Marine Biologist

Marine Biologist

Job Duties:

• Leads efforts in culturing and characterizing aquatic organisms.
• Designs, develops, executes, and analyzes assays related to marine organism's growth and behavior under various environmental conditions.
• Contributes to the development of novel applications in support of government-funded efforts in the areas of microbiology, synthetic biology, and marine biology.
• Effectively communicates research in team meetings, progress reports, peer-reviewed publications, and patents.
• Quickly adapts to evolving research needs, rapidly acquire new scientific knowledge and stay informed on new technologies.
• Works effectively as a member of an interdisciplinary team consisting of biologists, chemists, mathematicians, statisticians, and engineers.
• Follows sound scientific practices and maintain effective documentation of activities and analyses.
• Reads and understands relevant scientific literature.
• Contributes to the preparation of articles on research outcomes and progress and to the submission of same for publication.
• Participates in the editing and proofing of grant proposals, annual grant reports, and manuscripts for publication and recommends modifications.