Description

Job Description
The Postdoctoral fellow will advance cropping systems research at the University of Missouri Plant Science Department in collaboration with the USDA ARS Cropping Systems and Water Quality Research Unit. This is a two-year position focused on advancing crop production and physiology through field experimentation, computation (statistics and machine learning), and process-based models. The successful candidate will have an inquisitive nature with a deep knowledge of many components listed in this posting and a strong desire for continual learning and growth professionally. We invite candidates to submit an application if able to start in the next three months and are excited to work at the intersection of genotype x environment x management. 

Responsibilities: 

The fellow will work to identify crop and system-based strategies that advance knowledge and discovery to minimize stress and maximize economic and environmental health. Specifically, this will be achieved through use of data from the past 5 years and on-going across several Missouri experiments. Research topics include: 1) productivity and economics of intensified crop rotations, 2) management decisions based on crop phenology, 3) physiological and growth response to late-season stressors, and 4) plausibility of double-crop systems. The fellow is expected to write four papers, with three accepted and one submitted, during these two years. In addition to publishing in refereed journals, the fellow will develop lay materials to transfer key findings to farmers and agribusiness. 

Requirements

PhD, by time of appointment. Candidates need to have a PhD in agronomy, agroecology, ecology, soil science, natural resources, environmental science, agricultural engineering, statistics, data science, or similar discipline.