Soil Health Postdoc: Microbiome & Data Scientist

The Ohio State University; Wooster (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ohio State University in Wooster, OH, invites applications for a fixed-term research position focusing on soil and plant health. The successful candidate will lead experimental design, field and lab work, and data analysis, including bioinformatics pipelines in plant microbiomes.

Responsibilities include manuscript preparation, presenting findings, mentoring graduate and undergraduate students, and contributing to extension activities within the College of Food, Agriculture, and

Qualifications

• PhD with a major in Plant Pathology, Microbiology, Soil Sciences, Ecology, Statistics, Agronomy/Horticulture, or related field.
• Experience handling microbial cultures and molecular techniques (DNA/RNA extraction, PCR) and nucleic acid sequence data analysis, including phylogenetics.
• Soil and plant health assessments.
• Experimental design and statistics.
• Bioinformatics applications to plant microbiome analysis; familiarity with R language.
• Manuscript preparation and publication.

Responsibilities

• Collects, organizes, analyzes, interprets and communicates data (bioinformatic and statistical analyses of soil and plant microbiome datasets).
• Designs and conducts field, greenhouse and laboratory experiments, including characterization of plant and soil health parameters and analysis of soil food web components.
• Advises and interacts with graduate and undergraduate students in research activities.
• Maintains thorough records of research and contributes to training of laboratory personnel and outreach activities.

Skills

Microbial cultures handling

Molecular biology (DNA/RNA extraction,

Soil and plant health assessment

Experimental design and statistics

Bioinformatics (plant microbiome; R)

Manuscript preparation and publication

Student mentorship

Education

PhD in Plant Pathology/Microbiology/Soil Sciences/Ecology/Statistics/Agronomy/Horticulture or related field

Tools

R language

Bioinformatics pipelines

Job description

The Ohio State University in Wooster, OH, invites applications for a fixed-term research position focusing on soil and plant health. The successful candidate will lead experimental design, field and lab work, and data analysis, including bioinformatics pipelines in plant microbiomes.

Responsibilities include manuscript preparation, presenting findings, mentoring graduate and undergraduate students, and contributing to extension activities within the College of Food, Agriculture, and