牛津大学高等研究院(苏州)招聘研究员

Responsibilities

Contributing to environmental engineering research in OSCAR and coordinate with other OSCAR research groups

Play a major role in the day-to-day running of the lab and research programme

Environmental microbiology, including culture methods for enriching and isolation

Molecular methods for profiling single isolates and whole communities

Basic chemical analysis (GC-MS, HPLC, BOD/COD) methods for assessing microbial biodegradation characteristics. Support the project team in integrating activities (internally and externally) across the partner organisations (in particularly the Synthetic Biology, Acoustic and Biotransformations Teams), including liaison between research teams and carry out administrative roles as required

Prepare summary technical and progress review reports for project steering meetings and industrial collaborators, including preparation and delivery of oral presentations at such meetings

Prepare papers for journals, presentations and other research outputs either inhouse or at national/international conferences or seminars, to disseminate research findings

Contribute to the maintenance of the project web pages for the consortium.

Provide help to other researchers in the same or related field of research, as requested by the project PI

Be up to date with regards academic papers, journals and textbooks and attend conferences to keep up-to-date with new developments in the field

Undertake other duties to be assigned by the project team, as required including supervising and training more junior staff/students

Adapt existing and develop new scientific techniques and experimental protocols

Test hypotheses and analyse scientific data from a variety of sources, reviewing and refining working hypotheses as appropriate

Use and help maintain specialist scientific equipment in a laboratory environment

Make links laboratories across China and foster collaborations

Assist in dealing with intellectual property issues.

Additional duties:

Coordinate OSCAR activity with PI and Oxford research team, in particular the teams lead by Profs Wei Huang, Roy and Wong

Manage own academic research and administrative activities. This involves small scale project management, to co-ordinate multiple aspects of work to meet deadlines

Contribute ideas for new research projects

Help with communication within OSCAR and outside

Develop ideas for generating research income, and present detailed research proposals to senior researchers

Collaborate in the preparation of scientific reports and journal articles and occasionally present papers and posters

Act as a source of information and advice to other members of the group on scientific protocols and experimental techniques

Represent the research group at external meetings/seminars, either with other members of the group and collaborative industrial partners

Carry out collaborative projects with colleagues in partner institutions, and research groups and in particular with industry

Play a lead role in establishing and running an effective, productive and happy laboratory

Selection criteria

Essential

•   Strong background in basic environmental microbiology techniques

•   Strong background on molecular microbiology

•   Some experience of chemical analysis for assessing biodegradation

•   Be fluent in Chinese and English

•   Hold a relevant PhD/DPhil (or be near completion)

•   Possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to work within established research programmes and help train/supervise junior members of the lab

•   Ability to manage own academic research and associated activities

•   Previous experience of contributing to publications/presentations

•   Ability to contribute ideas for new research projects and research income generation

•   Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write for publication, present research proposals and results, and represent the research group at meetings

Desirable

•     Some experience of anaerobic microbiology

•     Experience of independently managing a discrete area of a research project

•     Experience of working with the commercial sector and/or government agencies