| Type of position | Postdoctoral position |
| Employer | GROW / USDA / The University of Delaware |
| Description of Employer | A unique opportunity is now open for a post-doctoral researcher to join GROW (www.growiwm.org), a dynamic research and extension network for integrated weed management. GROW conducts research on a number of promising IWM and ecological weed management tactics including cover crops, tillage, and harvest-time weed seed control across a range of environments, as well as developing real-time weed and crop mapping systems using computer vision and artificial intelligence. The position is primarily affiliated with the University of Delaware and the USDA-ARS Sustainable Cropping Systems Laboratory. |
| Location | Flexible |
| Description of Location | Preferred work location is the USDA-ARS-BARC Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory in Beltsville, MD, but exceptional candidates could be located at other institutions with active GROW collaborations in the United States. |
| Salary | Highly competitive starting salary |
| Benefits | The position comes with an extensive benefits package |
| Closing date of competition | Open until filled |
| Date position available | March 3 |
| Description of duties |
Primary duties include coordinating and conducting field experiments focused on multi-tactic approaches for precision integrated weed management (cover crops, herbicide use, tillage, and harvest-time weed seed control), as well as coordinating and conducting laboratory and greenhouse experiments (seedbank germination assays, plant-soil interactions, soil physical and chemical properties, nutrient uptake and allocation). Other duties include organizing and analyzing data, writing and presenting research results in scholarly peer-reviewed journals and extension publications, grant writing and reporting, presenting results at meetings with producers, farmers and industry representatives, and supervising and training undergraduate and graduate students. Finally, responsibilities will also include integrating and managing large agronomic datasets generated from multi-state GROW research projects. 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, a demonstrated record of research productivity documented with peer-reviewed publications and expertise in any of the following areas: weed ecology/biology and population dynamics, multi-tactic weed management, agronomic crop production, precision agriculture technologies, data science, and statistics. Experience as a supervisor, instructor, or mentor of undergraduate and graduate students is desired.
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| Contact for additional information | Questions regarding this position may be directed to: Dr. Steven Mirsky, USDA-ARS Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, [email protected], 301-504-5324 Dr. Mark VanGessel, University of Delaware, Carvel Research and Education Center, Georgetown, DE, [email protected], 302-542-8160 Dr. Eugene Law, University of Delaware/USDA-ARS Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, [email protected] |
| Application procedure | |
| Submit what | Applications will require a resume (CV), letter of interest, and names and contact information of three references. At this time an application portal has not been determined. Potential candidates should contact Drs. Mirsky, VanGessel, and Law (please copy all three on any communications) to express interest, and will be provided with additional information about how to submit a formal application when it is available. |
| Submit to | Potential candidates should contact Drs. Mirsky, VanGessel, and Law (please copy all three on any communications) to express interest, and will be provided with additional information about how to submit a formal application when it is available: Dr. Steven Mirsky, USDA-ARS Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, [email protected], 301-504-5324 Dr. Mark VanGessel, University of Delaware, Carvel Research and Education Center, Georgetown, DE, [email protected], 302-542-8160 Dr. Eugene Law, University of Delaware/USDA-ARS Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, [email protected] |
