Postdoctoral Fellow - Electrochemical Biosensor Development

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Title Postdoctoral Fellow – Electrochemical Biosensor Development

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School Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering

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About the Wyss: The Wyss Institute’s mission is to transform healthcare and the environment by emulating the way nature builds. We harness the imagination of academia and the focus of industry to translate ground-breaking technologies into commercial products that solve big problems. We support research that universities, companies, and venture capital firms don’t fund because they view it as too risky.

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About this Role: The lab of Don Ingber, M.D., Ph.D., Founding Director at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, seeks outstanding postdoctoral applicants with expertise and knowledge of electrochemical biosensor development to join our team in advancing new diagnostic technologies. This project focuses on developing real-time electrochemical sensors for continuous, on-site monitoring of key analytes relevant to environmental and public health.

This position will play a critical role in designing, fabricating, and validating cutting-edge biosensing technologies, with an emphasis on assay development and integration of diverse measurement methods for detecting airborne infectious disease threats. A critical aspect of your role will be ensuring robust, sensitive sensor performance with real-world samples, and effectively integrating them with microfluidics as a standalone device. This is a great opportunity to learn new skills, contribute to assay development, and intellectually contribute to projects within a collaborative team at the Institute.

In addition to carrying out research, the successful candidate will be expected to apply for fellowship funding, contribute to the writing of grants and manuscripts, participate in teaching and mentoring of lab members as needed, and otherwise contribute to overall lab operations. The applicant will be a collaborative, impact-focused problem solver who wants to be part of a dynamic team.

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• Design, fabricate, characterize, and optimize electrochemical biosensing technologies for real-time detection. Develop and implement novel surface chemistries to improve sensor performance characteristics. Perform systemic characterization using analytical and electrochemical techniques to ensure optimal sensor performance.
• Develop and optimize robust electrochemical assays, particularly for nucleic acid detection. Conduct reagent screening, selection, and validation processes to ensure compatibility with sensor surface chemistry as well as achieve high sensitivity and selectivity with real samples.
• Design and implement strategies for multiplexed detection, enabling simultaneous analysis of multiple analytes from small sample volume; optimize sensor design and assay for high throughput analysis.
• Assess and validate sensor performance with real samples; ensure data reliability and reproducibility. Develop strategies to address matrix effects and potential interferences.
• Work closely with a collaborative multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and technical staff.
• Maintain comprehensive and accurate records of experimental procedures, results, and analysis. Support project reports, manuscripts, and patent application preparation.
• Under staff supervision, present findings, document meeting discussions, and contribute to data interpretation at Wyss Institute meetings.
• Assist in organizing lab activities and events.

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