澳大利亚昆士兰大学2023年招聘博士后（乳酸菌的应用）

澳大利亚昆士兰大学2023年招聘博士后（乳酸菌的应用）

昆士兰大学（The University of Queensland），简称“昆大”“UQ”，世界高等科研学府，世界前五十名校。该校始建于1909年，是一所位于澳大利亚昆士兰州的公立综合性大学。同时还是六所砂岩学府之一，环太平洋大学联盟、澳大利亚八校联盟、UNIVERSITAS 21、国际铁路联盟及新工科教育国际联盟等组织成员。

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FaBA Postdoctoral Research Fellow Lactic Acid Bacteria Applications

University of Queensland

­­Food and Beverage Accelerator Program:

Based in the School of Agriculture and Food Sciences (SAFS) and the Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology (AIBN)

Join a university ranked in the world's top 50

Research Focused Academic Level A position

Up to 2 years Full Time, Fixed-Term appointment

Based at St Lucia Campus

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you'll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, and within an environment where interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged.

As part of our commitment to research excellence, we are proud to provide our staff with access to world-class facilities and equipment, grant writing support, greater research funding opportunities, and post-fellowship contracts via our UQ Amplify initiative.

At the core of our teaching remains our students, and their experience with us sets a foundation for success far beyond graduation. Not only do we have one of the largest PhD enrolments in Australia, but we have also made a commitment to making education opportunities available for all Queenslanders, regardless of personal, financial, or geographical barriers.

About the Food and Beverage Accelerator

The University of Queensland's Food and Beverage Accelerator (FaBA) is a $160 million initiative aimed at boosting growth and innovation in the food and beverage manufacturing sector, with a goal of doubling the value of Australia's food and beverage manufacturing sector by 2030. The initiative is funded by a $50 million Trailblazer grant from the Australian Government and $110 million from industry and innovation partners, including QUT and UniSQ, and will provide manufacturers access to research teams, pilot facilities, and state-of-the-art equipment. Investment will be distributed across Queensland, including in Toowoomba, Mackay, Cairns, and Brisbane.

About This Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to focus their efforts on developing their expertise and emerging research profile in the discipline of food microbiology. The candidate will join the School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability (AGFS) and collaborate closely with researchers in the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) and other divisions within UQ, as well other universities in FaBA. We are seeking a driven, creative, and inventive researcher to join our team in the Innovative Ingredients program to harness the potential of food bacteria (lactic acid bacteria) to produce new ingredients and foods which have enhanced textures and flavours. Lactic acid bacteria have a long history of use in many fermented foods and are also present naturally in the environment. This project will explore this natural diversity to identify new strains with beneficial food modifying properties. The role will build on existing research activity in this area and will have scope to develop new avenues of research that are aligned with the Innovative Ingredients program in FaBA. At this level it is expected that the incumbent will contribute to service and engagement roles and activities.

Key responsibilities will include:

Produces quality research outputs consistent with discipline norms by publishing or exhibiting in high quality outlets.

Work with colleagues in FaBA and the food industry in the development of joint research projects and applications for competitive research funding support.

Contribute to progressing towards transfer of knowledge, technology and practices to research end users (e.g., the food industry) through translation, including commercialisation of UQ intellectual property.

Develop a coherent research program and an emerging research profile.

Review and draw upon best practice research methodologies.

Contribute to the effective supervision of Honours, coursework Masters research projects and Higher Degree by Research students.

Demonstrates personal effectiveness in supervision and the management of researcher development by providing feedback, coaching, and professional development.

Working to promptly resolve conflict and grievances when they arise in accordance with University policy and procedures.

Demonstrate citizenship behaviours that align to the UQ values.

Shows leadership of self through collaboration and active participation in priority activities for the unit and provide support to other academic positions and unit operations as needed during other team members absences.

Contribute to internal service roles and administrative processes as required, including participation in decision-making and service on relevant committees.

Begin to develop external links and partnerships by cultivating relationships with industry, government departments, professional bodies and the wider community.

This is a research focused position. Further information can be found by viewing UQ's Criteria for Academic Performance.

This is a full-time (100%), fixed-term position for up to 2 years at Academic Level A, commensurate with qualifications and relevant experience.

At Academic Level A, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $74,308.68 to $99,426.59 plus super of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be in the range $86,941.16 to $116,329.11 per annum.

The greater benefits of joining the UQ community are broad: from being part of a Group of Eight university, to recognition of prior service with other Australian universities, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading, flexible working arrangements including hybrid on site/WFH options and flexible start/finish times, and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.

About You

Essential

Completion or near completion of a PhD in food microbiology, microbiology, food biotechnology, or related discipline

An emerging profile in research in food microbiology or food biotechnology.

Experience with microbe screening approaches, biochemical techniques (HPLC, UPLC and GC-MS), genomic/transcriptomic/proteomic/metabolomic techniques and food flavour/structure/texture analyses.

Evidence of publications in reputed refereed journals and presenting at conferences.

Evidence of contributions towards successfully obtaining external research funding.

Experience in research student co-supervision including Higher Degree by Research students.

Some experience in meaningful internal service roles and contributions towards external activities

Desirable

Knowledge and experience working with non-pathogenic lactic acid bacteria and carrying out genetic analyses.

Knowledge and/or experience of food technology and food safety requirements in new food development.

Knowledge and experience of bioinformatics, including comparative genomics methods.

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.

Relocating from interstate or overseas? We'll support you with a relocation support package. You can find out more about life in Australia's Sunshine State here.

Questions?

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Professor Mark Turner (m.turner2@uq.edu.au).

For application queries, please contact recruitment@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.

Want to Apply?

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

Resume

Cover letter addressing the ‘About You' section

Please note that you will be asked to add all documents into the one upload box labelled ‘resume', which is step one of the application form.

Other Information

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion. We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, or people with a disability. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to recruitment@uq.edu.au

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close October 24th 2023 at 11.00pm AEST (R-30919).