Duties: Conduct research in poultry science, maintain an active publication agenda, perform faculty service.

Requirements: PhD, Poultry Science, or related field. Some solid experience in each of the following: conducting animal nutrition and gut health studies in broiler chickens; animal handling, euthanasia, blood collection, and tissue sampling in compliance with IACUC protocols; conducting E. coli infection and prevention trials on poultry in ABSL-2 animal research facilities; qualitative and quantitative PCR and microbiome analysis for evaluating poultry health and pathogen load; characterizing avian pathogenic E. coli genotypes and whole genomes using next-generation sequencing platforms, including Illumina and Oxford Nanopore. Proficient in data analysis using SAS, SPSS, R, Linux systems for evaluating poultry health, microbiological data, and pathogen genomics. Published peer-reviewed research articles in the fields of poultry science.

Apply: MUST follow these specific application instructions in order to be considered: Send CV and cover letter to ksm137@msstate.edu or Ken Macklin, Mississippi State University, 325 Wise Center Drive, Mississippi State, MS 39762 within 30 days, ref Job # W2025-272.

Hours if anything other than Monday to Friday 8 to 5: N/A

Education: PhD

Experience: Employment experience not required

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