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Post Doctoral Fellow - Plant & Environmental Sciences

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Clemson University
Location
2200 Pocket Road Florence SC 29506 Pee Dee REC
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Post Doctoral Fellow - Plant & Environmental Sciences

Location:
2200 Pocket Road Florence SC 29506 Pee Dee REC
Open Date:
Feb 9, 2023
Description:

The Hershberger Lab, with support of the USDA NIFA AFRI SCRI funded project: “SweetCAP: Integrated technologies to improve sweet corn breeding, production and marketability,” has an opening for a highly motivated postdoctoral research fellow with expertise in one or more of the following areas: genetics, genomics, phenomics, population genetics, quantitative genetics, or plant breeding.

Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with a large and diverse team of researchers to develop phenomic and genomic analysis and decision support tools

- Supervise technical staff/teams/students

- Assist with reporting to funding agencies

- Publish peer-reviewed journal articles and develop proposals for additional funding for research, education, and outreach activities


Qualifications:

All candidates must have received a Ph.D. in a relevant field.

Basic Qualifications:

- Ph.D. in plant breeding, bioinformatics, quantitative/statistical/population genetics, phenomics, or a related discipline

- Experience with project management and experimental design

- Demonstrated expertise in analyzing high-dimensional genomic and/or phenomic datasets

- Advanced knowledge of quantitative, population, and statistical genetics with experience in training and using genomic prediction models

A successful applicant will have most of the following:

- Extensive independent research experience

- Bioinformatics or statistical genetics experience

- Ability to organize, multitask efficiently, and work both independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary and interactive research environment

- Excellent written and oral communication skills

- Evidence of capacity for program management, collaborative research, and interactions with stakeholders


Application Instructions:

Please submit the following to Interfolio link: http://apply.interfolio.com/121117 a cover letter, a brief description of past research accomplishments and future research goals, a curriculum vitae, contact information for three references and unofficial transcripts.

Applications received before April 7, 2023, will receive full consideration but the position will remain open until filled.

For additional information about this position contact Jenna Hershberger at jmhersh@clemson.edu.


Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Clemson University is an AA/EEO employer and does not discriminate against any person or group on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, pregnancy, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status or genetic information. Clemson University is building a culturally diverse faculty and staff committed to working in a multicultural environment and encourages applications from minorities and women.

Organization

Working at Clemson University

Clemson is a dynamic research university located in Upstate South Carolina at the center of the booming I-85 corridor between Charlotte, N.C., and Atlanta, Ga. One of the nation’s most selective public research universities according to U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, Clemson University is the school of choice among top students in South Carolina and is increasingly competitive for the best students in the region and the nation. More than 17,100 students select from 70 undergraduate and 100 graduate degree programs through five academic colleges: Agriculture, Forestry and Life SciencesArchitecture, Arts and HumanitiesBusiness and Behavioral ScienceEngineering and Science; and Health, Education and Human Development.

Clemson’s transformation into a leading research institution — currently attracting in excess of $140 million in externally funded research and sponsored program awards per year — is based upon an academic plan that identifies eight emphasis areas in which the University has opportunities to increase education and research, to align with South Carolina’s economic development needs and to draw upon faculty strengths. Emphasis areas include automotive and transportation technology, advanced materials, biotechnology and biomedical sciences, leadership and entrepreneurship, sustainable environment, information and communication technology, family and community living, and general education.

Major economic development initiatives that have emerged from the academic plan include the Clemson International Center for Automotive Research — a 250-acre campus in Greenville, which has generated more than $225 million in public and private commitments in just four years; an advanced materials initiative at the Clemson Research Park, which includes a new LEED Silver-certified facility; and the South Carolina Health Sciences Collaborative — an initiative of the state’s three research universities and major health-care systems.

As the state’s land-grant university, Clemson reaches out to citizens, communities and businesses all over South Carolina. The Public Service Activities division includes the county-based Cooperative Extension Service, five off-campus research and education centers through the Clemson University Experiment Station and critical regulatory responsibilities for plant and animal health.

The University boasts a 1,400-acre campus on the shores of Lake Hartwell within view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Surrounding the campus are 18,000 acres of University farms and woodlands devoted to research. A warm campus environment, great weather and recreational activities offered by proximity to both the natural surroundings and large cities are part of the Clemson Experience.

 

Points of interest at Clemson include the following:

The Clemson Conference Center and Inn is a state-of-the-art facility for symposia, meetings, seminars and special events. The complex includes the Madren Continuing Education and Conference Center, the Walker Golf Course and the Martin Inn.

The South Carolina Botanical Garden, a 295-acre public garden, features several thousand varieties of ornamental plants and a unique collection of nature-based sculptures.

The Robert Howell Brooks Center for the Performing Arts brings an exciting array of concert, theater, dance, comedy and other live performances to the community.

The Robert Campbell Geology Museum at the Botanical Garden displays meteorites, minerals, dinosaur fossils and the largest faceted-stone collection in the Southeast.

The T. Ed Garrison Livestock Arena is a showplace for livestock activities in the state and has hosted horse and livestock shows, rodeos, sales, 4-H activities, educational programs, and industrial and agricultural exhibitions.

Fort Hill, the home of John C. Calhoun and later of his son-in-law, University founder Thomas Green Clemson, is a registered National Historic Landmark located in the center of campus.

The Class of 1944 Visitors Center is the front door to Clemson — a friendly place to get tours, information, assistance and an introduction to this beautiful, historic university and community.

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