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12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#222222;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700">POSTDOC
POSITIONS - UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA at CHAPEL HILL</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff">A
multi-PI team leading research at the matter-to-life nexus,
funded by The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is looking to hire
multiple postdocs. Team members include:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700">Ronit
Freeman, PhD</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff"> -
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Physical Sciences,
UNC-Chapel Hill, Email: </span><a href="mailto:ronifree@email.unc.edu" title="mailto:ronifree@email.unc.edu"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:underline">ronifree@email.unc.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff">,
Website (</span><a href="https://freeman-lab.com/" title="Unmangled Microsoft Safelink"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:underline">https://freeman-lab.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff">)
; Twitter (@RFreeman_Lab) </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700">Amy
Gladfelter, PhD</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff"> -
Professor, Department of Biology, UNC-Chapel Hill, Email: </span><a href="mailto:amyglad@unc.edu" title="mailto:amyglad@unc.edu"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:underline">amyglad@unc.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff">,
Website (<a href="https://gladfelterlab.web.unc.edu/)" title="Unmangled Microsoft Safelink">gladfelterlab.web.unc.edu/)</a>
; Twitter (@GladfelterLab) </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700">Klaus
Hahn, PhD </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff">-
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, UNC-Chapel Hill, Email:
</span><a href="mailto:khahn@med.unc.edu" title="mailto:khahn@med.unc.edu"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:underline">khahn@med.unc.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff">,
Website (hahnlab.com), Twitter (@hahnlab)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700">Rick
Baker, PhD - </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff">Assistant
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
UNC-Chapel Hill, Email: </span><a href="mailto:baker@med.unc.edu" title="mailto:baker@med.unc.edu"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:underline">baker@med.unc.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff">,
Website (</span><a href="http://www.rickbakerlab.org/" title="Unmangled Microsoft Safelink"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:underline">www.rickbakerlab.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff">);
Twitter (@therickybaker)</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700">Greg
Forest, PhD - </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff">Professor,
Departments of Mathematics, Applied Physical Sciences,
Biomedical Engineering, UNC - Chapel Hill, Website (<a href="https://forest.web.unc.edu/)," title="Unmangled
Microsoft Safelink">forest.web.unc.edu/),</a> Email:
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:forest@unc.edu">forest@unc.edu</a></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700">Ehssan
Nazockdast, PhD - </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff">Assistant
Professor, Department of Applied Physical Sciences, UNC-Chapel
Hill, Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ehssan@email.unc.edu">ehssan@email.unc.edu</a>, Website:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nazockdastlab.com/">https://www.nazockdastlab.com/</a></span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700">Daphne
Klotsa - </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff">Assistant
Professor, Department of Applied Physical Sciences, UNC-Chapel
Hill, Email: </span><a href="mailto:dklotsa@email.unc.edu" title="mailto:dklotsa@email.unc.edu"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:underline">dklotsa@email.unc.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff">,
Website: </span><a href="https://klotsagroup.wixsite.com/home" title="Unmangled
Microsoft Safelink"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration:underline">https://klotsagroup.wixsite.com/home</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:700"> </span></p>
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12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff">Researchers
in the participating labs enjoy access to the world's most
advanced facilities and equipment and an environment that
supports creativity, discovery, and interdisciplinary
collaboration.</span></p>
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0pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify;background-color:
#ffffff;padding: 0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940">The
research sits on the interface of biology and engineering and
will use the tools of physics, mathematics, material design,
and computation to advance biology as well as use biology to
broaden development of engineered multiscale systems. Topics
include understanding the principles of membrane curvature
sensing in cells, cellular biomechanics and fluid dynamics. We
will explore how physical forces influence biological and
synthetic cellular self-organization, and design biological
signal transduction and information processing in synthetic
biomaterials, among others.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;font-weight:700">We
are currently seeking applications for the following
positions:</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#d3d3d3;font-weight:700">Synthetic
Biology and Biomaterial design </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940">The
successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in Chemistry, Biology,
Physical Sciences or related fields. Experience in DNA
nanotechnology, DNA origami, or peptide self-assembly is
preferred. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;font-weight:700"> </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#d3d3d3;font-weight:700">Nanoscale
Biophysics</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940">The
successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in the biological,
physical, or chemical sciences, or related fields. Previous
experience with</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff"> Cellular
and extracellular biomechanics and methods to visualize/follow
dynamics in living and synthetic cells is preferred. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#ffffff">Experience
with protein engineering and.or single molecule imaging,
biosensors/chemogenetics/optogenetics would be valuable. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#d3d3d3;font-weight:700">Computational
Biomechanics</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940">The
successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics,
Biomedical, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry,
Physics, or a closely-related field. We seek candidates with
specific previous theoretical and computational experience in
soft active materials, biological fluid dynamics and
biomechanics. Experience in collaborating with
experimentalists is a plus.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;background-color:#d3d3d3;font-weight:700">Cryo-EM
of endogenous and synthetic membrane-bound proteins</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940">The UNC
cryo-EM core houses a Talos Arctica equipped with a K3 direct
electron detector and a Volta Phase Plate. The core is also
part of the broader Molecular Microscopy Consortium (MMC) in
partnership with Duke and NIEHS, providing a rich environment
for cryo-EM in the Research Triangle.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom:
12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940">The
successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in the biological,
physical, or chemical sciences. Previous experience with
cryo-EM is highly preferred.</span></p>
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12pt;line-height: 1.38;text-align: justify"> <span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;font-weight:700">Please
send your CV and a cover letter outlining your research
interests and goals to </span><a href="mailto:ronifree@email.unc.edu" title="mailto:ronifree@email.unc.edu"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#1155cc;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline">ronifree@email.unc.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333940;font-weight:700"> or
directly to any of the team members listed above. </span></p>
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Gregory Forest<br>
Grant Dahlstrom Distinguished Professor of
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Appointments: Applied Physical Sciences,
Biomedical Engineering<br>
Director, Carolina Center for Interdisciplinary
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