Postdoctoral Scholar - Benoit Lab

Overview

The Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact is an initiative to fast-track scientific discoveries into innovations that improve quality of life. The campus aims to establish Oregon as a center for research and development, fostering industry collaborations and creating opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students. The Benoit lab works at the intersection of medicine and engineering, focusing on biomaterial design to treat diseases, control cell behavior, and address fundamental biological questions.

The specific project aims to develop a next-generation tissue-engineered periosteum (TEP) to improve healing of challenging bone defects by integrating polymer chemistry, hydrogel design, stem cell biology, and in vivo models.

The Postdoctoral Scholar will lead the synthesis of multifunctional materials, perform mechanistic biological studies, contribute to high-impact publications and proposals, conduct data analysis, report findings in written and verbal form, and manage, maintain, and provide technical expertise for Benoit lab equipment, protocols, and programs.

• Lead synthesis of multifunctional materials.
• Perform mechanistic biological studies.
• Contribute to high-impact publications and grant proposals.
• Analyze data and report findings in written and verbal form.
• Manage, maintain, and provide technical expertise for lab equipment, protocols, and programs.

• Ph.D. in chemistry, biology, engineering, or a related field.
• Laboratory experience in bioengineering or related field in a university setting.
• Evidence of past productivity.
• Effective communications skills.

• Technical, research, or analytic experience in a university or corporate setting as an intern or employee.
• Experience with grant writing.
• Small animal surgical experience.
• Expertise with musculoskeletal regeneration/biology and analysis of healing (histology, biomechanics, flow cytometry, live animal imaging).

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

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