**Job Description**

Stanford University is seeking a Life Science Research Professional 2 to perform more complex functions and activities involved in defined research projects, and independently conduct a portion of the research project(s).

**Duties include:**

+ Independently conduct a portion of the research project(s). Make recommendations on experimental design and/or research direction to principal investigator.
+ Independently conduct complex (lab and/or field) experiments to gather data for a portion of a major research project.
+ Interpret and analyze results, often where few guidelines exist, and make modifications to existing procedures and protocols.
+ Develop new research protocols where appropriate protocols are not described in the literature or where modification or adaptation of standard procedures and protocols is required.
+ Participate in multidisciplinary teams across different faculties or schools.
+ Perform ongoing literat...