Postdoctoral Scholar

Postdoctoral Scholar

To be considered for this position, all applicants must apply through People Admin and attach their CV or resume, cover letter, and names and contact information of 3 references. Appointments are typically for one year. Five years (typically five appointments of one year) is typically the maximum total period that any individual may serve as a Scholar.

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Applicants who are eligible for J-1, F-1 OPT or STEM OPT are welcome to apply. Please note, however, that we are unable to provide nonimmigrant sponsorship such as H-1B for this position.

Job Title
- Postdoctoral Scholar

Position Number - PDS-MCBI-06-26

Vacancy Open to
- All Candidates

Department - EHH BSOM Microbiology and Immunology

Advertising Department - MICROBIOLOGY & IMMUNOLOGY

Division - ECU Health/BSOM

Classification Title
- Postdoctoral Scholar

Competency Level - N/A
- Not Applicable

Working Title
- Postdoctoral Scholar

Number of Vacancies - 1

Full Time Equivalent (FTE) - 1.0

Full time or Part time
- Full Time

Hourly Salary Rate/Range - $62,232-$63,480

Position Location (City) - Greenville

Position Type
- Temporary Staff

Job Category
- Postdoctoral Scholars

Be a Pirate! East Carolina University (ECU) is consistently ranked among the nation's top public universities for its commitment to research, innovation, social mobility, and public service. Classified as a R1 institution by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, ECU is among the top 5% of research universities in the United States, an elite designation reflecting the highest levels of research activity, funding, and doctoral output.

Founded in 1907, ECU is a public, four-year university located in Greenville, N.C., which and is widely regarded as the cultural, educational, economic, and medical hub of eastern North Carolina. Through education, research, healthcare, community engagement, athletics, cultural enrichment, and service, ECU enhances the quality of life for its students, the state and communities around the world. It is a great place to work, teach, and learn.

ECU's commitment to impactful scholarship is further demonstrated through its repeated Carnegie Community Engagement Classification (2010, 2015, 2024), as well as its 2024 designation as a Carnegie Leadership for Public Purpose institution. These distinctions recognize the university's leadership in translating research into meaningful community partnerships and measurable societal benefits. The university supports its workforce through a wide range of professional development opportunities designed to foster career growth and skill advancement.

Eligible employees also benefit from a comprehensive benefits package that promotes a healthy work-life balance.

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit
- The Department of Microbiology and Immunology is a distinguished research and teaching facility of East Carolina University School of Medicine, consisting of approximately 50 people. This department provides an academic base for teacher-scientists employed by the School of Medicine at East Carolina University in the disciplines of microbiology, immunology, molecular biology, and other related disciplines. The department provides instruction to medical students and dental students, and provides instruction, guidance, and research experience to Ph.D. and M.S. students seeking degrees in microbiology and immunology.

The department also offers a postdoctoral research training program. The department supports an array of faculty-directed research programs of which many are supported by extramural grants and/or contracts. The department provides service to the school, university, state, nation, and profession through the activities of faculty members on committees, study sections, in professional organizations, as consultants, and through other activities.

Primary Purpose of Position
- The postdoctoral scholar is responsible for independent and collaborative development, implementation, and analysis of scientific research in the discipline of virology, immunology, genetics, molecular biology, and biochemistry. Responsibilities include management of all aspects of cell culture, primary cell isolation, virus preparation, virus infection analysis, flow cytometry, next-generation sequencing, protein expression analysis, in vitro and in vivo experimentation, and vector construction.

Duties include:

hypothesis development, literature review, collection of pilot data, report writing, and supervision of undergraduate research students and graduate research students, overseeing data collection procedures, supervising experimental procedures, review of data for quality control, supervision of data entry/data analysis, analysis of research hypothesis using descriptive and multivariate statistics, and the development of independent and collaborative presentations and publications. Scholars are expected to demonstrate compliance with established guidelines and regulatory standards for research, including biosafety,…