美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学2024年招聘访问学者、博士后职位（合成生物学）

宾夕法尼亚州立大学（The Pennsylvania State University，简称“Penn State”，缩写“PSU”），是一所位于美国宾夕法尼亚州的公立研究型大学。

学校创建于1855年，作为“宾夕法尼亚农民高中”（High School of Pennsylvania）成立；1862年农民高中更名为宾夕法尼亚州农业学院（Farmers’ High School ）；1953年学校提升为宾夕法尼亚州立大学（The Pennsylvania State University）。1958年，大学入选美国大学协会。1967年，学校受资助成立了医学院和教学医院。1989年，威廉斯波特的宾夕法尼亚理工学院成为该大学的附属机构。1997年，宾夕法尼亚州立大学和迪金森法学院合并。

截至2024年5月，学校的机构设置上由农业科学学院、艺术与建筑学院和斯密尔商学院等在内的18所学院组成学校有本科生近7万人，教职工约7900人，设有本科专业超过275个，校区20个。教师中有普利策奖得主、古根海姆基金会奖学金获得者、美国艺术与科学院院士、美国微生物学会院士等。此外，宾夕法尼亚州立大学的众多校友中，包含诺贝尔奖得主和普利策奖得主等。

Synthetic Biology Post-Doctoral Position at Penn State for Capturing Methane and Converting It Into Biofuels & Bioplastics

Pennsylvania State University

Job Description

A post-doctoral position is available immediately for microbiologists, molecular biologists, biochemical engineers, and geneticists interested in converting methane into biofuels and bioplastics via a $3.2M grant from NSF. A Ph.D. in microbiology, molecular microbiology, biochemistry, biochemical engineering, or a related field with a strong background in molecular biology is desired as well as a strong desire to learn about archaeal physiology. Applicants should have a successful peer-reviewed publication history (at least two published manuscripts as a first author) and be in a position to begin within the next six months. We recently created a gene circuit for reversing methanogenesis for the first time in a methanogen and used it to create the first microbial fuel cell that runs on methane https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms15419). Our publications include those in Nature Biotechnology, Nature Chemical Biology, Nature Communications, PLoS Pathogens, PNAS, Nature ISMEJ, Microb. Biotechnol., J. Molecular Biology, Infect. Immun., Molecular Systems Biology, Environ. Microbiol., J. Bacteriol., BMC Microbiology, Biofilms, and Appl. Environ. Microbiol. Dr. Wood has 348 publications to date (yielding an H index of 107) and has placed 19 researchers in academe.

Please send your curriculum vitae and the names of three references via e-mail to Professor Thomas K. Wood, Biotechnology Chair and Professor of Chemical Engineering, 304 CBEB, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, 814-863-4811, tuw14@psu.edu