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Metabolomics Assistant - Sumner Lab
Posting Information
Department
Nutrition Research Institute - 633300
Career Area
Research Professionals
Posting Open Date
03/12/2026
Application Deadline
03/16/2026
Position Type
Temporary Staff (SHRA)
Position Title
Metabolomics Assistant - Sumner Lab
Position Number
20075069
Vacancy ID
S027007
Full-time/Part-time
Full-Time Temporary
Hours per week
40
Work Schedule
Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Occasional evening, weekend, or holiday.
Position Location
North Carolina, US
Hiring Range
$12.00 per hour
Proposed Start Date
Estimated Duration of Appointment
6 months not to exceed 11 months
Position Information
Be a Tar Heel!
The UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) is a world-renowned center and a global leader in precision nutrition research. Our on-site facilities include multiple wet labs and clinical facilities as well as a vivarium and a metabolic chamber. Approximately two hours from UNC-Chapel Hill, the NRI is located on the beautiful North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) in Kannapolis, NC, a mid-size city with a small-town feel. The institute is within walking distance of the city center which includes shops, restaurants, a minor-league ballpark, theater, and music hall of fame. We are also a short drive to Charlotte and Winston-Salem/Greensboro. The NRI offers programs that support a healthy work/life balance. We also offer professional training opportunities for career growth, skill development, and lifelong learning.
Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit
Learning how people can eat uniquely!
The UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) is an internationally recognized center conducting innovative basic and translational science to establish how individual differences in nutrient requirements and responses to diet affect our nutritional needs. Our research contributes to the prevention and mitigation of chronic disease across the lifespan from periconception through aging.
Our Mission is to lead precision nutrition research through understanding how genetics and environment affect an individual’s requirements for and responses to nutrients.
NRI principal investigators hold faculty appointments in the departments of Nutrition and Psychology at UNC Chapel Hill. Their research interrogates nutrient roles in disease prevention, disease risk factors, and the impact of gene-environment and gene-nutrient interactions.
The NRI promotes excellence in nutrition knowledge, teaching, and research. We seek and encourage a diversity of experiences and ideas and provide the tools and flexibility for all employees to achieve success and excellence within their chosen occupations and aspirations.
We are committed to open dialogue, careful listening, becoming educated about the systems that hinder or prevent success, and taking action to ensure that all are equally acknowledged for their contributions and equally reap the benefits of being part of our community.
Our Vision is to use scientific discovery to ensure optimal health through individualized nutrition.
Everyone who works at the NRI supports this hopeful vision. Working at the NRI means doing good for the world. Join us!
The NRI and this position are in Kannapolis, NC, in the Charlotte region.
The UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) is an internationally recognized center conducting innovative basic and translational science to establish how individual differences in nutrient requirements and responses to diet affect our nutritional needs. Our research contributes to the prevention and mitigation of chronic disease across the lifespan from periconception through aging.
Our Mission is to lead precision nutrition research through understanding how genetics and environment affect an individual’s requirements for and responses to nutrients.
NRI principal investigators hold faculty appointments in the departments of Nutrition and Psychology at UNC Chapel Hill. Their research interrogates nutrient roles in disease prevention, disease risk factors, and the impact of gene-environment and gene-nutrient interactions.
The NRI promotes excellence in nutrition knowledge, teaching, and research. We seek and encourage a diversity of experiences and ideas and provide the tools and flexibility for all employees to achieve success and excellence within their chosen occupations and aspirations.
We are committed to open dialogue, careful listening, becoming educated about the systems that hinder or prevent success, and taking action to ensure that all are equally acknowledged for their contributions and equally reap the benefits of being part of our community.
Our Vision is to use scientific discovery to ensure optimal health through individualized nutrition.
Everyone who works at the NRI supports this hopeful vision. Working at the NRI means doing good for the world. Join us!
The NRI and this position are in Kannapolis, NC, in the Charlotte region.
Position Summary
Position Title: Metabolomics Assistant
NOTE: This position is located in Kannapolis, NC, appx. 2 hours from UNC’s main campus.
The Sumner-Lab at the UNC Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute is seeking a laboratory assistant to conduct metabolomics analysis.
The individual will assist the lab manager with biospecimen preparation, data acquisition, data processing, and documentation of all laboratory procedures. They will participate in storage and disposal of reagents, ordering supplies, preparing chemical inventories, and ensuring compliance with the laboratory safety plan and university health safety and environment policies. The individual will use software for processing metabolomics data, conducting hypothesis testing, and multivariate statistics. They may contribute to literature reviews, presentations, and manuscripts.
NOTE: This position is located in Kannapolis, NC, appx. 2 hours from UNC’s main campus.
The Sumner-Lab at the UNC Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute is seeking a laboratory assistant to conduct metabolomics analysis.
The individual will assist the lab manager with biospecimen preparation, data acquisition, data processing, and documentation of all laboratory procedures. They will participate in storage and disposal of reagents, ordering supplies, preparing chemical inventories, and ensuring compliance with the laboratory safety plan and university health safety and environment policies. The individual will use software for processing metabolomics data, conducting hypothesis testing, and multivariate statistics. They may contribute to literature reviews, presentations, and manuscripts.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
Demonstrated possession of competencies necessary to perform the work.
Management Preferences
- Experience working in a laboratory
- Understanding of metabolism
- Understanding of mass spectrometry
- Experience conducting literature reviews
- Experience preparing slides or posters
Special Physical/Mental Requirements
Campus Security Authority Responsibilities
Not Applicable.
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