<div dir="auto"><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><font face="georgia, serif">---</font></div><b><font face="georgia, serif">Amy C. Murillo</font></b><div><i><font face="georgia, serif">Associate Professor</font></i></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">University of California</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Department of Entomology</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Riverside, CA 92521</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif">Office: 951-827-5853</font></div><div><a href="http://murillolab.ucr.edu" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif">murillolab.ucr.edu</font></a></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Nancy Hinkle</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:nhinkle@uga.edu">nhinkle@uga.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Aug 19, 2026, 12:30 PM<br>Subject: UTRGV Screwworm Project Postdoc and Technician position postings<br>To: Nancy Hinkle <<a href="mailto:nhinkle@uga.edu">nhinkle@uga.edu</a>><br></div><br><br>
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Good afternoon. I would like to share multiple positions that we have posted at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) for work on screwworm flies. More detailed descriptions for each position are given in the job posting, but a brief description
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<span style="color:black">Research Associate II (two positions) - </span><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><a href="https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/52193" id="m_-8623800094910844541OWA40b109ca-888e-c37f-778f-53b4d21e08aa" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u>https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/52193</u></a></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Personnel in these positions will be involved in vegetation and arthropod sampling, bioassays, and spatial imagery data collection.</span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Research Associate I - </span><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><a href="https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/52191" id="m_-8623800094910844541OWA650360bb-68aa-48fc-97cb-9b6e5d1bf75f" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u>https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/52191</u></a></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Personnel in this position will be involved in vegetation and arthropod sampling, bioassays, and spatial imagery data collection.</span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Postdoc 1 - </span><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><a href="https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/52190" id="m_-8623800094910844541OWA68b7ef52-9266-b5bc-8b3c-f83ed9b46e18" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u>https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/52190</u></a></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The idea candidate for this position would have a strong background in machine learning and model development.</span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Postdoc 2 - </span><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><a href="https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/52189" id="m_-8623800094910844541OWA5bfc8b70-4347-b0ed-517b-c77220739cf2" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u>https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/52189</u></a></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">The ideal candidate for this position would have a strong background in chemical ecology and volatile organic compound analysis, with a prefer background in insect chemical ecology.</span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Please note, the start date for these positions is currently listed as Sept 15, but is dependent upon the final grant start date.</span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Applications must be submitted through the UTRGV portal. A link is provided in each job posting.</span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Feel free to reach out to me (Sarah Maestas, </span><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)"><a href="mailto:sarah.maestas@utrgv.edu" id="m_-8623800094910844541OWA5965d911-b965-c032-ee41-a11e02e0ac95" style="color:rgb(70,120,134);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u>sarah.maestas@utrgv.edu</u></a></span><span style="color:black">)
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<span style="color:black">Thank you,</span></p>
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