Postdoctoral Research Associate - Skellam Lab

Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Skellam Lab

Employee Classification: Postdoctoral Research Assoc

Campus: University of North Texas

Division: UNT-Provost

Sub Division-Department: UNT-College of Science

Department: UNT-Biological Sciences-121100

Job Location: Denton

Salary: Compensation is competitive and commensurate with the candidate's qualifications, experience, and discipline, in accordance with university guidelines and available funding.

FTE: 1.00

Retirement Eligibility: ORP Eligible

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The Department of Chemistry and the Bio Discovery Institute at the University of North Texas are equipped with modern facilities - including a planned upgrade of existing NMR facilities - for all aspects of the proposed research.
UNT has a highly diverse campus with a wide range of languages spoken in addition to English. We welcome candidates who have experience with HSI/MSIs and/or who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, American Sign Language, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin and other variations), Arabic, Tagalog, Farsi, French, or/and Yoruba.

The Skellam lab at the University of North Texas is seeking a highly motivated and determined Postdoctoral Research Associate with experience in the isolation and structural elucidation of natural products from complex crude extracts. This position will investigate the biosynthetic repertoire of filamentous fungi demonstrating potential as biocontrol agents by systematically developing culture conditions, extraction procedures, LCMS-based isolation methods, and molecular structure elucidation using spectroscopic techniques.

This project provides opportunities to learn additional techniques such as genome mining, biosynthetic pathway elucidation, and synthetic biology approaches for accessing silent natural products. Additional responsibilities include the day-to-day management of the project, manuscript and proposal writing, presenting original research internally and externally at meetings and conferences, and mentoring students at the undergraduate and graduate level.

The successful candidate will join a team consisting of postdocs, research assistants, graduate and undergraduate students, in a highly collaborative environment.

• The candidate should have completed their PhD in Chemistry (i.e. coursework and defense) by the time they resume the position
• Significant experience with small molecule isolation from complex crude extracts using LCMS including method development
• Substantial structural elucidation experience using advanced HRMS and 1D /2D NMR techniques.
• Ability to work independently.

• Experience and interest in the biotechnological production of natural products.
• Experience with MS2 fragmentation analysis
• Knowledge of fungal…