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Postdoctoral Scholar in Microbial Food Safety

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Position description

A postdoctoral research scholar position is available in Dr. Luxin Wang’s microbial food safety lab in the Department of Food Science and Technology at the University of California Davis. The primary responsibility of this position is to conduct studies to improve the microbial safety of food by characterizing and modeling the survival and inactivation kinetics of foodborne pathogens. In addition, the impact of thermal and non-thermal treatments on the microbial populations present in food systems will be studied using sequencing technologies. The responsibility of the candidate will be to perform and participate in all aspects of research projects, including designing and conducting microbiological studies that include culturing, detection, and isolation of foodborne pathogens, performing DNA extraction and library preparation, delivering data analysis using bioinformatics tools and modeling software, ordering supplies, writing reports, and preparing manuscripts for refereed journal publication. Supervision and interaction with graduate and undergraduate students working on the project is also expected.

Applicants should have a strong publication record and knowledge and skills related to one or more of the following areas: applied food microbiology, food safety, food engineering and modeling. Candidates with a proven work ethic, publication record, leadership, and team building skills will be given preference.

Application information & required materials:
Candidates should provide an application statement and a C.V., which includes a list of three professional references, to Luxin Wang at lxwang@ucdavis.edu. The position will remain open until filled, but to ensure consideration applications should be received by September 1st 2022.

Salary and benefits:
The annual salary of a postdoctoral scholar at the Department of Food Science and Technology at UC Davis follows the NIH postdoc scholar salary scale guidelines. For detailed information, please visit:
https://grad.ucdavis.edu/resources/student-employment/salary-scales.

Questions: Please direct questions to Luxin Wang (lxwang@ucdavis.edu).

Note: Please do not use the Help email to submit application materials - all such submissions will be deleted.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

A Ph.D in Food Science, Microbiology, or related field

Preferred qualifications (other preferred, but not required, qualifications for the position)

A proven work ethic, publication record, leadership, and team building skills

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

  • Cover Letter

Reference requirements
  • 3 required (contact information only)
Apply link: https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF04949

Help contact: jmfareri@ucdavis.edu

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