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Department: Knight Campus
Rank: Postdoctoral Scholar
Annual Basis: 12 Month
July 30 2025; open until filled
Along with youronline application please submit your resume/CV and cover letter outlining your research experience and interest in joining the Keller lab.
The Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact is an ambitious initiative designed to fast-track scientific discoveries into innovations that improve the quality of life for people in Oregon the nation and the world. The campus creates the intellectual infrastructure to establish Oregon as a center for both research and development making Oregon a place where companies can start up and grow. The Knight Campus will reshape the higher education landscape in Oregon by training the next generations of scientists forging tighter ties with industry and entrepreneurs and creating new educational opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students.
The Postdoctoral Scholar will be responsible for therapeutic ultrasound research and administrative activities related to the launch of the Keller Lab in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Oregon. The desired candidate will have expertise in therapeutic and/or diagnostic ultrasound and will have the opportunity for training through projects developing image-guided/feedback-controlled ultrasound therapies investigating mechanically induced cell and tissue stimulation and applied to improving antimicrobial treatments.
The postdoctoral scholar is expected to lead projects designing and characterizing new therapeutic ultrasound systems for in vitro ex vivo and in vivo applications. The scholar will perform data analysis collaborate across disciplines and report discoveries in written and verbal form.
As a laboratory manager the scholar will manage maintain and provide technical expertise for lab equipment protocols and programs and assist the principal investigator in the physical and administrative set-up of the laboratory.
Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering or other relevant field
Experience applying diagnostic or therapeutic ultrasound in preclinical models
Effective communication skills including the ability to communicate in writing
Ability to work independently and within a team
Experience performing experimental and theoretical characterization of acoustic fields and cavitation monitoring
Proficiency in programming particularly Matlab or Python
Experience using the Verasonics research platform
Cell culture experience (mammalian/bacterial)
Experience in planning/performing in vitro and in vivo drug delivery experiments
All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
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