Housed in the newly-constructed Integrated Science and Engineering Complex, the Department is well equipped with modern instrumentation such as a microCT, multimodal microplate reader, confocal microscope, flow cytometer, cryostat, 3-D multi camera motion analysis system, Agilent Tapestation, Nanopore DNA sequencer, Qubit Fluorometer, RT-PCR instrument, scanning electron microscope, greenhouse space, growth chambers, and, sterile tissue culture and animal care facilities. We encourage all applicants with appropriate background and expertise to apply, particularly those candidates whose research investigates the cell/molecular mechanisms underlying microbial biology, immune function, or host-associated microbiome biology using modern and/or innovative experimental approaches (e.g., single-cell technologies, functional genomics, gene-editing, systems-level analyses, and/or bioinformatics techniques).