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Position	Location	Worksite
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology within the College of Veterinary Medicine is seeking applicants for a Fellow (Post Doc). This position is for a Post-Doctoral fellow to conduct independent research as part of a newly established research team at K-State (Souza-Neto Lab). This position focuses primarily on studying the interplay between host/vector-virus-microbiome in agricultural and zoonotic arboviruses. The selected candidate will engage in research activities encompassing a wide repertoire of modern technologies including WGS, RNA-seq, 16S microbiomics, gene silencing and genome editing to identify target genes and microbes important for virus infection/transmission that could be further used to the development of countermeasure tools to such diseases. This position is part of multidisciplinary and collaborative activities that will require engagement with collaborators within and outside the college, including USDA, and requires dedication to activities related to insect vectors (mosquito) rearing and manipulation, and eventual support to animal. Duties would include planning and conducting experiments; writing and editing manuscripts/articles; establishing procedures and techniques; and provide educational guidance to students. The position requires the individual to display critical thinking and independent judgement as it relates to ongoing and new molecular, viral, host and vector research with direct guidance from the Principal Investigator.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The post doc will work in theoretical ultrafast atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) physics and gain experience in computational molecular physics/chemistry and method development.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Agronomy Department at Kansas State University is looking for a Fellow (Post Doc). The successful candidate will analyze and assess the spatial distribution of CRP in Kansas and the Great Plains. Analyze the potential soil carbon sequestration linked with soil type, climate, and yield potential. Determine the vulnerability of conversion to cultivated agriculture and synergy with adjacent grasslands with critical wildlife habitat. The selected candidate will be responsible for conducting research and drafting publications for technical reports, and scientific journals. The successful applicant will work in an interdisciplinary team involving ecologists, soil scientists, and modelers.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
We seek an enthusiastic colleague to help lead an experiment co-designed by The Nature Conservancy and researchers at Kansas State University. The experiment will assess the effectiveness of “virtual fence” technology to control cattle grazing locations with the aim of improving conditions for grassland birds, and improving stream health including water quality, stream macroinvertebrates, and streamside vegetation. The post-doctoral fellow will be jointly supervised by Dr. Alice Boyle and Dr. Walter Dodds (K-State Biology) and collaborate closely with Tony Capizzo (The Nature Conservancy; Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve) and managers from the partner ranch.
Fellow (Post Doc Res)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
A 12-month postdoctoral, full-time, non-tenure track appointment in Agricultural Economics. This will be an annual appointment, renewable for up to 3 years. Expected starting date is July or August, 2024.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Agronomy Department at Kansas State University is looking for a Fellow (Post Doc) to work on wheat genetics and genomic research activities related to wheat insect resistance. This individual will work closely with the USDA-ARS Manhattan team to conduct genetics and genomics research to identify genes and genome sequence variants affecting insect resistance and study the insect resistance mechanisms in wheat.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Kansas State University Department of Grain Science and Industry is seeking applicants for a Post-doc in the area of structure, modifications, and properties of starches.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University invites applications for a full time, 12-month, Post-Doctoral Fellow position. This Post-Doctoral position for independent research including but not limited to viruses such as Influenza, African swine fever, Vesicular Stomatitis, Rift Valley Fever, Monkey Pox and other select agents under both BSL-2 and BSL-3 bio-containment conditions. Duties would include planning and conducting experiments; writing and editing manuscripts/articles; establishing procedures and techniques; and provide educational guidance to students. This position is part of a very busy, successful research team whose main goal is to develop rationally designed vaccines and diagnostics against high-consequence foreign animal, emerging and zoonotic disease threats. The position requires the individual to display critical thinking and independent judgement as it relates to ongoing and new molecular, viral research with direct guidance from the Research Science Manager and Primary Investigator. The research is conducted at the BSL2 and BSL3 level of containment and utilizes several select target animal models such as pigs, cows, chickens and mice. The position requires the acquisition and maintenance of a DOJ Select Agent clearance.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University invites applications for a full time, 12-month, Post-Doctoral Fellow position. This Post-Doctoral position for independent research including but not limited to viruses such as Influenza, African swine fever, Vesicular Stomatitis, Rift Valley Fever, Monkey Pox and other select agents under both BSL-2 and BSL-3 bio-containment conditions. Duties would include planning and conducting experiments; writing and editing manuscripts/articles; establishing procedures and techniques; and provide educational guidance to students. This position is part of a very busy, successful research team whose main goal is to develop rationally designed vaccines and diagnostics against high-consequence foreign animal, emerging and zoonotic disease threats. The position requires the individual to display critical thinking and independent judgement as it relates to ongoing and new molecular, viral research with direct guidance from the Research Science Manager and Primary Investigator. The research is conducted at the BSL2 and BSL3 level of containment and utilizes several select target animal models such as pigs, cows, chickens and mice. The position requires the acquisition and maintenance of a DOJ Select Agent clearance.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University invites applications for a full time, 12-month, Post-Doctoral fellow position. The position will be primarily focused on research (90%) with the remainder of the appointment as service/outreach. This position will support the Applied Swine Nutrition team at Kansas State University (www.ksuswine.org). The position will be housed in the College of Veterinary Medicine, but routine collaboration with faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates within the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry will be involved.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Agronomy Department at Kansas State University is looking for a Fellow (Post Doc) to assist with field and laboratory work for our multidisciplinary Precision Agriculture research program.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology within the College of Veterinary Medicine is seeking applicants for a Fellow (Post Doc). The postdoctoral fellow will be responsible for conducting research in applying multiple cutting-edge selection techniques to synthetic and immune phage display antibody systems to independently perform antibody screening to identify biotherapeutic molecules. Additional area of research will involve validation of identified candidate molecules to determine binding properties and functional characterization. Previous hands-on experience in molecular and cell biology, immunology, vaccinology, and animal husbandry is required.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The purpose of this position is to study light-matter interactions in strong-field and weak-field regime; multi-color pump-probe experiments in ultrafast AMO physics and photochemistry employing various electron and ion imaging techniques.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Colby, Kansas	On-site requirement
The full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate will be an integral part of the Northwest Agronomy team at the Kansas State University Northwest Research-Extension Center, Colby, Kansas. This individual will have leadership responsibilities for the day-to-day operations of multiple research projects that are focused on improving nitrogen use efficiency in dryland cropping systems and reducing nitrogen losses to N2O greenhouse gas emissions and NH3 volatilization. These projects are part of a DOE supported SmartFarm project and a FFAR AgMission project. This individual will take a lead role in the analysis and publication of data resulting from the many aspects of these projects while also being involved in field operations. In addition, the individual will have the opportunity to become involved with a diverse set of projects that include corn, sorghum, wheat, dry beans/pulses, cotton, and other crops in the context of dryland and limited irrigation production systems. Opportunities for involvement could include field operations and data collection, data processing and analysis, publication of peer-reviewed manuscripts, and grant submissions.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Materials Research Laboratory for Sustainable Energy in The Tim Taylor Department of Chemical Engineering at Kansas State University is seeking a full-time postdoctoral researcher with ceramic electrochemical membrane reactor, natural gas conversion, natural gas sensor, and electrochemistry background. The postdoctoral researcher will work on two DOE-funded projects. The first project focuses on developing proton ceramic electrochemical membrane reactors for co-generation of power and high-value chemicals from natural gas. The second project focuses on developing proton ceramic electrochemical membrane reactors for converting natural gas to low-carbon hydrogen.
Postdoc Associate for Automated Tracking and AI Deep Learning Analytics	Olathe, Kansas	Hybrid eligible (partially remote, must reside in US)
K-State Olathe is hiring a Fellow Post Doc to help design and engineer a novel deep learning technology that will use visual, audio, and other sensory data to track the behaviors of pigs in a pen continuously and in test arenas that are used to measure cognition and dominance. In light of this technology, the Fellow Post Doc will be requested to perform a comparative analysis from at an adaptive resolution rate based on multiple cameras installed in the pens and arenas designed by Dr. Hulbert for the Sorghum Project. Sorghum fermented products and genome data will be used to mitigate stress, inflammatory, and behavioral responses in adult pigs using computer vision system that must have restricted feed intake to maintain a healthy body weight or reduce weight after becoming overweight. This position is full-time, exempt (salaried), term position.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Materials Research Laboratory for Sustainable Energy in The Tim Taylor Department of Chemical Engineering at Kansas State University is seeking a full-time postdoctoral researcher with protonic ceramic cells and solid oxide cells background. The postdoctoral researcher will work on government-funded and industry-sponsored projects. The first project focus on developing direct-hydrocarbons solid oxide fuel cells for power generation; The second project focuses on studying protonic ceramic cell for both power generation and renewable hydrogen production.
IT Business Analyst II	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The IT Business Analyst position serves as a partner for one or more university functional teams. Working directly with business stakeholders the individual in this position will collect, clarify, and translate business requirements into documentation and conceptual design. This position will engage other IT professionals to identify and implement innovative solutions for complex challenges. This highly collaborative environment encourages innovation and ideas. Individuals in this position will specialize in a functional area and have the ability to provide consultative assistance and backup to other business analysts. This position will be responsible for effectively leading meetings, driving communications and working in a constantly changing environment. The Business Analysts will work on projects with some complexity, which have operational impact, and potentially strategic impact, to one or more departments/units. This position may also serve as project manager for smaller projects as workload allows.
Laboratory Client Services Representative	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
This position will provide customer service (both in English and Spanish) for the Rabies Laboratory through communications via email, fax, and phone with veterinarians, reference laboratories, medical doctors, pet owners, health departments and regulatory agencies, and maintain the quality system through corrective action reports and ensuring high customer relations. Person in this position may receive and process serum sample specimens for rabies serology testing.
Operations Administrator to the Department Head	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Agronomy Department at Kansas State University is looking for an Operations Administrator to the Department Head, to support major executive functions to include faculty searches, startup packages, evaluations, promotion and tenure, and other critical services. Compose and create correspondence/documents for Department Head and provide administrative support; oversee department communications and public relations activities; organize and manage department events; and special projects for Head.

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Position	Location	Worksite
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology within the College of Veterinary Medicine is seeking applicants for a Fellow (Post Doc). This position is for a Post-Doctoral fellow to conduct independent research as part of a newly established research team at K-State (Souza-Neto Lab). This position focuses primarily on studying the interplay between host/vector-virus-microbiome in agricultural and zoonotic arboviruses. The selected candidate will engage in research activities encompassing a wide repertoire of modern technologies including WGS, RNA-seq, 16S microbiomics, gene silencing and genome editing to identify target genes and microbes important for virus infection/transmission that could be further used to the development of countermeasure tools to such diseases. This position is part of multidisciplinary and collaborative activities that will require engagement with collaborators within and outside the college, including USDA, and requires dedication to activities related to insect vectors (mosquito) rearing and manipulation, and eventual support to animal. Duties would include planning and conducting experiments; writing and editing manuscripts/articles; establishing procedures and techniques; and provide educational guidance to students. The position requires the individual to display critical thinking and independent judgement as it relates to ongoing and new molecular, viral, host and vector research with direct guidance from the Principal Investigator.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The post doc will work in theoretical ultrafast atomic, molecular and optical (AMO) physics and gain experience in computational molecular physics/chemistry and method development.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Agronomy Department at Kansas State University is looking for a Fellow (Post Doc). The successful candidate will analyze and assess the spatial distribution of CRP in Kansas and the Great Plains. Analyze the potential soil carbon sequestration linked with soil type, climate, and yield potential. Determine the vulnerability of conversion to cultivated agriculture and synergy with adjacent grasslands with critical wildlife habitat. The selected candidate will be responsible for conducting research and drafting publications for technical reports, and scientific journals. The successful applicant will work in an interdisciplinary team involving ecologists, soil scientists, and modelers.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
We seek an enthusiastic colleague to help lead an experiment co-designed by The Nature Conservancy and researchers at Kansas State University. The experiment will assess the effectiveness of “virtual fence” technology to control cattle grazing locations with the aim of improving conditions for grassland birds, and improving stream health including water quality, stream macroinvertebrates, and streamside vegetation. The post-doctoral fellow will be jointly supervised by Dr. Alice Boyle and Dr. Walter Dodds (K-State Biology) and collaborate closely with Tony Capizzo (The Nature Conservancy; Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve) and managers from the partner ranch.
Fellow (Post Doc Res)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
A 12-month postdoctoral, full-time, non-tenure track appointment in Agricultural Economics. This will be an annual appointment, renewable for up to 3 years. Expected starting date is July or August, 2024.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Agronomy Department at Kansas State University is looking for a Fellow (Post Doc) to work on wheat genetics and genomic research activities related to wheat insect resistance. This individual will work closely with the USDA-ARS Manhattan team to conduct genetics and genomics research to identify genes and genome sequence variants affecting insect resistance and study the insect resistance mechanisms in wheat.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Kansas State University Department of Grain Science and Industry is seeking applicants for a Post-doc in the area of structure, modifications, and properties of starches.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University invites applications for a full time, 12-month, Post-Doctoral Fellow position. This Post-Doctoral position for independent research including but not limited to viruses such as Influenza, African swine fever, Vesicular Stomatitis, Rift Valley Fever, Monkey Pox and other select agents under both BSL-2 and BSL-3 bio-containment conditions. Duties would include planning and conducting experiments; writing and editing manuscripts/articles; establishing procedures and techniques; and provide educational guidance to students. This position is part of a very busy, successful research team whose main goal is to develop rationally designed vaccines and diagnostics against high-consequence foreign animal, emerging and zoonotic disease threats. The position requires the individual to display critical thinking and independent judgement as it relates to ongoing and new molecular, viral research with direct guidance from the Research Science Manager and Primary Investigator. The research is conducted at the BSL2 and BSL3 level of containment and utilizes several select target animal models such as pigs, cows, chickens and mice. The position requires the acquisition and maintenance of a DOJ Select Agent clearance.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University invites applications for a full time, 12-month, Post-Doctoral Fellow position. This Post-Doctoral position for independent research including but not limited to viruses such as Influenza, African swine fever, Vesicular Stomatitis, Rift Valley Fever, Monkey Pox and other select agents under both BSL-2 and BSL-3 bio-containment conditions. Duties would include planning and conducting experiments; writing and editing manuscripts/articles; establishing procedures and techniques; and provide educational guidance to students. This position is part of a very busy, successful research team whose main goal is to develop rationally designed vaccines and diagnostics against high-consequence foreign animal, emerging and zoonotic disease threats. The position requires the individual to display critical thinking and independent judgement as it relates to ongoing and new molecular, viral research with direct guidance from the Research Science Manager and Primary Investigator. The research is conducted at the BSL2 and BSL3 level of containment and utilizes several select target animal models such as pigs, cows, chickens and mice. The position requires the acquisition and maintenance of a DOJ Select Agent clearance.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Department of Diagnostic Medicine/Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University invites applications for a full time, 12-month, Post-Doctoral fellow position. The position will be primarily focused on research (90%) with the remainder of the appointment as service/outreach. This position will support the Applied Swine Nutrition team at Kansas State University (www.ksuswine.org). The position will be housed in the College of Veterinary Medicine, but routine collaboration with faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates within the Department of Animal Sciences and Industry will be involved.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Agronomy Department at Kansas State University is looking for a Fellow (Post Doc) to assist with field and laboratory work for our multidisciplinary Precision Agriculture research program.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology within the College of Veterinary Medicine is seeking applicants for a Fellow (Post Doc). The postdoctoral fellow will be responsible for conducting research in applying multiple cutting-edge selection techniques to synthetic and immune phage display antibody systems to independently perform antibody screening to identify biotherapeutic molecules. Additional area of research will involve validation of identified candidate molecules to determine binding properties and functional characterization. Previous hands-on experience in molecular and cell biology, immunology, vaccinology, and animal husbandry is required.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The purpose of this position is to study light-matter interactions in strong-field and weak-field regime; multi-color pump-probe experiments in ultrafast AMO physics and photochemistry employing various electron and ion imaging techniques.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Colby, Kansas	On-site requirement
The full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate will be an integral part of the Northwest Agronomy team at the Kansas State University Northwest Research-Extension Center, Colby, Kansas. This individual will have leadership responsibilities for the day-to-day operations of multiple research projects that are focused on improving nitrogen use efficiency in dryland cropping systems and reducing nitrogen losses to N2O greenhouse gas emissions and NH3 volatilization. These projects are part of a DOE supported SmartFarm project and a FFAR AgMission project. This individual will take a lead role in the analysis and publication of data resulting from the many aspects of these projects while also being involved in field operations. In addition, the individual will have the opportunity to become involved with a diverse set of projects that include corn, sorghum, wheat, dry beans/pulses, cotton, and other crops in the context of dryland and limited irrigation production systems. Opportunities for involvement could include field operations and data collection, data processing and analysis, publication of peer-reviewed manuscripts, and grant submissions.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Materials Research Laboratory for Sustainable Energy in The Tim Taylor Department of Chemical Engineering at Kansas State University is seeking a full-time postdoctoral researcher with ceramic electrochemical membrane reactor, natural gas conversion, natural gas sensor, and electrochemistry background. The postdoctoral researcher will work on two DOE-funded projects. The first project focuses on developing proton ceramic electrochemical membrane reactors for co-generation of power and high-value chemicals from natural gas. The second project focuses on developing proton ceramic electrochemical membrane reactors for converting natural gas to low-carbon hydrogen.
Postdoc Associate for Automated Tracking and AI Deep Learning Analytics	Olathe, Kansas	Hybrid eligible (partially remote, must reside in US)
K-State Olathe is hiring a Fellow Post Doc to help design and engineer a novel deep learning technology that will use visual, audio, and other sensory data to track the behaviors of pigs in a pen continuously and in test arenas that are used to measure cognition and dominance. In light of this technology, the Fellow Post Doc will be requested to perform a comparative analysis from at an adaptive resolution rate based on multiple cameras installed in the pens and arenas designed by Dr. Hulbert for the Sorghum Project. Sorghum fermented products and genome data will be used to mitigate stress, inflammatory, and behavioral responses in adult pigs using computer vision system that must have restricted feed intake to maintain a healthy body weight or reduce weight after becoming overweight. This position is full-time, exempt (salaried), term position.
Fellow (Post Doc)	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Materials Research Laboratory for Sustainable Energy in The Tim Taylor Department of Chemical Engineering at Kansas State University is seeking a full-time postdoctoral researcher with protonic ceramic cells and solid oxide cells background. The postdoctoral researcher will work on government-funded and industry-sponsored projects. The first project focus on developing direct-hydrocarbons solid oxide fuel cells for power generation; The second project focuses on studying protonic ceramic cell for both power generation and renewable hydrogen production.
IT Business Analyst II	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The IT Business Analyst position serves as a partner for one or more university functional teams. Working directly with business stakeholders the individual in this position will collect, clarify, and translate business requirements into documentation and conceptual design. This position will engage other IT professionals to identify and implement innovative solutions for complex challenges. This highly collaborative environment encourages innovation and ideas. Individuals in this position will specialize in a functional area and have the ability to provide consultative assistance and backup to other business analysts. This position will be responsible for effectively leading meetings, driving communications and working in a constantly changing environment. The Business Analysts will work on projects with some complexity, which have operational impact, and potentially strategic impact, to one or more departments/units. This position may also serve as project manager for smaller projects as workload allows.
Laboratory Client Services Representative	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
This position will provide customer service (both in English and Spanish) for the Rabies Laboratory through communications via email, fax, and phone with veterinarians, reference laboratories, medical doctors, pet owners, health departments and regulatory agencies, and maintain the quality system through corrective action reports and ensuring high customer relations. Person in this position may receive and process serum sample specimens for rabies serology testing.
Operations Administrator to the Department Head	Manhattan, Kansas	On-site requirement
The Agronomy Department at Kansas State University is looking for an Operations Administrator to the Department Head, to support major executive functions to include faculty searches, startup packages, evaluations, promotion and tenure, and other critical services. Compose and create correspondence/documents for Department Head and provide administrative support; oversee department communications and public relations activities; organize and manage department events; and special projects for Head.

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