The Department of Microbiology at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville is seeking candidates for a tenure-track faculty appointment at the Assistant Professor level in the area of Molecular Microbiology investigating within bacterial, archaeal, eukaryotic microbial and viral systems fundamental processes including but not limited to gene expression and regulation, chromosomal organization, signal transduction, protein modification and secretion via wet-bench approaches. Applicants must meet minimum requirements of a PhD in a related field and at least two years postdoctoral experience at the onset of the position. The successful candidate will have established a record of research that inclu