Allonnia’s purpose is the pursuit of imaginative solutions to solve the world’s toughest waste challenges through biology.  Allonnia is leveraging the power of biotechnology and engineered systems to degrade or sequester pollutants and upcycle waste. Our ethos at Allonnia is to work in harmony with nature, combining biology and technology to fast-forward time and bring Nature’s future solutions to the present day. Through this collaboration, we will unlock the potential in waste and enable a world where nothing is wasted.   

The Mission of the Position

The mission of the Scientist—Anaerobic Microbiology—is to help accelerate Allonnia’s Environmental Microbiology platform, including the ability to characterize environmentally relevant anaerobic microbes. This scientist will play a key role in helping Allonnia bring transformative, biological solutions to environmental challenges including the critical question of PFAS biodegradation.

Key Criteria/Requirements

• Ph.D. with 0-2 years of experience in microbiology, microbial physiology, environmental microbiology or a related field
• Strong anaerobic microbiology experience. Experience working with anaerobic environmental sampling, working in an anaerobic chamber and maintaining anoxic conditions.
• Strong desire to work with non-model microorganisms (bacteria/fungi)
• Experience in molecular biology, including PCR, primer design, cloning, sequencing, sequence analysis, etc., is desired. Experience transforming non-conventional microbes is also highly desired.
• Working knowledge of protein structure/function relationships
• Working knowledge of modern cloning approaches (e.g., Gibson, GoldenGate, etc.) is a plus
• Stellar work ethic and a passion for benchwork
• “Outside-the-box” thinker and creative problem-solving.
• Strong organizational and record-keeping skills
• Effective and proactive communication

Measurable Accountabilities

• Microbiology: Grow non-model anaerobic microbes for environmental applications. Isolate and enrich anaerobic microbes. Establish anaerobic culturing protocols to isolate PFAS-degrading microbes. Experience with anaerobic enrichment methodologies.
• Assay development: Design methodologies for quantification of phenotypes (e.g., the ability to degrade PFAS).
• Communication skills: Ability to understand and interpret data and to identify and resolve potential errors which requires communication and collaboration with colleagues and other collaborating teams.
• Data organization. Produce, organize, and present data to inform progress of key Allonnia projects working on diverse projects; efficient data organization is vital.

Key Competencies 

• Analysis Skills 

• Creativity 

• Integrity 

• Resourcefulness/Initiative 

• Organization/Planning 

• Excellence 

• Listening 

• Team Player 

• Communications – Oral 

• Communications – Written 

• Tenacity 

Allonnia Core Values  

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