[ES_JOBS_NET] Post-Doctoral Position Microbial Source Tracking & Direct Pathogen Testing

[Brandi Kiel Reese]

*Post-Doctoral Position **Microbial Source Tracking & Direct Pathogen
Testing*

*Dauphin Island Sea Lab & University of South Alabama*



The Dauphin Island Sea Lab seeks a post-doctoral researcher to support an
EPA-funded project on microbial source tracking for coastal ecosystem and
human health under the direction of Drs. Ruth H. Carmichael and Brandi Kiel
Reese. The Postdoctoral Investigator will join a highly productive,
multidisciplinary research team that leverages existing knowledge and
established partnerships to conduct community-driven, spatially explicit
water-quality analyses focused on impacts and benefits to disadvantaged and
vulnerable coastal communities.



Work will assess potential health risks from water use (e.g., fishing,
swimming) by defining wastewater-derived microbial sources to the waterways
using traditional (fecal coliform, E. coli, MSC, direct pathogen testing),
biogeochemical (nutrient, stable isotope), and advanced (genomics)
microbial source-tracking approaches. Community engagement and integration
is inherent in the project and outreach will be a major component of the
work.



The Postdoctoral Investigator will help lead this newly funded research
study in coastal Alabama. Responsibilities include assisting with data
collection, analyses and interpretation; interacting with project partners
and community members; project reporting; helping to supervise graduate and
undergraduate students or interns; publishing papers from new and existing
datasets; working closely with team members on related ongoing projects;
developing new lines of inquiry that build on the core research studies;
and disseminating data through scientific meetings and public presentations.



Applicants should have expertise in sample preparation and analysis for
traditional microbial source tracking using established methods (e.g., EPA,
FDA) for bacterial and viral indicators (fecal indicators) and/or for
direct pathogen detection (e.g., norovirus, adenovirus,
others).  Familiarity with or interest in learning nutrient and stable
isotope determination and knowledge of appropriate statistical methods and
software programs to support these analyses is required. Knowledge of
genomic methods, bioinformatics, and isotope mixing models or other
modeling approaches is a plus but not essential to the position. Prior
experience with student mentoring and project management preferred.



Applicants must hold an earned Ph.D., be fluent in written and spoken
English, and be legally able to work in the USA *at the time of application*,
without dependence on future institutional sponsorship.  To apply, submit a
letter of application and research interest, CV, 1-2 recently published
works, and the names and contact information for at least three references
by email to MSTpostdoc at disl.edu. Inquiries may be sent to
rcarmichael at disl.org <hmacintyre at disl.org>.  Review of applications will
begin immediately and continue until the position is filled, with a
starting date in spring 2025. Salary highly competitive. AA/EEO/M/F/D
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