Assistant Professor : Microbiology | Fargo, ND

Detailed Information

  • Location: Fargo, ND

supports the advancement of agriculture and food production. We would particularly like to hear from scientists using advanced tools to study microbial interactions with animals, plants, insects, or the environment. The successful candidate will develop a nationally competitive, extramurally funded research program in microbiology; contribute to undergraduate and graduate education aimed at training the next generation of microbiologists; and contribute to academic governance through service to the department, college, university, and their discipline.

NDSU is a land: grant university that is classified as an R1 research institution. It has a welcoming and vibrant environment and people

committed to making a difference to their campus, state, and the world. Our researchers find solutions and discover opportunities that enhance quality of life; sustain food, feed, fiber, and fuel production; and protect the land and resources of North Dakota.

The department offers a competitive salary and benefits package, a well: equipped laboratory space with dedicated research technician support, and a managed departmental core laboratory the Biotech Innovation Core Lab. The Biotech Innovation Core Lab has the equipment to power a cutting: edge research program, including an Illumina Mi Seq and Mini Seq, an Oxford Nanopore Minion, a Beckman Cytoflex S and Cytoflex SRT, an Isolation

Bio Prospector, a Bio Tek Cytation 5, a Beckman Echo 525, an Opentrons OT:2, a Qiagen QIACuity Four, a Qiagen QIACube Connect, an Agilent 4150 Tape Station, an Agilent Log Phase 600, multiple real: time PCR machines, and much more.

Research support from outside the department includes a high: performance computing cluster and several core laboratories in areas such as electron microscopy and advanced imaging. In addition, the successful candidate will have access to the Peltier Complex, an agricultural products development center that will be completed in April 2024; the Dalrymple BSL3 research greenhouses; agricultural plots; the NDSU Beef Cattle Research Complex and other animal research facilities located close to campus; a collaborative network of scientists on campus and at the seven Research Extension Centers located throughout North Dakota; commodity groups; and a supportive agricultural community.

View Jobs by Category >>

Related Jobs