Postdoctoral Fellow-Cancer Immunology/Cell Biology
Job Description
Position Information
General Information
| Position Number | POST40 |
|---|---|
| Working Title | Postdoctoral Fellow-Cancer Immunology/Cell Biology |
| Division | Academic Affairs |
| Department | Col Liberal Arts & Science (Col) |
| Work Unit | Biological Sciences |
| Work Location | Biological Sciences |
| Vacancy Open To | All Candidates |
| Position Designation | Post Doc |
| Employment Type | Temporary - Part-time |
| Hours per week | 40 |
| Work Schedule | 8 hours per day per week Monday-Friday |
| Pay Rate | $54,000 |
| Minimum Experience/Education | The Postdoctoral appointee must have recently (within the last eight years) been awarded a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate (e.g., Sc.D., M.D.) |
| Departmental Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education: | Have already acquired a Ph.D. or equivalent degree and should be able to exercise scientific judgment daily. They will evaluate incoming information through experimental data and observations, written literature documentation, and oral communications and use this information to make judgments about what step(s) will next lead to progress. |
| Duties and Responsibilities | A Postdoctoral Fellow (""postdoc"") is a professional apprenticeship designed to provide recent Ph.D. recipients with an opportunity to develop further the research skills acquired in their doctoral programs or to learn new research techniques, in preparation for an academic or research career. In the process of further developing their own research skills, it is expected that Postdoctoral Fellows will also play a significant role in the performance of research at the University and augment the role of graduate faculty in providing research instruction to graduate students. A Postdoctoral Fellow works under the supervision of a regular faculty member, who serves as a mentor to the Fellow, and it is expected that the faculty mentor will impart the realities, and variety, of scientific careers, and will encourage experiences outside the laboratory to broaden postdocs’ aspirations. Within the confines of the particular research focus assigned by that faculty member, the Postdoctoral Fellow functions with a considerable degree of independence and has the freedom (and is expected) to publish the results of their research or scholarship during the period of appointment. Thus, the role of Postdoctoral Fellows is clearly differentiated from full-time technical employees. Postdoc appointments are characterized by all of the following conditions: * the appointee was recently (within the last eight years) awarded a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate (e.g., Sc.D., M.D.); * the appointment is temporary; * the appointment involves substantially full-time research or scholarship; * the appointment is viewed as preparatory for a full-time academic and/or research career; * the appointee works under the supervision of a faculty member; and * the appointee has the freedom and is expected to publish the results of their research or scholarship during the period of appointment. As an EOE/AA employer and an ADVANCE Institution that strives to create an academic climate in which the dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte encourages applications from all underrepresented groups. |
| Other Work/Responsibilities | The employee will report to Drs. Ru Zhou and Pinku Mukherjee and will be a senior member of the Mukherjee Lab, supporting projects through original research, collaboration with other team members, and co-mentoring students. The employee’s principal research responsibilities will be training and research as part of a funded project. The successful applicant will study the effect of immunotherapy in mouse models of cancer. This study is funded by GeoVax Inc. Candidates for this position should have strong laboratory skills and demonstrated experience in standard biochemical and immunological techniques and be willing to learn new skills. Experience with laboratory animals is highly preferred. |
| Necessary Licenses or Certifications | |
| Proposed Hire Date | 04/01/2023 |
| Expected Length of Assignment | 12 months |
| Posting Open Date | 03/20/2023 |
| Posting Close Date | 04/03/2023 |
| Special Notes to Applicants | To ensure full consideration, complete applications should be submitted with the following documents: 1) Cover Letter/ Letter of Interest 2) Curriculum Vitae 3) Unofficial Transcripts 4) Contact Information for References As an EOE/AA employer and an ADVANCE Institution that strives to create an academic climate in which the dignity of all individuals is respected and maintained, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte encourages applications from all underrepresented groups. The candidate chosen for this position will be required to provide an official transcript of their highest earned degree. The candidate chosen for this position will be subject to a criminal background check. |
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