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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS

The López-Uribe Lab is hiring a part-time employee to work on the development and implementation of methods measuring a wide variety of chemical traits on plants in greenhouse experiments. A successful candidate must have great organizational skills and attention to detail. Extensive experience in successfully collecting research data from a wide variety of biochemical assays is necessary. A successful candidate will also have proven skills for learning new lab techniques and troubleshooting lab protocols. Applications should consist of a cover letter, CV, and the contact details of two references willing to provide letters of recommendation.
 

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Modifying existing biochemical protocols from the literature to use for measuring traits on Brassica plants
• Testing and troubleshooting biochemical protocols 
• Collecting biochemical and morphological trait data on Brassica plants, including but not limited to: seed oil content, volatiles, various floral morphological measurements,  
• Assisting with growing and managing plants in growth chambers for use an experimental evolution study 
• Assisting with developing methods to conduct bumble bee pollination treatments of Brassica plants 
• Assisting with data curation, data analysis, and drafting peer reviewed paper 

LOCATION AND COMMITMENTS 

• The work would be primarily at the López-Uribe Lab at the Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building on the University Park campus
• Up to 16 hours a week, specific working times are flexible 
• Most work will be restricted to weekdays and normal working hours but there may be occasional odd hours to manage plants of conduct experiments 

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

• The person in this position will primarily be working with the postdoctoral researcher who is leading the research, though supervision and direction will also come from Margarita López-Uribe. We do expect the employee to eventually work mostly independently on some tasks, such as managing plants and possible some data collection tasks. Helpful, timely, and respectful communication with researchers in the López-Uribe and other collaborations is necessary. 
   

Compensation:

The starting rate for this job