"Research Associate (Food and Animal Sciences)"

Posted: 10-Jan-26

Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Categories: Academic/Faculty, Agricultural Sciences

Internal Number: 8285

Tennessee State University Department of Food and Animal Sciences is seeking a Microbiology Research Associate for our Food Safety Research Team. The Research Associate will work with the team in conducting food safety research projects. The individual will report directly to the project leaders.

Primary responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• The individual should support and drive assignments to completion.
• Individual must be in a position to show strong initiative and be capable of independent work
• Organizing testing schedules, collecting microbiological samples from produce and animal farms, developing, and performing laboratory experimental protocols, analyzing data, writing, and presenting results, and participating in team meetings
• Generating data, maintaining electronic databases, documenting results in laboratory notebooks and reports
• Maintaining a safe and clean laboratory as well as all other assigned areas of responsibility
• Maintaining laboratory supply inventory
• Coordinating activities for student workers and assist with literature review