CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
CAREERS
PacVec shares career, internship, and fellowship opportunities provided by our partners and affiliations. Explore the current opportunities here:
STUDENT AND POSTDOCTORAL
The Foy and Ebel laboratories are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to perform laboratory experiments and assist with field studies related to xenosurveillance for bat-borne and other viruses using mosquito blood meals. Our laboratories are located in Fort Collins, Colorado on the Colorado State University’s (CSU) Foothills campus at the Center for Vector-borne Infectious Diseases, which is within the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology. This position will perform directed and independent research funded under our new NIH Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (CREID), the Center for Bat One Health Investigations, Research and Outbreak Response (CHIRO), which broadly focuses on laboratory and field investigations of bat-borne virus ecology in West Africa (Ghana, Nigeria), where various stressors are actively impacting reservoir bats in the genera Mops and Rousettus. A primary focus of this position is molecular and genetic analyses of pathogen DNA/RNA found in mosquito blood meals or other lab and field samples. These analyses will include multiplex qPCR, tiled/amplicon sequencing with NGS, and long read sequencing with ONT platforms, as well as performing bioinformatics and phylogenetic/molecular epidemiological analyses on these data. Candidates should have a research doctorate degree with publications in virology/arbovirology, vector biology or parasitology, as well as experience with molecular genetic/genomics/bioinformatics analyses of field and laboratory experiment samples and experience in working at field sites in the US and abroad. Interested candidates should submit their letters of interest, qualifications for this research, and resumes to our department’s open postdoctoral fellow pool here.
Location: Fort Collins, CO
Population Genomics & Adaptive Introgression Among African Malaria Vector Species
Join an interdisciplinary research program investigating the evolutionary genomics of Africa’s most important malaria vectors.
We are seeking an outstanding Postdoctoral Researcher to investigate interspecific hybridization, gene flow, and adaptive introgression among members of the Anopheles gambiae species complex Research will involve the application of cutting-edge long-read sequencing and population genomic approaches.
Location: Davis, CA
Application Deadline: Open until filled
SUMMER AND SEASONAL
VECTOR CONTROL / PUBLIC HEALTH
Under the general direction of the Operations Director and Operations Supervisor, performs
inspections and control operations for assigned vectors and does work related and supportive services
as required.
Location: Burlingame, CA
Salary Range:$53.16–$72.44 per hour
Apply by: December 4, 2026
Put your accounting skills to work for public health. Placer Mosquito and Vector Control District protects residents from mosquitoes and other vectors through surveillance, prevention, control, and public education. We are looking for a finance professional who enjoys getting transactions right, resolving discrepancies, and making financial information useful to the people who manage our programs. The opportunity Reporting to the Office Manager, you will join the District’s administration team and put your accounting experience to work across payroll, payments, budget monitoring, financial reporting, and year-end activities. You will help turn sound financial processes into reliable information for District decisions.
Location: Roseville, CA
Salary Range:$34.50–$38.81 per hour
Apply by: Open until filled
The Digital Communications and Outreach Coordinator supports the district’s public information, community outreach, and educational initiatives. This position is responsible for assisting with the development and distribution of public education materials, maintaining the district’s website and social media platforms, and communicating information about mosquito prevention, mosquito control operations, seasonal mosquito activity, and District services.
Location: Vero Beach, FL
Salary Range: $28,769-$50,453 – 25 hours per week
Apply by: Open until filled
This is an intermediate-level mapping and Geographic Information Systems support position responsible for creating new spatial datasets, reviewing and maintaining existing datasets, conducting data analysis, producing maps, and collecting GPS data. This position is highly technical and requires existing GIS knowledge and skills to perform tasks efficiently.
Location: Vero Beach, FL
Salary: $68,103 – $119,419 annually
Apply by: Open until filled
ACADEMIC
Academic opportunities are organized by the most recent to the oldest job postings.
The Department of Agricultural Science and Plant Protection (AGSPP) at Mississippi State University seeks to fill a tenure-track, 9-month Assistant Professor position in Medical/Veterinary/Public Health Entomology based on the main campus in Starkville. The position will consist of approximately 60% research and 40% teaching. The successful candidate will develop an externally funded research program focused on arthropods and arthropod-borne pathogens of medical, veterinary, wildlife, or public-health importance and will contribute to undergraduate and graduate instruction in Entomology. The program should advance a One Health perspective by connecting arthropod biology, vector ecology, host-vector-pathogen interactions, surveillance, disease risk, and management across human, animal, wildlife, and environmental systems.
Location: Starkville, MS
The Weill School of Veterinary Medicine at UC Davis seeks an interdisciplinary Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Teaching in Epidemiology to advance its education and research mission through pedagogy of epidemiology in veterinary sciences. The appointee is expected to lead five to eight courses per year as relevant to the Weill School of Veterinary Medicine in professional, graduate, and/or undergraduate programs. An advanced graduate degree (PhD required) in epidemiology or related field, with experience in teaching as an instructor of record or lecturer, is required. A veterinary medical degree (DVM or equivalent) is preferred. The successful candidate must have expertise in epidemiological methods and biostatistics. They must demonstrate successful application of epidemiology in collaborative settings involving topics such as causal inference, population health study design, bias reduction, risk factor analyses, clinical algorithm development, disease surveillance, disease ecology, intervention evaluation, etc. Competence in an appropriate programming language (e.g. SAS, R, Stata) is required. A documented scholarly record or potential to develop innovative scholarly activities in veterinary epidemiology and/or pedagogy is required. Research experience in animal and/or vector epidemiology and ability to teach advanced epidemiologic methodology (e.g., causal inference, counterfactual theory, methods for assessing heterogeneity of effects or sources of bias) are preferred.
Location: Davis, CA
Salary: $190,800 – $352,100
First review date: Nov 17, 2026
FELLOWSHIPS / FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
ADDITIONAL CAREER WEBSITES
- Rockies and High Plains Vector-Borne Disease Center (RaHPVEC)
- Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector-Borne Diseases (NEVBD)
- Tropical Islands Vector-borne Disease Training and Evaluation Center
- VectorEd (Mid-Atlantic and Ohio River Valley)
- Gulf South Vector-borne Disease Training and Evaluation Center
- Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California (MVCAC)
- The American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA)
- American Public Health Association
- Entomological Society of America (ESA)
- Society for Vector Ecology (SOVE)
- Utah Mosquito Abatement Association (UMAA)
- West Central Mosquito and Vector Control Association (WCMVCA)
- Alameda County MAD
- Contra Costa MVCD
- Marin/Sonoma MVCD
- San Mateo County MVCD
- Santa Clara County MVCD
- Butte County MVCD
- Placer MVCD
- Sacramento-Yolo MVCD
- Shasta MVCD
- Sutter-Yuba MVCD
- Tehama County MVCD
- East Side MAD
- Merced County MAD
- San Joaquin County MVCD
- Turlock MAD
- Consolidated MAD
- Delta MVCD
- Fresno MVCD
- Kern MVCD
- Antelope Valley MVCD
- Coachella Valley MVCD
- Greater Los Angeles County VCD
- Northwest MVCD
- Orange County MVCD
- San Bernardino County MVCD
- San Gabriel Valley MVCD
- West Valley MVCD
- Salt Lake City MAD
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