The position of Junior Specialist provides technical or specialized expertise in the planning and execution of research projects. The Junior Specialist stays apprised of the research area and maintains technical competence in the designated area(s) of specialization. The role of this position is to provide specialized expertise in biochemical composition of food and agricultural byproducts in the lab of the Principal Investigators Dr. Edward Spang. The Junior Specialist is actively and significantly engaged in research involving review, collection, and organization of biochemical data on food and agricultural byproducts from the academic literature as part of a project that seeks to understand the quantities, availability, location, and composition of food system byproducts. The Junior Specialist is responsible for conducting quality control and data management procedures for consolidating the data as well as validating the outputs of AI models trained to scrape additional data from the literature. The Junior Specialist will have the opportunity to have creative input into the design of approaches and methods to meet the study objectives. They will also assist with routine day-to-day lab duties including project management, supplies acquisition, and coordinating with other lab members and undergraduate assistants.

For more information and application, please go to https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07138.