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Plant Geneticist/Weed Scientist
Description of Duties
The incumbent serves as a Research Scientist in the Global Change and Photosynthesis
Research Unit (GCPRU) in Urbana, Illinois. GCPRU research addresses one of the greatest
challenges facing agriculture – global climate change – in the context of crop and weed
management. GCPRU research adapts crops and cropping systems to rising atmospheric
carbon dioxide, ozone concentrations, increasing temperature, altered precipitation patterns,
and weed interference. Incumbent’s research focuses on genetics, diversity, and stress
resistance mechanisms that facilitate the evolution of weedy species and wild crop relatives
and contribute to their ability to compete with mainstream crops. Strategies to interfere with
these mechanisms in weeds, or transfer climate resilience traits into mainstream crop species
to improve their competitive ability, may be used to control weeds.
U.S. Citizenship is required.Degree: genetics; or one of the basic biological sciences that included at least 9 semester hours in genetics.Graduate Education: Genetics, or a curriculum or pattern of training that placed major emphasis on genetics or population biology. Graduate study in related fields such as agronomy, horticulture, plant sciences, biology, plant pathology, chemistry, molecular and cellular biology, and physiology that involved cross-training in genetics is qualifying, provided it placed sufficient emphasis on genetics.Additional requirements available at the website listed below.
Type of position
Full-Time
Salary
$86,962 to $134,435
Benefits
Location
Urbana, IL 1102 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana, IL 61801,
Closing Date
07/23/2024
Date Position Available
USDA-ARS
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief scientific in-house research agency. Our job is finding solutions to agricultural problems that affect Americans every day from field to table. Here are a few numbers to illustrate the scope of our organization:
660 research projects within 15 National Programs
2,000 scientists and post docs
5,000 other employees
90+ research locations, including overseas laboratories
$1.7 billion fiscal year budget
Mission: ARS delivers scientific solutions to national and global agricultural challenges.