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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">The
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">Department of Earth and Environmental
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</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">the University of Pennsylvania
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">seeks a postdoctoral scholar to study microbial remediation of asbestos through chemosynthesis.
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">The position involves the cultivation
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">of chemosynthetic microorganisms relevant to Fe- and N-based energy metabolisms.
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">DESIRED LABORATORY SKILLS INCLUDE:
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experience with </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">microbial
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">cultivation under batch and/or continuous culture conditions, (ii) experience with aqueous geochemistry techniques,
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">(iii) experience with
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">epifluorescent</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">, SEM and/or TEM microscopy and
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">(</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">iv)
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">basic molecular
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">techniques. [Note: these
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">are the required skills for the implementation of the project. Training in certain
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">areas
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">can be provided, as long as the intellectual motivation is well aligned with this
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">research].</span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">DESIRED
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team-working and interpersonal skills, (ii) </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">excellent written and oral communication skills, (</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">iii)
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">commitment to developing peer-reviewed
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">manuscripts, and
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">(</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">iv)
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">desire to work at the intersection between
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">geology,
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">chemistry and biology. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">The
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">position includes full benefits and is for two years. C</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">andidates
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">should
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">submit a
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">CV, max 2-page statement of experience/interests
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">and the names of 3 contact references. Please send application materials and/or informal
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">inquiries to Dr. Ileana Pérez-Rodríguez (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Book";mso-ascii-font-family:"Avenir Book";
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The position is available starting</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">September 1</span></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; vertical-align: super;">st</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">.
Applications are accepted until position is filled.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">
</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;">The successful candidate must have completed his/her Ph.D. at the time of the appointment.</span></p>
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