# Postdoctoral Associate - Bioengineering

Position Summary: The Hilton and Ghanta laboratories seek a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to join a newly funded NIH translational research program focused on developing innovative genetic therapies for cardiovascular disease. This collaborative program combines the Hilton Laboratory’s expertise in CRISPR-based gene regulation, synthetic biology, and therapeutic delivery with the Ghanta Laboratory’s expertise in cardiovascular biology, cardiac surgery, therapeutic delivery and preclinical models of heart disease. The successful candidate will help advance promising genetic technologies from molecular development through in vivovalidation and toward clinical and commercial translation. The postdoctoral associate will be appointed at Rice University and co-advised by Dr. Isaac Hilton and Dr. Ravi Ghanta. The position will involve substantial engagement with both laboratories and close collaboration with Dr. Mario Escobar and other investigators at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine. Candidates with expertise in mitochondrial biology and in vivoexperience with small and large animal models are preferred. Interest in commercialization and entrepreneurship is also pri

- **Id**: 4309289
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/rice-university-postdoctoral-associate-bioengineering-4>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Houston, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-09T15:13:12Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T10:51:58Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 65
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5522
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Biomedical Engineering, Higher Education

## Company

- **Id**: 180893
- **Name**: Rice University
- **Domain**: rice.edu
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/rice-2>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Oracle

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 6
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.833
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 3
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 64000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 64000

## Technologies

- **CRISPR** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 65

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T10:51:58Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 4
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.128
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 65
- **Expected fill days**: 3
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T14:24:46Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 64000
- **Is top pay**: no

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