With its broad and multidisciplinary faculty expertise, the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (EOHSI) is an international resource that supports basic and clinical research in environmental health sciences and exposure assessment and fosters associated programs in environmental health education and public policy.Established in 1986, EOHSI's major objectives are to:
Advance understanding of the mechanisms by which environmental and occupational chemical exposures impact human health.
Identify and measure human environmental and occupational exposures to chemicals. Treat populations adversely affected by chemical exposures. Develop educational tools describing relative risks of chemical exposures. Contribute to public policies related to environmental and occupational chemical risks. Offer training programs for environmental health professionals.The Institute serves as an unbiased source of expertise about environmental problems for communities, employers and governments in all areas of occupational and environmental health, toxicology and risk assessment. EOHSI members are active as advisors to international, national, state and local organizations on public health issues.Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and the state of New Jersey's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Established in 1766 and celebrating a milestone 250th anniversary in 2016, the university is the eighth oldest higher education institution in the United States. More than 67,000 students and 22,000 faculty and staff learn, work, and serve the public at Rutgers locations across New Jersey and around the world.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey has opening for a Post Doctoral Associate within the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, located in Piscataway, NJ. We are looking for an exceptional Post Doctoral Associate to join the Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Research Center (NAMC) and the newly established Climate Adaptive and Restorative Environments (CARE) Lab under the leadership of Dr. Philip Demokritou and Dr. Memo Cedeno-Laurent. The NAMC Lab's mission is focused on fundamental research on the fate and bioactivity of advanced materials in the gastrointestinal tract and lung; development of cellular models to assess bio-interactions of nano/advanced materials; synthesis of metallic nanoparticles using flame spray pyrolysis; development of advanced materials from non-toxic biodegradable biopolymers for biomedical and ag-food applications using scalable techniques such as electrospray/electrospinning; development of antimicrobial platforms for food safety and airborne diseases.
The CARE Lab's mission is to advance the development and implementation of solutions to attain equitable, healthy, and sustainable environments. As such, the candidate is expected to work on projects ranging from development and testing of a new generation of ventilation systems, advancement of indoor air quality sensors and data processing algorithms, building energy and air quality simulations, and evaluation of climate adaptation interventions in international settings. The candidate will receive close mentorship to further develop data analysis, manuscript/grant writing skills, and will have access to vast resources for environmental health research across Rutgers University.Duties include:

Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.