- Location
- Vero Beach, FL
- Job Category
- Full Time Positions
- Salary
- Commensurate with Qualifications and Experience
- Last Date to Apply
- April 30, 2018
- Website
- https://entojobs.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/79/2018/05/Mosquitoes-FMEL_Res_Ast_Sci.pdf
- Description
- Duties and Responsibilities This is a 12-month non-tenure-accruing position with a 100% research appointment (Florida Agricultural Experiment Station), available at the Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, at the University of Florida. This assignment may change in accordance with the needs of the unit. Research duties focus on the biology and control of mosquitoes and the pathogens they transmit with emphasis on applied research topics that affect Florida mosquito control and public health. The faculty member will seek external funding to support his/her program and will integrate research with that of other FMEL faculty. Duties include providing quarterly and annual reports as needed, reporting of results to clientele in Florida mosquito control, and annually producing peer reviewed publications resulting from studies at the FMEL. Because of the IFAS land-grant mission, all faculty are expected to be supportive of and engaged in all three mission areas - Research, Teaching and Extension - regardless of the assignment split specified in the position description.
- Qualifications
- Qualifications: A doctorate (foreign equivalent acceptable) in a relevant biological science is required. Candidates must have demonstrated relevant experience including the ability to use tools in other disciplines (e.g., molecular biology, ecology, toxicology, biochemistry, zoology, entomology) to design, analyze, and interpret research on mosquito and vector biology and epidemiology that will advance control research. Candidates should have demonstrated skills in verbal and written communication, interpersonal relationships, and procurement of extramural funding. Candidates must be supportive of the mission of the Land-Grant system. Candidates must also have a commitment to IFAS core values of excellence, diversity, global involvement, and accountability. Preferred: Special consideration will be given to candidates with previous experience with research dealing with mosquito/vector/arbovirus control.
- Job Number
- 25
- Contact Person
- Dr. Nathan Burkett-Cadena
- Contact Phone
- 772-778-7200, extension 141
- Contact eMail
- nburkettcadena@ufl.edu