Position Announcements
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences invites applications for two Principal Investigator (PI)positions in any of the following areas: 1) Ocean Ecosystem Health (e.g. ecosystem stability/biodiversity, ocean acidification, perturbations to the ocean), 2) Ocean Carbon Cycle and GlobalChange (e.g. biogeochemistry, air/sea gas exchange, controls on the biological pump, integratingscales from intracellular metabolism to global processes), 3) Ocean Modeling (e.g., theoreticalbiological oceanography, coupled biogeochemistry/GCM models, ecosystem/mass balance models,trophodynamic models).
In particular, we seek candidates who will take advantage of the emerging fields of ocean observing and/or blue biotechnology as cross-cutting themes. Candidates should also plan to make use of avariety of facilities available at Bigelow Laboratory such as: the Provasoli-Guillard National Centerfor the Culture of Marine Phytoplankton (CCMP; https://ccmp.bigelow.org/), flow cytometryfacility (http://www.bigelow.org/research/facilities/j_j_macisaac_facility_for_aquatic_cytometry/), Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometer facility (http://www.bigelow.org/research/facilities/liquid_chromatography_mass_spectometry_facility/), molecular biology facility(http://www.bigelow.org/research/facilities/molecular_biology_facility/), single cell genomics facility (http://www.bigelow.org/research/facilities/single_cell_genomics_center/), remotesensing facility (http://www.bigelow.org/research/facilities/remote_sensing_facilities/) ortransmission, electron/confocal microscope facility (http://www.bigelow.org/research/facilities/transmission_and_scanning_electron_microscope_fa/). Most of these facilities will be situatedat Bigelow Laboratory’s new Ocean Campus, a $20-million construction project which is due tobreak ground in September 2010. It will be built on a 64-acre deepwater site, 8-miles from theLaboratory’s current base. (http://www.bigelow.org/about/news/news_2009/boothbay-planning-board-approves-ocean-campus-site-plan/). The first wing of the Ocean Campus, the Bigelow Center for Blue Biotechnology (BCBB) is due to be completed in November 2011 (/about/news/news_archives/news-2009/_4_5_million_award/).
Examples of such translational, cross disciplinary research could include, but are not limited to, a)bioprospecting amongst the Laboratory’s culture collection for novel natural products and biofuels,b) using newly-available ocean observing assets to elucidate the impacts of climate change on theocean carbon cycle, c) better understanding of the oceanic biological pump using high-throughputmolecular "-omics" tools/ new ocean observing assets, or d) development of more accurate modelsto predict environmental change in the ocean, constrained by ongoing ocean observing data sets.
Minimum requirements are a Ph.D. with a two years postdoctoral experience and the capability toacquire federal funding and lead scientific programs. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is aprimarily soft money institution with the expectation that the PI will generate external funding andbe involved in the Laboratory’s independently-funded teaching and technology transfer activities.Salary and start-up packages are negotiable. Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences providesa generous benefits package including family medical and dental and pension/403c retirementplan. Applicants should consult the laboratory’s recently-updated strategic plan, available at http://www.bigelow.org/news/general-publications.php.
Applicants should send their CV; a letter of intent describing candidate's motivation, qualificationsand experience relevant to this position; plus contact information for three references to jobs@bigelow.org. Please reference Job # SRS-2011-1 in the subject line. All applications willbe acknowledged upon receipt. Any questions should be directed through Ms. Jane Gardner (tel. 207-633-9600). For full consideration, the application should be received by 15 October 2010.The search will continue until the positions are filled. Bigelow Laboratory is an Equal OpportunityEmployer.