Postdoctoral Research Associate- Department of Biological Sciences, Keyhani Lab

Position Summary Postdoctoral research position in the Keyhani lab broadly within the field of fungal-insect interactions, with a special focus is on ambrosia beetles and their symbiotic fungal partners. Duties of the successful candidate will be determined based upon the interests and career goals of the individual but will deal with some aspect of fungal and insect molecular biology, fungal genomics/transcriptomics, and/or fungal natural products discovery. Duties Responsibilities · Lead efforts aimed towards research goals in understanding of fungal and insect genetics and biology with a focus on the ambrosia beetle-fungal partner symbioses · Maintain accurate records of experiments, procedures, and results · Help train undergraduate and graduate students in research/bioinformatic methods, use of equipment, record keeping, and laboratory database entry Other duties, as assigned Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.