Post Doctoral Research Associate - Agricultural Sciences at Clemson University in Clemson, South Carolina

Job Description:

Position Title: Post Doctoral Research Associate - Agricultural Sciences

Department: College: College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences

Location: Charleston, SC

Open Date: Sep 13, 2024

Description

Department of Agricultural Sciences, Clemson University is seeking an Associate Research Scientist (Plant Molecular Biology) to work on a USDA-NIFA Sustainable Agriculture Systems funded project, “Controlled Environment Agriculture Platform for Hydroponic Cultivation of Salt-Tolerant 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 salt-tolerance under controlled environment.
• Perform high-throughput phenotyping and develop genetic populations.
• Genome-wide association mapping to identify SNPs associated with salt-tolerance in tomato.
• Characterize and manipulate (gene-editing) genes of interest for salt tolerance.
• Apply speed breeding to advance genetic populations with salt-tolerance.

Qualifications

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 self-motivated, 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 gene-editing technologies, and performing bioinformatic analysis and/or familiarity with scripting languages (i.e. R, Python)

Application Instructions

Qualified applicants should include a letter of application including a 1-page (maximum) statement of research goals, and a curriculum vitae along with email addresses for three references, unofficial transcript and one representative example of their scholarly work.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Clemson University is an AA/EEO employer and does not discriminate against any person or group on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, pregnancy, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status or genetic information.

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