"Research Fellow (Sustainable Proteins and Future Foods)"

Job Description

The Food Physics and Materials FPM Lab at the National University of Singapore (NUS) is looking for one outstanding and highly motivated Research Fellow to work on sustainable proteins and food nanotechnologies for sustainable future foods. The research fellow will be advised by Assistant Professor Dr. Jiangtao Zhou from the Department of Food Science and Technology at NUS.

Responsibilities

• Investigating the sustainable food protein into protein fibrils.
• Exploring the mechanism of protein-protein and protein-macromolecules interaction to design novel food structures.
• Applying the cutting-edged 3D printing technology in tailoring food structure.
• Developing food structures for plant meat and cultivated meat.

The responsibilities of the research fellow also encompass facilitating communication and information flow among groups in the field of functional foods, working closely with Postdocs, PhD students, and Research Assistants within the research group and the department. Additionally, the fellow will provide management support during the development of larger research proposals and contribute to initiatives.

Research Group Website: https://www.jiangtaozhoulab.com/

Qualifications

Job Requirement

Required Qualifications and Skills:

• PhD degree in food science, material science, physics, chemistry, or related fields.
• Research experience on food science, biomaterials, biophysics, polymer chemistry or related fields, demonstrated with a record of publications.
• Research experience with food protein, nutrition delivery, gastrointestinal digestion, plant meat or cultured meat.
• Technical experience on AFM, confocal and fluorescence microscopy, is preferred but not required.
• Independent research ability, as well as the enthusiasm and motivation for research.

How to Apply:

Applicants should provide the application materials (CV with the publication list and the contact information of three references + cover letter with a brief research proposal). Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted. For enquiries, please contact Dr. Jiangtao Zhou (jtzhou@nus.edu.sg).

More Information

Location: Kent Ridge Campus

Organization: Science

Department: Food Science & Technology

Job requisition ID: 29789