Senior Research Support Specialist

Required Qualifications: (as evidenced by an attached resume)
Bachelor's Degree (foreign equivalent or higher) in related field. Two years of directly related, full time experience with advanced research related/laboratory activities.

Preferred Qualifications:
Advanced degree (foreign equivalent or higher) in biochemistry, chemistry, cell biology or life science related field. Data analysis experience. Experience conducting research experiments.

Brief Description of Duties:
Working under general supervision in support of a research project or program for Dr. Markus Seeliger in the Department of Pharmacological Sciences, incumbent will operate equipment, carry out test procedures as well as collate and interpret data using special methods, in particular protein expression and purification, tissue culture, molecular biology and biochemical assays. The successful incumbent will have excellent interpersonal skills, exercising strong organizational and time-management skills with an exceptional attention to detail. Essential for this role is the adeptness to work independently as well as part of a team with a collaborative approach to problem solving.

• Develop, monitor, coordinate and manage activities to maintain effective operation
  of the program.
• Work collaboratively with other employees, faculty and professionals to advance
  the goals of the project.
• Conduct experiments; provide research support by conducting tests using
  specialized methods for data collection; interpret the collected data.
• Observe, collect and analyze data and write summary reports as necessary.
  
• Prepare reports, drafts and/or manuscripts based on the collected data.
  
• May develop and maintain databases.
  
• May coordinate field and laboratory work and/or develop and maintain databases.
  
• Incumbents may be responsible for orienting/training others to the project/program
  and checking work of less experienced employees as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

Special Notes:
The Research Foundation of SUNY is a private educational corporation. Employment is subject to the Research Foundation policies and procedures, sponsor guidelines and the availability of funding. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA. Minimum salary threshold must be met to maintain FLSA exemption.

Resume/CV and cover letter should be included with the online application.

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The starting salary range (or hiring range) to be offered for this position is noted below, it represents SBU's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.