(INTERDISCIPLINARY) Research Microbiologist/Research Veterinary Medical Officer

This position works with the USDA, Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Bio & Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), Foreign Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Unit (FABADRU) in Manhattan, Kansas. Research scientists have open-ended promotion potential. The grade level is limited only by the individual's demonstrated ability to perform research of recognized importance to science and technology. *Final grade level may be determined by a peer review panel.

Identify, propose, and perform independent and collaborative research to achieve the research objectives.

Provides unique leadership and research skills to contribute to the identification, description, and characterization of the effects of foreign animal diseases in livestock.

Develop molecular, clinical, and virology techniques to understand virus-host interactions.

Develop methods or therapies as countermeasures to infection and disease.

Organize a research program by establishing research priorities providing leadership in planning research projects.

Supervise the execution of research, review research in progress, evaluate completed research, lead discussions on the interpretation of results, and report and publish in peer-reviewed scientific journals the progress of research.