Department: Knight Campus
Rank: Postdoctoral Scholar
Annual Basis: 12 Month

Review of Applications Begins

February 20, 2026; position open until filled

Special Instructions to Applicants

Along with your current CV, please submit a cover letter of interest detailing your expertise and motivation for applying

Department Summary

The Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact is an ambitious initiative designed to fast-track scientific discoveries into innovations that improve the quality of life for people in Oregon, the nation, and the world. The campus creates the intellectual infrastructure to establish Oregon as a center for both research and development, making Oregon a place where companies can start up and grow. The Knight Campus will reshape the higher education landscape in Oregon by training the next generations of scientists, forging tighter ties with industry and entrepreneurs, and creating new educational opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students.

The Benoit lab works at the interface of medicine and engineering, with an emphasis on precisely controlling biomaterial functionality and architecture to treat diseases, control cell behavior, or answer fundamental biological questions. Our overall hypothesis is that by using bottom-up approaches, we can design ‘smart’ materials with distinct capabilities, such as controlling cell behavior or overcoming delivery barriers. The specific project is focused on developing a next-generation tissue-engineered periosteum (TEP) to improve the healing of challenging bone defects by integrating polymer chemistry, hydrogel design, stem cell biology, and in vivo models.

Position Summary

The Postdoctoral Scholar will lead the synthesis of multifunctional materials, perform mechanistic biological studies, and contribute to high-impact publications and proposals; will conduct data analysis and collaborate on reporting findings and discoveries in written and verbal form; and will manage, maintain and provide technical expertise for Benoit lab equipment, protocols, and programs.

Minimum Requirements

• Ph.D. in chemistry, biology, engineering, or similar field.
• Lab experience in bioengineering or related field in a university setting.
• Evidence of past productivity.

Professional Competencies

• Effective communications skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Technical, research and/or analytic experience in a university or corporate setting as an intern or an employee
• Experience with grant writing
• Small animal surgical experience
• Expertise with musculoskeletal regeneration/biology and analysis of healing (histology, biomechanics, flow cytometry, live animal imaging)

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

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