Job Opening -- Postdoctoral Appointee – Algal Biofuels Research

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Sandia National Labs

Job Title: Postdoctoral Appointee – Algal Biofuels Research
Job Number: 4004068 (Ref.#. 61272)
Date Posted: 09/12/2008


Job Description

Sandia National Laboratories is the nation’s premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation. We are a world-class team of scientists, engineers, technologists, postdocs, and visiting researchers—all focused on cutting-edge technology, ranging from homeland defense, global security, biotechnology, and environmental preservation to energy and combustion research, computer security, and nuclear defense. To learn more, visit http://public.ca.sandia.gov/casite/.

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION
The Energy Systems Department at Sandia National Laboratories in Livermore, CA, combines state-of-the-art chemical processing, biofuel conversion, materials science, and advanced engineering to provide solutions and design options for a variety of challenging research-and-development projects. Current emphases include developing advanced biofuel conversion technologies, biobased materials, metal hydride materials for use in hydrogen storage applications, and nanoporous materials. Our research team is composed of chemical engineers, biochemical engineers, material scientists, computational scientists, and biophysicists. We partner broadly with other personnel at Sandia and many external institutions to address these and other challenges.

JOB DESCRIPTION
A postdoctoral position in the Energy Systems Department is available immediately. The postdoc will study the biotic and abiotic factors affecting algal growth and neutral lipid production for biodiesel applications. We seek an independent, energetic scientist who will join our team in using state-of-the-art biophysical methods for in-situ studies and interrogation of live algal colonies. The candidate will have opportunities to collaborate with scientists and engineers who are employing metabolic engineering, ion-channel modeling, and hyperspectral imaging techniques to optimize algae for increased lipid production and robustness while maintaining a short harvesting cycle.

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