Scientist Jobs in Santa Maria, CA
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Clinical Laboratory Scientist I
- Santa Maria, CA
- 90+ days ago
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Highest Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree (46.2%)
- Doctorate Degree (25.9%)
- Master's Degree (24.3%)
- Associate's Degree (1.5%)
- High School or GED (1.1%)
- Vocational Degree or Certification (0.8%)
- Some College (0.2%)
- Some High School (0.1%)
Average Work Experience
- None (32.8%)
- Less than 1 year (18.1%)
- 1-2 years (16.9%)
- 4-6 years (11.4%)
- 6-8 years (7.8%)
- 2-4 years (7.0%)
- 10+ years (6.0%)
Qualifications / Skill Sets
The following top skills are often required or desired to land a Scientist position
= trending- Analytical Chemistry
- Assay Development
- Biochemistry
- Bioinformatics
- Biology
- Cell Biology
- Cell Culture
- Cell-Based Assays
- Chemical Characterization
- Chromatography
- Clinical Laboratory Operations
- Collections
- Communication Skills
- Computational Chemistry
- Data Analysis
- Drug Discovery
- Education Experience
- Engineering
- Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay
- Experimental Design
- Flow Cytometry
- Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
- Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry
- Genomics
- Good Laboratory Practice
- Healthcare Management
- High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
- Immunology
- Instrumentation
- Investigation
- Lab Experience
- Leadership
- Liquid Chromatography
- Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry
- Mass Spectrometry
- Materials Management
- Method Development
- Microbiology
- Microscopy
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- Military Background
- Molecular Biology
- Optimization
- Organization
- Pharmaceutical Sales
- Polymer Chemistry
- Process Development
- Product Development
- Purification
- Quality Assurance
- Quality Control
- Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Reporting
- Research and Development
- Research Skills
- Scale-Up
- Spectroscopy
- Standard Operating Procedures
- Statistics
- Synthesis
- Toxicology
- Training and Development
- Troubleshooting
- Ultraviolet–Visible Spectroscopy
- Validation
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