Research Professional & Lab Manager

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M-F, 8am-5pm; Occasional evenings or weekend work may be required

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Requires at least a baccalaureate degree in the field. Please contact your Human Resources office for an evaluation of education/experience in lieu of the required minimum qualifications.

The position-holder will be responsible for managing the lab agenda within the Bennetzen lab as part of a multi-year and multi-institution research project. They will work in close collaboration with PhD students and postdocs involved in the project to fulfill project goals. Besides this, activities will mostly cover carrying out molecular bench work, maintaining and management lab supplies, and co-supervising undergraduate researchers also with other lab members. There will also be some field work carried out requiring travel to Arizona, which will cover approximately four work-weeks per year.

Sitting, standing, walking, bending, stooping, pushing, pulling; spending long periods of time at a computer; digging; rough terrain walking, carrying heavy loads within physical reason.

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Design, direct and complete laboratory, greenhouse, and field-based research that will be used to publish papers in top Genetics and Plant Biology journals and conduct experiments that are designed by the researcher in conjunction with the PI and postdoctoral fellows in the lab.

Supervising, training, and designing experiments / lab work conducted by undergraduate students in the lab. (There are currently three such students in the lab). Coordinating schedules, making sure that students have research assignments and that they understand the techniques to be used and the rationale for the experiments. This will all be carried out in collaboration with a postdoctoral fellow or the PI who has the primary administrative oversight of students (i.e., approving time worked in OneUSG connect).

Carry out general lab maintenance activities integral to the research duties described above. This is inclusive of the preparation of buffers, agar plates and other reagents required to maintain lab activities. The position holder further will oversee lab inventory management and coordinate lab activities between other staff.

Participate in collaborative projects with colleagues within UGA and with collaborators at Northern Arizona University (in accordance with the US- DOE grant from which they are paid). These duties include frequent Zoom and email communication, sending information and research materials as needed (may include by mail or email), and working collaboratively on data analysis.

Writing, editing and preparing scientific presentations and manuscript. These responsibilities will dovetail with the research duties described above.