Description: The Associate Scientist, Microbiology is an entry level role responsible to perform testing of air, water, raw materials, in-process and finished pharmaceutical dosage forms, products on stability, cleaning verification samples following written procedures and applicable SOPs, to clearly document activities performed during testing and to calculate and report results on applicable specification documents. Performs media weight loss test, culture controls, preparation and maintenance of organism slants, identification of organisms using staining and biochemical techniques such as Vitek and API strips.