The Weiss laboratory at NYU seeks highly motivated and multidisciplinary Postdoctoral Associate to join our team. This role sits at the intersection of fundamental biophysics and advanced instrumentation. You will be responsible for designing, building, and utilizing single-walled carbon nanotube field effect transistor (SWNT FET) sensors to probe biological phenomena at the single-molecule level.  See Turvey et al. (2022) Science Advances. 8: eabl3522, as an example of the type of experiment planned.

In compliance with NYC’s Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is $62,500/yr - $62,500/yr based on experience. New York University considers factors such as (but not limited to) the specific grant funding and the terms of the research grant when extending an offer.

Key Responsibilities

• System Development: Design and iterate custom-built single-molecule measurement platforms SWNT FET biosensors.
• Hardware Integration: Apply basic electrical engineering principles to interface biological sensors with low-noise, data acquisition hardware.
• Data Acquisition: Execute complex experiments involving high-bandwidth electrical measurements and advanced microscopy imaging (i.e., AFM and SEM)
• Signal Processing: Develop pipelines to extract biological signals from noisy data sets using Python, MATLAB, and/or LabVIEW.
• Collaboration: Work alongside biologists to translate raw sensor data into insights explaining the mechanisms governing how enzymes and cells work.

In addition, you will be responsible for maintaining laboratory notebooks, handling confidential data, and following safety regulations. 

What We Offer

• Access to state-of-the-art facilities for imaging and fabrication.
• A highly collaborative environment where chemistry, biology, physics, and engineering are not siloed.
• Mentorship focused on academic publication, proposal writing, and potential intellectual property/patent development

Ph.D. degree or equivalent in a relevant field (e.g., chemistry, electrical or biomedical engineering, etc.) and a minimum of 5 years of relevant research experience.

Please provide contact information for three professional references, a CV with a full list of publications, and a cover letter detailing your experience in building versus using instrumentation.

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