Metabolomics Core Team Lead

Metabolomics Core Team Lead

We seek a Metabolomics Core Team Lead for the Duchossois Family Institute Microbiome Metabolomics (DFIMM) facility at the University of Chicago. This individual would have a leadership position within the DFI, reporting to the DFI Metabolomics Director, and with their primary role managing the day-to-day metabolomics core workflow for targeted metabolomic projects and long-term quality control processes. Routinely this role requires project status management, sample processing, instrumentation assessment and maintenance, laboratory safety assessment, waste management, and routine maintenance on other equipment. Additionally, the role will be responsible for data analysis and data quality control from gas chromatography and liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC- and LC-MS) instrumentation for targeted metabolomic projects. Long-term, this role is responsible for assessing and working with the Director to ensure high quality control on all targeted and untargeted metabolomic projects.

Responsibilities include:

• Manage daily maintenance and troubleshooting of laboratory equipment and instruments
• Oversee both short-term and long-term procurement of laboratory supplies
• Develop, implement, and maintain waste management plans for reagents, solvents, and other laboratory materials
• Prepare and validate extraction solvents for use in targeted and untargeted analytical pipelines
• Audit the project submission pipeline (LIMS) and collaborate with the Platform Director to prioritize and schedule project analyses
• Perform analysis of quantitative and normalized relative abundance data for targeted projects using GC and LC-based methodologies
• Provide supervisory leadership, including training and mentoring laboratory staff, assisting in the development of laboratory policies and procedures, and conducting risk assessments and risk management
• Uses subject matter and best practices knowledge to perform lab and/or research-related duties and tasks
• Solves complex problems relating to the administration of projects
• Guides data collection, evaluation and analysis. Designs and manages databases. Writes reports, articles and manuscripts
• Presents research findings at meetings and conferences, as well as to funding agencies. Conducts literature reviews
• Performs other related work as needed

Minimum qualifications include a college or university degree in a related field and 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline. Preferred qualifications include a college degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, bioengineering, biomedical engineering, biochemistry, biology, or related field, and experience in managing LC-MS instrumentation.