Research specialist position

Dear all,

We are looking for someone to be hired as “research specialist” at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.

Required skills:

• Organization and maintaining of common laboratory supplies, chemicals, reagents, enzymes for several Biology Projects
• Receiving supplies and entering them into computerized inventory and Keeping records of inventory
• Being lab liaison – a one-person contact point for all outside academic and nonacademic/sales inquiries.
• Distribution of lab resources – Maintaining seed stocks (Rice and Arabidopsis) and growing up and maintain the bacterial stocks.
• Setting up service calls for damaged equipment
• Supervision/enforcement of assigned lab duties – making sure every lab member does his/her job related to general lab practice.
• Willingness to perform a variety of tasks
• Good organizational skills and Computer skills
• Master’s Degree in biology or a related field with two years lab experience.

If you are interested in this position (or to do a PhD or postdoc with us in KAUST), please contact me juankmilo86@gmail.com

Juan Camilo Moreno Beltran (PhD)