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Title Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Department/Area Healy Lab in the Department of Environmental Health

Position Description

The Healy Lab is recruiting a postdoc to join the new team in the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The lab will research approaches to limit exposures to pathogens of the built environment through a microbial community lens. Potential projects will include the following:

• Wastewater surveillance for bacterial/fungal targets using sequencing-based approaches

• Surveillance of pathogens in open sewage canals in low-resource settings

• Microbiome engineering of plumbing biofilms to reduce antibiotic-resistant healthcare-associated infections

• Changes in built environment microbiology surrounding extreme weather events

Candidates should hold a PhD in environmental health, environmental engineering, computational/molecular biology, or a related field. Preferred candidates should have experience with one or more of the following methods: sequencing and bioinformatics, qPCR or dPCR, bacterial/fungal culture, flow cytometry, and environmental sampling. Several projects are ongoing, while postdocs will be expected to help lead/launch others. Postdocs will be expected to mentor PhD and MPH students and participate in a collaborative research environment. Postdocs will also be invited to participate in grant writing and will be supported in career development activities.

Start date is expected to be January 2025 or later. Review of applications will be ongoing until the position is filled.

Basic Qualifications

The Postdoctoral Research Fellow must hold a PhD in environmental health, environmental engineering, computational/molecular biology, or a related field by the time of appointment. The candidate must have relevant experience with laboratory or bioinformatic methods.

Additional Qualifications

Mentoring and collaborative experience

Special Instructions

Applications due Dec 15, 2024. Submit a CV, contact information for two references, and a brief description of the candidate’s interests.

Contact Information

Hannah Healy, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Science

Contact Email hannahhealy@hsph.harvard.edu

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Keywords

postdoc, postdoctoral research fellow, environmental microbiology, pathogens, bioinformatics

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