Post Doctoral Scholar

Post Doctoral Scholar

Conducts independent research focused on different aspects of soil and plant health, including measurements of soil physicochemical characteristics, microbial diversity and activity, other soil food web components, and plant disease assessments. Specifically, the candidate leads research including experimental design, planning, setup and sampling, data generation and analysis. Experiments could include handling and processing of samples for soil, plant and microbial analyses (including nematodes), maintenance and identification of cultures/isolated populations, and environmental nucleic acid analysis.

The candidate also prepares manuscripts and presentations deriving from interdisciplinary projects on soil health in Ohio cropping systems. The candidate will maintain thorough records of research, including annotated electronic resources and application of statistical analysis and bioinformatic pipelines. The candidate will be expected to contribute to other group activities, such as, but not limited to, training of laboratory personnel, general lab activities and discussions, and extension/outreach.

Essential Duties:

50% - Collects, organizes, analyzes, interprets and communicates data (written and oral), including bioinformatic and statistical analysis of soil and plant health and microbiome datasets.

40% - Designs and conducts field, greenhouse and laboratory experiments, including characterization of plant and soil health parameters and analysis of soil food web components

10% - Advises and interact with graduate and undergraduate students in research activities.

Degree Requirements:

PhD with a major in Plant Pathology, Microbiology, Soil Sciences, Ecology, Statistics, Agronomy/Horticulture, or related field.

Required Experience:

• Handling microbial cultures and molecular expertise (such as DNA/RNA extraction and PCR) and nucleic acid sequence data analysis, including phylogenetics
• Soil and plant health assessments
• Experimental design and statistics
• Bioinformatics as it applies to plant microbiome analysis and familiarity with R language
• Manuscript preparation and publication

Selby Hall (0410)

Term (Fixed Term)

40

First Shift

Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check. A drug screen or physical may be required during the post offer process.