What are the responsibilities and job description for the Plant Metabolomics Specialist position at Bowie State University?
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join our team at Bowie State University to support a NASA funded hydroponics and aquaponics project with emphasis on Metabolomics research.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Plant Science, Chemistry or related fields, with expertise in scientific analysis techniques such as spectroscopy, chromatography, mass spectrometry, titration, electrochemistry, X-ray diffraction, nuclear magnetic resonance, and thermal analysis.
The Postdoc will be responsible for coordinating all Plant metabolomics/Hydroponics and Aquaponics research and hands-on laboratory activities associated with Undergraduate Research Experience (REU), evaluating the metabolome and functional traits of kale/plants grown hydroponically under microgravity environment, elucidating how Simulated Microgravity affects the Photosynthetic efficiency of the Kale plants in hydroponically grown under microgravity system compared with the soil system, conducting Endophyte Research, helping in the development of a new Plant Science / Smart Agriculture Program, developing HPTLC-MS, HPTLC methods for analyzing compositional variability of plant samples, collecting plants from all over the world, processing of plant samples, mentoring undergraduate and graduate students in research, compiling technical reports for publication of results in peer reviewed journals, writing grants to support plant science Laboratory, writing scientific papers from the work done, assisting the PI to run the Plant metabolomics/Hydroponics/Aquaponics lab, performing any other task assigned by the Principal Investigator (PI), mentoring undergraduate students, and performing duties as assigned by the PI, Dr Osano.
