Senior Research Specialist BS9498
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Job Location:
Stillwater, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Campus
OSU-Stillwater
Contact Name & Email
Justin Q. Moss
Work Schedule
Monday through Friday 8:00am-5:00pm with occasional evenings and weekends.
Appointment Length
Regular Continuous/Until Further Notice
Hiring Range
Commensurate
Special Instructions to Applicants
For full consideration please include a resume cover letter and contact information for three professional references.
About this Position
The Ornamental and Nursery Crop Breeding Program in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at Oklahoma State University seeks a full-time Senior Research Specialist to assist in establishing and managing a comprehensive research and breeding program for ornamental and nursery crops. The position supports the development evaluation and release of improved cultivars through greenhouse laboratory and field-based research.
Key responsibilities include but not limited to the following:
- Supervise lead and train student workers interns and junior laboratory personnel to ensure compliance with OSU and regulatory policies.
- Manage daily operations in greenhouse laboratory and field environments including experiment setup data collection and maintenance of plant materials.
- Implement and conduct experiments focused on breeding propagation and evaluation of ornamental crops. Activities include sowing transplanting vegetative propagation (cuttings grafting division tissue culture) pollination and crossing seed harvesting germination and development of breeding populations.
- Evaluate plants for growth flowering foliage color stress tolerance disease and pest resistance ornamental quality and yield through both visual and instrumental measurements.
- Record observations collect and analyze data compile reports and assist with preparation of manuscripts grant reports and plant patent or cultivar release documentation.
- Support integrated pest management (IPM) by scouting for pests diseases and weeds; identifying issues; and coordinating control measures and pesticide applications as needed.
- Operate calibrate and maintain field and research equipment and instruments including those measuring pH EC moisture fertility soluble solids (Brix) pollen and seed viability and chlorophyll content.
- Prepare review and update research protocols standard operating procedures (SOPs) and data management systems to ensure accuracy reproducibility and safety.
- Maintain chemical inventories assist with biosafety and compliance documentation and ensure adherence to OSUs chemical hygiene and greenhouse safety standards.
- Order track and maintain laboratory and greenhouse supplies tools and equipment inventories.
- Assist in developing extension and outreach activities such as field trials demonstration plots and industry collaborations.
This position offers the opportunity to contribute to a fast-growing breeding program focused on developing sustainable high-value ornamental crops adapted to Oklahoma and the Southern Great Plains. The role requires initiative organization and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary research environment. Must have the ability to travel to various locations within the state for sample and data collection.
About Us: The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture has 23 faculty with both undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The department operates The Botanic Garden at OSU Oklahoma Gardening television show the Greenhouse Learning Center the Landscape Architecture Studio the OSU Student Farm and is active at several research sites through the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station. For more information about the department go to: are lots of great reasons to work at OSU. Check out our competitive benefits and eligibility at Qualifications A minimum of five years of relevant experience with a bachelors degree or two years of experience with a masters degree. The candidate should have at least three years of successful experience in laboratory greenhouse and field settings. Experience should include hands-on work in greenhouse and field environments involving plant propagation (seed cuttings grafting or tissue culture) maintenance of breeding and research materials and data collection for crop evaluation. Candidates should have experience establishing and managing breeding populations growing horticultural crops under greenhouse and field conditions evaluating yield and quality and implementing integrated pest disease and weed management practices. Completion of college-level statistics courses is needed.
(degree must be conferred on or before agreed upon start date)Preferred Qualifications
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Spss
- Data Collection
- Genetics
- R
- Research Experience
- Statistical Software
- Cell Culture
- Molecular Biology
- Microscopy
- Research Laboratory Experience
- Western Blot
