Type of position | Post-Doctoral Research |
Employer | University of Delaware |
Location | USDA-ARS-BARC Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, Beltsville, MD |
Description of Location | A unique opportunity for a Post-Doctoral Researcher to join a dynamic research project associated with the University of Delaware and USDA-Beltsville for integrated weed management. This project involves cover crops, tillage, and harvest-time weed seed control on weed communities across a range of environments. |
Salary | Competitive |
Closing date of competition | February 1, 2021 to start reviewing candidates |
Date position available | Spring 2021 |
Description of duties | Coordinating and conducting field experiments focused on multi-tactic approaches for Integrated Weed Management (cover crops, herbicide use, tillage, and harvest-time weed seed control). Coordinating and conducting laboratory and greenhouse experiments (plant-soil interactions, soil physical and chemical properties, nutrient uptake and allocation), organizing and analyzing data, writing and presenting research results in scholarly peer-reviewed journals and extension publications, presenting results at meetings with producers, farmers and industry representatives, and supervising and training of undergraduate and graduate students. The responsibilities will also include integrating and managing large agronomic data sets from several sites for the USDA area-wide project. The successful candidate will have opportunities for the development of independent but related lines of research. |
Qualifications sought | Experience with conducting field-based research is required. Experience with laboratory- and greenhouse-based research is expected. We are looking for candidates with excellent organizational and quantitative skills, demonstrated record of research documented with peer-reviewed publications, and expertise in the following areas: weed ecology/biology, population dynamics, multi-tactic weed management, and statistics. Experience as supervisor, instructor or mentor of undergraduate and graduate students is desired.
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Contact for additional information | Dr. Mark VanGessel, University of Delaware, Carvel Research and Education Center, Georgetown, DE, mjv@udel.edu, 302-542-8160 Dr. Steven Mirsky, USDA-ARS Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, steven.mirsky@usda.gov, 301-504-5324 |
Application procedure | |
Submit what | Resume (CV), letter of interest, and names and contact information of three references. |
Submit to | Applications must be made through the University of Delaware portal at: https://careers.udel.edu/cw/en-us/job/496078/post-doctoral-researcher-plant-soil-science |
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