Research Assistant

Research Assistant

Position Number: 500597
Full Time or Part Time: Full Time
Anticipated Recruitment Range: $38,000 - $41,000
Position Type: Non-Faculty
Job Category: Non-Faculty Instructional & Research

Organizational Unit Overview:
The College of Health and Human Performance provides instruction, conducts research, and performs service in health education and promotion, kinesiology, human development and family science, social work, interior design and merchandising, and recreation sciences and sport management. The mission of the College of Health and Human Performance is to improve health, well-being, and quality of life. The primary focus of the college is to advance and disseminate knowledge concerning maintenance and enhancement of health and quality of life.
Job Duties:
This position will be trained to run insecticide resistance assays in mosquitoes using a novel compact wind tunnel and other methods, such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention bottle bioassay as part of a grant-funded project to develop a contract research organization (CRO) featuring a novel compact wind tunnel. The position will also support routine lab duties and other laboratory/field experiments related to mosquito insecticide resistance and vector competence and will require weekend and evening work periodically. Primary responsibilities will include mosquito colony maintenance, method development, experimental setup, exposing mosquitoes to insecticides, and droplet analysis. Other duties such as tissue culture, RNA extraction, qRTPCR, and others may be required. The position will optimize wind tunnel exposure methodology in consultation with the faculty supervisor, collect/manage data, and visualize/analyze results through creation of graphs, tables, and statistical analyses. The position will create SOPs to distribute to lab members as needed and periodically provide support with literature reviews in preparation for external grant proposals and manuscript development.

Research 90%:

• Communicate positively with community partners, students, and faculty collaborators and work well with others.
• With instructions from faculty supervisor, independently conduct insecticide resistance assays including methods such as CDC bottle bioassay, wind tunnel. Identification of mosquitoes to species will also be required. While the position focuses on insecticide resistance work, there may be other types of work conducted within the BSL-2 laboratory such as tissue culture, virus propagation, and molecular analysis that are required periodically.
• Responsible for oversight and coordination of activities of student laboratory personnel, including but not limited to training students on equipment and methods used in the laboratory, mosquito colony maintenance, wind tunnel operation, tissue culture, RNA extraction, qRTPCR. Responsible for the implementation and maintenance of laboratory safety plans.
• Independently learn and conduct aerosolized insecticide exposure experiments involving aerosol monitoring equipment, retrieving data, and performing analysis in Excel and/or SAS.
• Operate different wind tunnel exposure chambers.
• Periodically conduct field experiments at dusk/dawn periods using aerosol sensors to assess insecticide efficacy in mosquitoes.
• Periodically carry out mosquito colony maintenance on weekends.
• Management and ability to use common laboratory equipment including incubators, chemical hood, biosafety cabinet, qRTPCR.
• Media and chemical preparation for above experiments.
• Responsible for collecting, organizing, and analyzing data in a timely manner.

Laboratory Compliance 10%:

• Ensure research and safety compliance, personnel training, and maintaining lab inventory.

Contingent upon availability of funds.
Minimum Education/Experience:
Relevant Master s degree; or relevant BS/BA with three years of relevant work experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.
License or Certification Required by Statute or Regulation:
None
Preferred Experience, Skills, Training/Education:

• One year of independent laboratory management experience
• Professional communication skills with researchers and community partners.
• Computer proficiency, statistical analysis experience or willingness to learn
• Ability to multitask with prioritizing tasks
• Ability to adhere to a professional standard of work, work collaboratively, display critical thinking and problem solving skills, effective communicator
• Knowledge of lab preparation and management for student training and funded faculty projects.

Special Instructions to Applicant:
East Carolina University requires applicants to submit a candidate profile online in order to be considered for the position. Candidates must also submit a cover letter, resume, and a list of three references, including contact information, online.

At the time of employment two to three original letters of reference, official transcripts, a criminal background check, and proper documentation of identity and employability are required. Please be aware that if selected for an interview, an automatic e-mail will be sent to the individuals entered by the applicant in the References section of the PeopleAdmin applicant tracking system. Letters of reference submitted via the PeopleAdmin applicant tracking system will be verified and considered towards meeting this requirement.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full time basis.
Additional Instructions to Applicant:
In order to be considered for this position, applicants must complete a candidate profile online via the PeopleAdmin system and submit any requested documents. Additionally, applicants that possess the preferred education and experience must also possess the minimum education/experience, if applicable.
Job Close Date: 12/10/2025
Open Until Filled: No
Initial Screening Begins: 08/28/2025

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