Postdoctoral Associate (2)

Position Summary:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey has opening for two (2) Postdoctoral Associates for the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, located in Piscataway, NJ. Under the direction of the Principal Investigator, the Postdoctoral Associate positions will study how environmental nanoparticles contribute to diseases. Environmental Nanoparticles of interest include those emitted from wildfires, traffic and micro-nanoplastics, the byproduct of degradation of plastics in environmental media. Diseases of interest include neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, metabolic diseases of the gut and respiratory health outcomes.

The position will engage in transdisciplinary projects that characterize the toxicological effects of emerging environmental pollutants using advanced cellular and animal models.

Rutgers NAMC is known for its transdisciplinary research on particle health effect research which spans across exposure-mechanistic toxicology-disease continuum and it is equipped with state of the art instrumentation for the physicochemical and toxicological characterization of environmental nanoparticles and their interactions in biological and environmental systems.

Duties include:

• Contributes towards interdisciplinary research efforts in the NAMC Center by participating in research projects related to environmentally induced diseases and emerging contaminants.
• Participates in collaborative research with other investigators at Rutgers and other collaborative academic Institutions.
• Performs research resulting in first-author, peer-reviewed publications.
• Analyzes data and prepare manuscripts. 5. Presents results at internal meetings at NAMC, EOHSI and at national or international scientific meetings