Post Doctoral Research Associate - Agricultural Sciences
Post Doctoral Research Associate - Agricultural Sciences
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Job Description
Department of Agricultural Sciences Clemson University is seeking an Associate Research Scientist (Plant Molecular Biology) to work on a USDANIFA Sustainable Agriculture Systems funded project Controlled Environment Agriculture Platform for Hydroponic Cultivation of SaltTolerant Crops with Integrated Saline Water Irrigation and Salinity Management. A Ph.D. is required at the time of application. The position location will be at the U.S. Vegetable Laboratory Charleston South Carolina.
The responsibilities of the position:
- Screen and identify tomato germplasm for salttolerance under controlled environment.
- Perform highthroughput phenotyping and develop genetic populations.
- Genomewide association mapping to identify SNPs associated with salttolerance in tomato.
- Characterize and manipulate (geneediting) genes of interest for salt tolerance.
- Apply speed breeding to advance genetic populations with salttolerance.
Successful candidates will have earned a PhD degree in Horticulture Plant Pathology Plant Biology Genetics Molecular Biology or related field have knowledge and experience in applied or molecular biology bioinformatics and biotechnology excellent communication and collaboration skills is selfmotivated and a willingness to learn new skills and techniques.
Preferred qualifications include experience in screening for biotic and/or abiotic stress in plants molecular biology and/or next generation sequencing technologies horticultural and/or plant tissue culture and geneediting technologies and performing bioinformatic analysis and/or familiarity with scripting languages (i.e. R Python)
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full Time
