Salary: $27.50 per hour based on a 35 hour work week
Benefits: The University offers generous benefits including paid time off (holidays, holy days and vacation), employer matching contributions to the retirement plan, and tuition benefits for employees and their eligible dependents. Learn more and explore benefits at
Location: Chemistry, Carpenter Lab
Position Status: Full-time (Grant funded position)
Hours: Varied
Position Number: 036123/30-491
FLSA Status: Non-exempt

POSITION SUMMARY:

TheLab Technician I will work in the CarpenterLab performing cell culture, supervising undergraduate research, assisting with training students, and maintaining reagents.

This position is a grant funded position.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Research: The candidate will perform research on funded research aims as designated by Dr. Carpenter. The activities may include cell culture, reagent isolation, characterization, and production of publication quality figures. The candidate will log all research activities and manage data for sharing according to NIH data management and sharing protocols.

Supporting Undergraduate Research: The candidate will help Dr. Carpenter mentor Undergraduate research activities in the lab. This may include assisting students with maintenance of cell culture, re-training students to run experiments after training by Dr. Carpenter, and supervision of undergraduates when Dr. Carpenter cannot be present.

Reagents and inventory management: This may include preparing aliquots, preparing and autoclaving solutions, and maintaining lab inventory logs.

Completes other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications:

Master’s degree in chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology or biological sciences from an accredited educational institution and 1-3 years of work-related experience.

The candidate must have 1 year work experience in a post-bachelor’s laboratory setting.

Preferred qualifications:

Master’s degree in pharmacology and toxicology or biochemistry from an accredited educational institution.

One year of work in a research laboratory setting and 1 year of training in a post bachelor’s thesis-track educational setting.

Alternatively, the successful candidate may possess any equivalent combination of experience and training, which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the University Community.

Ability and willingness to contribute actively to the mission of the University and to respect the Spiritan Catholic identity of Duquesne University. The mission is implemented through a commitment to academic excellence, a spirit of service, moral and spiritual values, sensitivity to world concerns, and an ecumenical campus community.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Applicants are asked to submit a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references.

Duquesne University was founded in 1878 by its sponsoring religious community, the Congregation of the Holy Spirit. Duquesne University is Catholic in mission and ecumenical in spirit. Motivated by its Catholic identity, Duquesne values equality of opportunity both as an educational institution and as an employer.