Lab Technician

Job Title

Lab Technician

Department

Chemistry Department

Worker Type

Temporary (Fixed Term)

Pay Type

Salary

Benefit Eligible

Yes

Job Description Summary

Dr. Yukun Cheng’s laboratory in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Miami University (Ohio) has an open position for a research technician. The ideal candidate will be a recent graduate holding a MS degree in Chemistry or a related field from an accredited institution in the US.

Job Description

Essential Duties:

The successful candidate will be expected to:

• •Assist in ongoing projects by preparing common laboratory reagents (e.g., scope substrates, mechanistic model compounds).
• •Conduct basic electrochemical synthesis experiments strictly adhering to
• •established protocols.
• •Assist with training undergraduate students on different laboratory safety and research protocols under the supervision of the laboratory PI.
• •Help maintain a clean and safe working environment in the laboratory.
• •Assist with other assigned duties.

Minimum Qualifications:

Required: Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• •Demonstrated research experience in a faculty-led laboratory.
• •Basic training organic synthesis and have engaged in research involving organic electrosynthesis techniques within the past three years.
• •Familiarity with high throughput experimentation.
• •Familiarity with inert atmosphere techniques.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• •The ideal candidate should possess excellent communication skills and work harmoniously in a laboratory with a diverse group of researchers at different education levels (including undergraduate and graduate students).
• •Other desirable skills include prior research experience in maintenance of inert atmosphere glovebox and gas chromatography.
• •Demonstrated ability to write project reports or prepare publication manuscripts.
• •Experience with supervising/training junior undergraduate students.

Additional Position Information (if applicable)

Required Application Documents

Resume/CV

Special Instructions (if applicable)

None

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