Fellowship in High-Throughput Toxicology & Fate Modeling

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education; Duluth (MN); On-site; USD 53,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education is offering an EPA research opportunity in Duluth, Minnesota. The project focuses on Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, developing new testing methodologies and high-throughput approaches for toxicity data generation.

You will work with a transdisciplinary team, gain hands-on experience with analytical instruments, and contribute to data analysis, modeling, and potential publications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in chemistry or related field.
• Research experience equivalent to a master's degree.
• Fields include analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, computational chemistry, physical chemistry.

Responsibilities

• Develop analytical methods for quantifying organic contaminants in water.
• Quantify contaminants using GC/LC coupled with high-resolution mass spectrometry.
• Develop and evaluate exposure strategies for challenging chemicals.
• Extract organic contaminants from environmental matrices (water, soils, sediments).
• Perform data quality assurance and quality control in analytical software.
• Develop predictive fate and partitioning models based on chemical properties.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education is offering an EPA research opportunity in Duluth, Minnesota. The project focuses on Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, developing new testing methodologies and high-throughput approaches for toxicity data generation.

You will work with a transdisciplinary team, gain hands-on experience with analytical instruments, and contribute to data analysis, modeling, and potential publications.