Postdoctoral Research Associate – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Working in collaboration with a dynamic and diverse group of researchers, the postdoc’s chief responsibility will be to analyze data and publish papers on disease epidemics from field experiments. The field experiments will manipulate the history of infections by multiple pathogen species, both within host individuals and across host populations, then track disease transmission and microbial community assembly.  Additionally, depending on the interests of the postdoc, they may further collaborate with other team members to (A) use experimentally parameterized dynamical models to analyze and simulate epidemics, (B) use pathogen population genetics to explore potential eco-evolutionary feedbacks, (C) use high-throughput sequencing to explore potential feedbacks between epidemics and the host microbiome, or (D) design and conduct other research that supports project goals and the postdoc’s interests. The postdoc will also have the opportunity to receive training in scientific communication and to participate in outreach and education programs supporting the project’s broader impacts. The postdoc will receive mentoring and support to achieve their career goals, whatever those may be.