Opportunities

Graduate Assistantships and Post-Doctoral Research Associateships 

The USDA-NIFA-funded Center for Low-Moisture Food Safety (2020-2025) seeks highly motivated candidates for graduate and post-doctoral positions across the eight institutions collaborating to improve low-moisture food safety systems via an integrated, transdisciplinary approach. Opportunities exist for unique collaborations across institutions and disciplines, with appointments in disciplines including agricultural economics, biosystems/biological engineering, food science, and consumer sciences. The participating institutions are:  

  1. Michigan State University 
  2. Illinois Tech  
  3. Ohio State University  
  4. Purdue University 
  5. University of Arkansas  
  6. University of California, Davis 
  7. U.S. Food and Drug Administration 
  8. Washington State University 

Specific project opportunities span four Themes: (1) human factors (health, consumers, economics, and culture), (2) pathogen behavior and control, (3) extension and education, and (4) integrated risk and sustainability analysis. Graduate students and post-docs on the project team will have unique opportunities to engage in transdisciplinary research, cross-institutional collaborations and exchanges, and direct engagement with a Stakeholder Advisory Group and broader network of project partners.  

Interested candidates are encouraged to directly contact the appropriate members of the project team, who are listed on the project website: lowmoisture.msu.edu, or to submit a general statement of interest and resume or C.V.

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