Your tasks

As a bioprocessing postdoctoral scientist, you will have a unique opportunity to participate in an industry-academic collaborative research project between FHNW (Muttenz, Switzerland) and Lonza (Slough, UK). Your main responsibility will be to develop data workflows to collect real-time data from high-throughput microbioreactors and various analytical techniques to enable real-time optimisation of state-of-the-art biopharmaceutical production processes.
The ideal candidate will have expertise in cell culture processes, automation, data analysis and will be able to work effectively with an interdisciplinary team from academia and industry to implement innovative solutions.

• establish a novel automated high-throughput bioprocessing and analytics platform; implement and optimise ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) processes to efficiently extract data from various sources, load it into databases and transform it into a usable format
• apply various analytical techniques to monitor and characterise bioprocess performance and protein products
• collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to design and execute experiments, contributing to overall project objectives
• troubleshoot technical issues and propose creative solutions to improve experimental and automation protocols
• present research findings through internal reports, scientific publications, and presentations at international conferences

The contract is limited to three years.

Your profile

Your prospects:

The FHNW School of Life Sciences offers state-of-the-art technical, laboratory and office facilities. Contributing to the school’s highly motivating working environment – which is second to none – are its collaboration with a large number of companies and institutions in Switzerland and abroad, a widely varied programme of scientific events, and daily contact with young students in research and teaching. The FHNW is also committed to equal opportunities and the compatibility of private and professional life.