Student Researcher: Sustainable Mushroom Cultivation

Gannon University; Erie (Erie County); Sur place; USD 31 000 - 36 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania invites applications for a Student Researcher Mushroom Cultivation (Piovesan) to join a Pennsylvania Manufacturing Innovation-funded project. The role involves hands-on lab work, experimental design, data analysis, and potential contributions to patentable innovations.

Responsibilities include fungal culture work, evaluating container reflectivity effects on growth, sterilization tests, safety testing, and documentation.

Qualifications

• Interest in sustainable agriculture or materials research.
• Willingness to work in lab environments, including microbiology and mechanical testing labs.

Responsabilités

• Assist in selection and preparation of fungal cultures.
• Document and analyze the effect of container reflectivity on mushroom growth and yield.
• Sterilization and durability studies including UVC exposure and material integrity checks.
• Support testing of harvested mushrooms for chemical safety (GC/LC-MS, ICP-MS).
• Maintain detailed lab notebooks and contribute to progress reports.
• Present findings at internal research meetings.

Connaissances

Sustainable agriculture

Lab work

Data analysis

Formation

Undergraduate student in STEM

Outils

GC/LC-MS

ICP-MS

Spectrometry

Description du poste

Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania invites applications for a Student Researcher Mushroom Cultivation (Piovesan) to join a Pennsylvania Manufacturing Innovation-funded project. The role involves hands-on lab work, experimental design, data analysis, and potential contributions to patentable innovations.

Responsibilities include fungal culture work, evaluating container reflectivity effects on growth, sterilization tests, safety testing, and documentation.