ID | 2024-2563 | Category | Research | Type | Full Time |
The EPA National Student Services Contract has two immediate opening for a full time Physicochemical Data Scientists position with the Office of Research and Development at the EPA facility in Research Triangle Park, NC.
The Office of Research and Development at the EPA supports high-quality research to improve the scientific basis for decisions on national environmental issues and help EPA achieve its environmental goals. Research is conducted in a broad range of environmental areas by scientists in EPA laboratories and at universities across the country.
What the EPA project is about
The Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure (CCTE) supports ORD by providing solutions-driven research to rapidly evaluate the potential human health and environmental risks due to exposures to environmental stressors and ensure the integrity of the freshwater environment and its capacity to support human well-being. CCTE researchers are developing and applying cutting edge innovations in methods to rapidly evaluate chemical toxicity, transport, and exposure to people and environments. Within CCTE, the Chemical Characterization and Exposure Division (CCED) performs research to develop and advance analytical chemistry, computational chemistry, and cheminformatic approaches that are critical to the rapid characterization of the presence, structural characteristics, and properties of chemicals that underlie chemical exposure, environmental fate, toxicokinetics and toxicity.
What experience and skills will you gain?
As a team member, you will support research under the Chemical Safety for Sustainability (CSS) research program on PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances). PFAS are a group of man-made chemicals that are very persistent in the environment and in the human body - meaning they don't break down and they can accumulate over time. There is evidence that exposure to PFAS can lead to adverse human health effects. Physicochemical (or physchem) properties are needed to be able to assess human exposure to these chemicals.
General Responsibilities
Communications-related responsibilities
Required Knowledge, Skills, Work Experience, and Education
Desired Knowledge, Skills, Work Experience, and Education
Location: This job will be located EPA's facility in Research Triangle Park, NC.
Salary: Selected applicant will become a temporary employee of ORAU and will receive an hourly wage of $31.38 for hours worked.
Hours: Full-time
Expected start date: The position is full time and expected to begin June 2024. The selected applicant will become a temporary employee of ORAU working as a contractor to EPA.
For more information, contact EPANSSC@orau.org. Do not contact EPA directly.
EPA ORD employees, their spouses, and children are not eligible to participate in this program.