Position title: RESEARCH FELLOW(S) - DIGITAL PHARMA AND FOOD MANUFACTURING (x5)

Employer: The University of Melbourne

Closing date: 22 Aug 2021

Brief position description: Digitisation and AI will transform the manufacture of medicine and food. Victoria needs to develop skills and tools to realise the benefits of this transformation.

The University of Melbourne has partnered with industry to develop a program to transform food and pharma manufacturing, with new tools and platforms, custom education and a more digitally skilled workforce. Engineers, scientists and computing specialists will work with the pharma and food industries to build Australian advanced manufacturing capabilities. The lead industry partner is CSL and positions will be co-located at the University’s Parkville campus as well as the CSL Parkville premises.

The research will examine process modelling, simulation, optimisation and the best use of process data.

The multiple positions that are available through this program are:

Experimental
Research Fellow (RF1) - Cell Culture in Pharmaceutical Production
Research Fellow (RF2) - Scaling Bioreactors in Cell Culture
Research Fellow (RF3) - Membrane Operations in Pharmaceutical Production

Digital
Research Fellow (RF4) - Machine Learning for Optimization in Bioreactor Fermentation
Research Fellow (RF5) - Reducing the Uncertainty Found in Bioprocessing and Medical data (0.5 FTE) bioprocessing and (0.5 FTE) on medical data

About You:

Naturally you will be capable of demonstrating your prior record of achievement in the following:

- Postgraduate research degree at PhD level (or near completion) or Higher Education qualification in a field relevant to each position described above. Specifically:
- Research Fellow (RF1 & RF2) - mammalian cell culture, biotechnology, biochemical or chemical engineering.
- Research Fellow (RF3) - biotechnology, protein chemistry, biochemical or chemical engineering.
- Research Fellow (RF4) - machine learning or computer science.
- Research Fellow (RF5) - data science, statistics, bioinformatics/biostatistics or computer science.
- record of high-quality research as evidenced by publications in leading journals and at conferences commensurate with opportunity
- performing independent research with a commitment to interdisciplinary research
- leading and contributing in a cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams
- being detail oriented, self-motivated and committed to the profession
- working with minimal supervision and ability to prioritise tasks to achieve project objectives within timelines, demonstrating flexibility to flourish in a fast-paced environment
- capacity to communicate research concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
- excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrated by presentation of research results at conferences, internal forums and manuscript submissions
- excellent interpersonal skills, including an ability to interact with internal and external stakeholders (academic, administrative and support staff) in a courteous and effective manner
- ability to develop, administer and see through to completion appropriately designed research projects with limited supervision
- flexibility in job location (CSL & University of Melbourne) and the ability to work across multiple worksites will be required

Additionally, it would be desirable (but not necessary) if you if you also had experience in relation to any of the following:

- for lab-based positions, experience in the relevant techniques is desirable (e.g. cell culture and bioreactor operation, protein purification)
- for digital positions experience in the relevant digital techniques is desirable
- supervision of students or other researchers
- record of applying for and attracting research grant funding
- interacting with industry partners
- capacity to build collaborations with a range of other researchers

For more information and the position description, please refer to

https://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/905792/research-fellows-pharma-and-food-manufacturing-x5

PLEASE NOTE: You must be currently located within Australia and able to commence immediately or as soon as your notice period has been served.

Job website: http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/905792/research-fellows-pharma-and-food-manufacturing-x5

Contact name: Sally Gras

Contact email: sgras@unimelb.edu.au