Postdoctoral Scholar-Fixed Term

Position Summary
Michigan State University's Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences seeks a highly motivated Post-doctoral Research Scholar to support a USDA-NIFA and MSU funded project investigating how crop bacteriomes determine plant growth traits, nitrogen fixation, and yield. This is a12-month, full-time research appointment, renewable annually based on performance and funding.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Postdoctoral Research Scholar will contribute to all major components of the funded projects, including but not limited to:


+ Field and greenhouse research across diverse environments

+ Leadership in Lab, including personnel and equipment

+ Microbiome sequencing (16S/ITS), genomics, shotgun metagenomics, and transcriptomics Multivariate and statistical modeling of bacteriome–trait relationships; Bacteriome GWAS

+ Manuscripts, presentations, and mentoring students

+ Coordinating sample processing of s...