Development of Microfluidic Devices as High-Throughput Screening (HTS) Tools for Synthetic Biology Applications

The Army Research Laboratory Research Associateship Program (ARL-RAP) is seeking a microfluidics engineer to perform research in microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip, and systems engineering for synthetic biology applications. This research associateship involves highly collaborative and cross-functional work, partnering with subject matter experts in synthetic biology, environmental microbiology, and bioinformatics. Main responsibilities include the fabrication of microfluidic chips and conducting experiments as defined by the Principal Investigator. The candidate will work together with other engineers and scientists in the laboratory, write project reports, and publish results in journals. The program is designed to significantly increase the involvement of creative and highly trained scientists and engineers from academia and industry in scientific and technical areas of interest and relevance to the Army. This position requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain Secret-level security clearance.