Microbiologist

**Description**:** GROWING WHAT MATTERS STARTS WITH YOU
**Corteva Agriscience**, the world's first dedicated agriculture start-up, serves to enrich the lives of those who produce and those who consume, ensuring progress for generations to come. Our employees fulfill this purpose everyday by building/participating in an inclusive culture where we encourage each other to stay curious, think differently, act boldly and do what's right for our customers, our co-workers, our partners and our planet. With over 20,000 team members from 130 countries, innovating in 140 world class R&D facilities, we have the resources, leadership heritage and partner ecosystem to make a meaningful impact now and into the future.
**_#GrowWhatMatters_**

**You Will Be Part of Growing Team**

The Biologicals Discovery and Development (BD&D) department in Biologicals R&D at Corteva Agriscience plays a critical role in the discovery, development, and optimization of live microbial products and small molecule natural product active ingredients. We are seeking a **Microbiologist** to join the Microbial Discovery team within BD&D at the Alicante R&D Center as we grow our pipeline of sustainable products.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Design and implement solid state fermentation improvement strategies for fungi to achieve, for example, high spore concentrations and optimized metabolite concentrations.
- Design and implement strategies to improve downstream processes to obtain high quality, viable spores for a variety of microorganisms.
- Coordinate and execute experiments in collaboration with a small team of technicians.
- Develop project plans in collaboration with team members, including obtaining supplies, setting up and managing experiments, evaluating results, and proposing possible alternative paths to achieve project objectives.
- Summarize and communicate results to diverse audiences, including colleagues and leaders within Corteva.
- Drafting and updating protocols and training of technicians to ensure good laboratory practice.

**Location**: Alicante, Spain

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**Qualifications**:** Required Qualifications**:

- Ph.D. in Microbiology or related scientific field.
- Experience with microbial fermentation (lab scale and/or pilot scale) and bioprocess development.
- Broad experience in the cultivation and physiological characterization of diverse microbes.
- Excellent communication (written and verbal), interpersonal, and technical writing skills.
- Experience working in a highly collaborative, results-oriented team.
- Strong organization and project planning skills with a history of delivering results on a timeline.
- Strong initiative and motivated to learn and improve.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Experience with host-microbe interaction, preferably with biocontrol in plants.
- Experience with microbial secondary metabolite characterization.
- Foundational knowledge of plant pathology.