Post Doc Fellow

When you join the growing BILH team, you’re not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

The Feng lab is looking for a Post‑doctoral Research Fellow. Dr. Di Feng is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. Her lab integrates the latest techniques across multiple disciplines to understand mechanisms of podocyte‑ and tubular‑mediated kidney disease. These techniques include organ‑on‑a‑chip technology, intravital microscopy, Superresolution imaging, CRISPR gene editing, stem cell engineering, and mass spectrometry, among others.

Dr. Feng’s work has been published in the field’s leading journals, including Cell Metabolism, PNAS, and JASN.

The Post‑doctoral fellow will be a key member of our team, leading one or more projects that match career goals and interests. Projects span rare familial forms of kidney disease to common forms of kidney disease—such as diabetic nephropathy—as well as renal drivers of systemic disease—such as salt‑sensitive hypertension. The fellow will have the opportunity to learn the above skills and more under close mentorship.

The position comes with an appointment at Harvard Medical School and access to cutting‑edge technology and resources across Harvard Medical School and affiliated hospitals and institutions.

If interested, please email Principal Investigator Di Feng, PhD with your CV and cover letter. Contact email: dfengvard.edu.

• Abides by the institutional policies of BIDMC relating to health and safety, equality of opportunity and data storage and management. (essential)
• As a member of the research team, actively pursues research under the supervision of a principal investigator while developing skills for independent work. (essential)
• Receives training in and performs duties contributing to the investigational work of the team including formulation of research questions and design, conduct of experiments, and evaluation of results. (essential)
• Prepares and publishes scientific manuscripts under direction of PI. (essential)
• Develops expertise in desired lab skills/informatics/physics/clinical research. Develops proficiency with research tools and equipment. Develops ability to work with more independence as the fellowship progresses. (essential)
• Develops new ideas that promote current research; brings new expertise to the research program. (essential)
• Teaching skills and provide supervision of students and their projects when appropriate. (essential)
• Engages in collaborative meetings with other research groups. Attends and leads scientific seminars. (essential)
• Learns to identify, acknowledge and correct deficiencies in one’s own performance. (essential)
• Under the direction of PI, pursues/secures independent funding near the end of the fellowship. (essential)

• Doctoral Degree or M.D.
• 0-1 year of postdoctoral research experience in academic or industrial lab setting, and/or teaching assistantship in a university setting, and/or residency, and/or clinical duties beyond that of the qualifying doctoral degree.

• Decision Making – Ability to make decisions that are guided by general instructions and practices requiring some interpretation. May make recommendations for solving problems of moderate complexity and importance.
• Problem Solving – Ability to address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge and skills based on general precedents.
• Independence of Action – Ability to follow precedents and procedures. May set priorities and organize work within general guidelines. Seeks assistance when confronted with difficult and/or unpredictable situations. Work progress is monitored by supervisor/manager.
• Written Communications – Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
• Oral Communications – Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
• Knowledge – Ability to demonstrate…