{"id":136,"date":"2024-11-19T15:25:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T20:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.umaine.edu\/kerrlab\/?page_id=136"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T17:49:25","slug":"hiring","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/kerrlab\/hiring\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\"><strong>Hiring<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:18px\">We are excited to grow our team! We will be posting new positions as funding becomes available. If you have already secured your own funding, please reach out to um.kerrlab@maine.edu discuss potential research opportunities. 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