Post-Doctoral Associate - Bag

Posting Number: G/R24739P

Working Title: Post-Doctoral Associate - Bag

Department: CAES-Plant Pathology

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Employment Type: Employee

Advertised Salary: $47,476

Anticipated

Start Date:

08/01/2024

Posting Date: 03/05/2024

Open Until Filled: Yes

Location of Vacancy: Tifton Area

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• 60%:
  The job includes but is not limited to work in laboratory, greenhouse, and field experiments on insect-transmitted viruses.
• 30%:
  Develop research design, data analysis, interpretation, project management, results summarization and publication in peer-review research journals and formal presentations in meetings and symposiums.
• 10%:
  Assisting other team members to accomplish the common goals.

Classification

Title:

Post-Doctoral Associate AD

FLSA: Exempt

FTE: 1.00

A Post-Doctoral Associate position is available starting August 2024 in the plant virology laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, The University of Georgia. The position is based in Coastal Plain Experiment Station at Tifton GA. Initially, the position is for one year and future continuation is based on fund availability and productivity as supported by research articles.

The successful applicant will contribute to a project involving insect-transmitted viruses, characterization, and developing tools to manage the viral diseases. Disseminate the research outcomes through conferences, and peer-reviewed research articles.

Relevant/Preferred Education, Experience, Licensure, Certification in Position: The applicant should be a recent Ph.D. graduate with plant virology major, with proven ability to develop and conduct experiments independently with application of molecular virology concepts.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and/or Competencies : The applicant should have through knowledge of methodologies relevant to working with viral and plant host nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), primer design, molecular cloning, and library preparation, HTS and data analysis.…