, online sensors, data acquisition systems, and biological process engineering are highly desirable.
