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Position

Requirement

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Research Assistant (S)

The candidate should have a Master’s Degree in (Environmental Engineering/Environmental Science/ Biological Sciences/Agriculture/Natural Resource Management/ Analytical Chemistry/ Chemistry/Integrated Water Resources Management/ Chemical Engineering or any other relevant field).

 Prefer will be given to the candidate who has the following set of skills:

• ESRI ArcGIS products and map development.

OR

• Lab management, coordination, and administration of a Biosafety (BSL) 2 laboratory including quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) tasks associated with lab maintenance and project work; equipment maintenance and troubleshooting; supply ordering; and training the new and existing student in safe laboratory practices.
• Microbiology method development and drafting of standard operating procedures (SOPs) including updating existing laboratory protocols.
• Optimization or development of PCR and qPCR assays targeting pathogen and antibiotic resistance genes; and adaptation of published cultivation and molecular microbiology protocols.
• Molecular project work (PCR, qPCR, sequencing) including DNA and RNA extraction from environmental samples or culture growth; gene-based assays identifying bacteria or viral species; gene-based assays targeting pathogen or antibiotic resistance genes; and prepping samples for molecular work.
• Data interpretation (bioinformatics, statistics, report writing) including basic data entry, summary statistics, bioinformatics, and reporting writing.
• Writing and reviewing manuscript drafts for publications.

OR

• Research and lab expertise in chromatography and mass spectrometry, solid and liquid phase extraction, water quality monitoring and analyses of all physical and chemical parameters, and health risk assessment.
• Applications knowledge of GC-MS, HP-IC, LC-MS.
• Additional preferred expertise in Origin and R-Studio, SimaPro, Auto-CAD, WAT-PRO, ASPEN PLUS & HYSYS software’s/tools.

OR

• Familiar with life cycle assessment circular economy
• Working knowledge or skills of environmental economics and urban socio-ecology
• Able to study and model the urban wastewater-related environmental issues and urban-rural linkages in association with wastewater generation and its impact on the rural ecosystem
• GPS-X and other wastewater treatment models and simulation techniques
• Team management and field management skills
• Research design
• Be able to travel and collect primary data from different sources

At least one year of working commitment at USPCASW would be required.