美国明尼苏达大学双城分校招收生物医学工程博士后

A post-doctoral position is available in the Biostabilization Laboratory at the Department of Mechanical Engineering in University of Minnesota. The position is available by October, 2012. The position focuses on developing vitrification-based room temperature stabilization methods for fluid biospecimens (such as serum, plasma, etc.). This is an NIH-funded project in collaboration with the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology and therefore provides an interdisciplinary environment for research.

The candidate must have a Ph.D. in Mechanical, Biomedical or Chemical Engineering with specific emphasis on biopreservation, biotransport and/or biostabilization.

The candidate must have excellent experimentation skills: No candidate without experimental experience in his/her Ph.D. studies will be considered for this position.

Experience with basic analytical chemistry and measurement techniques and mammalian cell culture are required. Experience with spectroscopic and microscopic characterization techniques (including FTIR, RAMAN, UV-Vis Spectroscopy and fluorescence microscopy), DSC, SEM, TEM, HPLC as well as ELISA, and MS are highly desired.

Interested candidates should contact Prof. Alptekin Aksan by e-mail (aaksan@me.umn.edu). In your message, please include a detailed resume, electronic reprints of recent publications, and the names, and contact information for at least three references.