Plantible Foods

Junior Scientist - Plant Biology

Eldorado, TX · Junior

Sponsorship not specified$10k-$15kDetected 11 days ago

Data AnalysisHRClinical Laboratory TechniquesResearchProtein AnalysisCommunicationTime ManagementOrganizational Skills

About the role

The individual will be responsible for ensuring nutrient levels in our ponds, defining nutrient efficiency, and optimizing engineering solutions & application methods for nutrient application for optimal duckweed composition.
At times the role may also require diving into the interaction between Upstream cultivation and Downstream protein processing to define synergies.
What you bring to Plantible: B.S. in Plant Science, Biochemistry, Chemistry, another relevant Science/Engineering background with 2+ years of industrial research experience or M.S. in assay development with 1+ year industrial experience.

Operate, maintain and troubleshoot R&D scale cultivation ponds and work as a conduit between the R&D and engineering/operations teams to oversee tech transfer of key ideas from bench to commercial scale.
Design, execute, and analyze lab and field experiments to improve the quality and quantity of our plant protein and to increase biomass productivity.

B.S. in Plant Science, Biochemistry, Chemistry, another relevant Science/Engineering background with 2+ years of industrial research experience or M.S. in assay development with 1+ year industrial experience.
Lab experience growing plants and/or using sterile technique as well as experience in protein purification or extraction is also highly desirable.

Kindly be advised that we are handling the recruitment for this position internally and are not partnering with external recruiters.
We are a Biology Company Plantible, backed by Astanor Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Piva Capital, Kellogg's, and Vectr Ventures, is a vertically integrated biology company that is unlocking the power in plants in service of people & planet.
Our mission is to create solutions that empower customers to make sustainable and regenerative choices without compromising on quality.
We are beginning with the food industry.
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