Postdoctoral Fellow, Biological Sciences

Postdoctoral Fellow, Biological Sciences

Please see Special Instructions for more details.

Applicants looking to graduate with their PhD/MD within the 2025 year are welcome to apply.

Post Doc Benefits:

Position Information

General Information

Position NumberPOST40

Working TitlePostdoctoral Fellow, Biological Sciences

DivisionAcademic Affairs

DepartmentCollege of Science (Col)

Work UnitBiological Sciences

Work LocationWoodward Hall

Vacancy Open ToAll Candidates

Position DesignationPost Doc

Employment TypeTemporary - Part-time

Hours per week40hr

Work Schedule

8am - 5pm

Pay Rate$62,232

Minimum Experience/Education

The Postdoctoral appointee must have recently (within the last four years) been awarded a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate (e.g., Sc.D., M.D.)

Departmental Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education:

The employee will have already acquired a Ph.D. or equivalent degree by the official start date 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. The Postdoctoral appointee must have recently (within the last four years) been awarded a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate (e.g., Sc.D., M.D.)

Preferred experience in :

1. Tumor Biology and/or muscle biology experience

2. Molecular biology techniques (eg - qPCR, Western Blot)

3. Mouse handling

Dr. Dasgupta's lab will be focused on elucidating novel targets/therapies for pancreatic cancer associated muscle wasting and studying tumor-host crosstalk.

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. The primary duty and responsibility of the postdoc will be to lead projects and mentor junior trainees in the lab.

Postdoc appointments are characterized by all of the following conditions:

* the appointee was recently (within the last four 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 his or her 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. Applicants subject to criminal background check.

Other Work/Responsibilities

Necessary Licenses or Certifications

Proposed Hire Date09/01/2025