Postdoctoral Fellow - One Health Institute
About The Position
The One Health Institute at Colorado State University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to support field and laboratory work for the Center for Bat One Health Investigations, Research, and Outbreak Response (CHIRO), as well as other One Health research initiatives. The fellowship is based in Fort Collins, Colorado, and requires international field travel, including to Ghana, Nigeria, and potentially other countries. The fellow works collaboratively with faculty, students, and external partners. The role supports research design, data analysis, grant development, scientific publications, and stakeholder engagement, and contributes to mentoring trainees and fostering cross-sector collaborations addressing health challenges at local, national, and global levels. The fellow also participates in One Health outreach, training, and teaching activities. The position requires the fellow to serve as CSU staff presence for animal captures covered by the CSU OLAW Assurance for the CREID grant.
Requirements
- Doctoral or professional degree in veterinary medicine, infectious disease, virology, microbiology, immunology and pathology, wildlife biology, or another related field.
- Understanding of One Health principles.
- Ability to travel internationally to conduct field and laboratory work.
- Prior experience capturing bats and collecting biological samples from them.
- Experience working with infectious or potentially infectious materials.
- Laboratory molecular experience, including PCR and sequencing (amplicon, genome, and metagenomics).
- Experience analyzing and interpreting scientific data.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Authorization to work in the United States without visa sponsorship.
- Ability and required documents to travel internationally.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with domestic or international infectious disease or bat field research.
- Experience working in cross-disciplinary research environments.
- Ability to design and implement research projects.
- Record of peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, or other scholarly products.
- Experience or interest in teaching undergraduate, graduate, or professional students.
Responsibilities
- Serve as country liaison for international bat field surveillance activities and support bat experimental projects.
- Capture animals in the field and collect biological specimens in accordance with applicable protocols, safety measures, and IACUC policies and guidelines.
- Collect, manage, and analyze research data.
- Train partner laboratories and perform molecular analyses of bat samples while complying with university, sponsor, laboratory safety, research integrity, and other applicable guidelines.
- Participate in CHIRO activities, research meetings, and interdisciplinary collaborations.
- Draft and contribute to CHIRO manuscripts, reports, presentations, and other dissemination activities.
- Design and implement a related independent research project.
- Serve as required CSU staff presence for animal captures covered by the CSU OLAW Assurance for the CREID grant.
- Assist with One Health outreach and participate in One Health Institute activities, research meetings, and interdisciplinary collaborations.
- Mentor graduate and professional students enrolled in the One Health Certificate and other One Health courses.
- Develop instructional materials and assist with teaching existing One Health courses.
Benefits
- Robust benefits package
- Collaborative atmosphere
- Focus on work-life balance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
