Molecular Genetics and Microbiology values mentoring of trainees, including post-doctoral fellows and graduate students.
Obtaining tenure-track jobs and funding is competitive. To assist trainees with career developement, the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology has developed a program to help talented postdoctoral fellows in the department through appointments to research faculty positions.
As a research faculty members, trainees receive mentorship to assist in building their publication, teaching and funding portfolio. Positions are filled through careful consideration of fellows’ scientific records, a public seminar and an interview with the chair and other faculty in the department.
Individuals appointed to this position will become fully functional faculty members of the department with appropriate faculty privileges and responsibilities.
