40%- Teaching: parasitology labs in DVM curriculum (maintenance of equipment, supplies, and parasite specimens for labs, and leading labs and lab instruction), parasitology didactic teaching in DVM curriculum, support of graduate student teaching, undergraduate student teaching, and support of outreach activities.
40%- Research: performs research in the current projects of the PI, with a focus on dissertation research, conducts data storage and data analysis, contributes to manuscripts and strives toward the goal of first authorship, contributes to grant writing, attends conferences and presents abstracts, presents seminars as required for doctoral program, and maintains proper records, supervises or co-supervises undergraduate and DVM students on an ad hoc basis for small research projects, including assisting with Summer Scholars projects.
15%- Residency service: performs activities related to obtaining proficiency as a specialist veterinary parasitologist. The aim is for the candidate to prepare to sit the certification (board) exam in the parasitology specialty of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists. Conducts parasitology diagnostic tests and assays, becomes proficient in morphological identification of parasite specimens and eggs, oocysts, and cysts, conducts wet preps, fecal flotations, sedimentations, Baermanns, coprocultures, ELISAs, and Knott’s tests, extracts DNA and conducts PCR, advises clinicians in managing parasitology cases, advises veterinarians and farmers in the conduct of anthelmintic resistance diagnosis, rotates through LADDL and other parasitology reference labs.
5%- Other duties as assigned.