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Pennsylvania State University Postdoctoral Scholar - Lasky Lab in University Park, Pennsylvania
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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
The Lasky Lab at Pennsylvania State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar with expertise in plant stress physiology and genetics. The primary responsibility of the Postdoc will be to develop and test hypotheses on the adaptive value of putative climate-adaptive alleles and alleles resistant to parasitic plants in sorghum, a key global food security crop. The Postdoc will use physiological and genetic approaches in controlled-environment and field experiments. Much of this research will focus on identifying resistance mechanisms to the parasitic plant Striga, leveraging the parasitic plant quarantine facility at Penn State. Expertise in root biology is beneficial but not required. The Postdoc will also collaborate with a team of postdocs at Penn State, Colorado State University, and CERAAS-Senegal to identify and test alleles in sorghum; and contribute to development of molecular breeding technology that will allow African breeding programs to deploy these alleles in climate-resilient varieties. The Postdoc will prepare publications for high-quality peer-reviewed journals, present findings at international scientific conferences, and receive mentoring to advance their scientific career.
The successful applicant will be committed to rigorous application of the scientific method for genetic discoveries; and equally committed to translating these discoveries for global food security under climate change. The Postdoc will have strong communication skills (written and oral) and commitment to inclusion that will allow them to contribute to and/or lead collaborations across a diverse international team of scientists. The position is supported as part of a project on allele mining for climate adaptation funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The successful applicant will hold a Ph. D. in ecophysiology, genetics, plant biology, evolution, or related fields.
The duration of this position is for one year with additional years of funding available if there is mutual interest.
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