The Crop Adaptation Lab at Colorado State University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow with expertise in molecular breeding & germplasm development. The primary responsibility of the postdoc will be to develop molecular breeding technology (markers, donor lines, haplotype maps) for climate-adaptive alleles in sorghum, which will allow African breeding programs to deploy these alleles in climate-resilient varieties. The postdoc will also collaborate with a team of postdocs at CSU, Penn State, and CERAAS-Senegal, to identify putative climate-adaptive alleles in sorghum from whole genome resequencing; and contribute to field and controlled-environment experiments to test hypotheses on the adaptive value of these alleles. The postdoc will prepare publications for high-quality peer-reviewed journals, present findings at international scientific conferences, and receive mentoring to advance their scientific career. The successful applicant will be committed to rigorous application of the scientific method for genetic discoveries; and equally committed to translating these discoveries for global food security under climate change. The postdoc will have strong communication skills (written and oral) and commitment to inclusion that will allow them to contribute to and/or lead collaborations across a diverse international team of scientists. The position is supported for 5 years, as part of a $25 M investment on allele mining for climate adaptation funded by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and led by CIMMYT.

We are also recruiting postdocs in Plant Stress Physiology & Genetics and a Plant Genomics & Bioinformatics postdoc at CSU and two postdocs in Ecological Genomics and Striga Sorghum Interactions at Penn State. Please contact Dr. Geoffrey Morris at CSU (geoff.morris@colostate.edu) or Dr. Jesse Lasky at PSU (jrl35@psu.edu) for more information, or questions about which position might be the best fit for you. You can also visit this site with links to the full list of positions: https://www.morrislab.org/allele-mining-postdocs

Required: PhD in Genetics, Genomics, or related field (by start of appointment)
Strong record of publications in peer-reviewed journals

Preferred: Demonstrated expertise in quantitative trait genomics, bioinformatics, or crop genetics
Demonstrated written and oral communications skills
Demonstrated expertise in bioinformatics and/or genomic analyses
Demonstrated interest in applying science to global challenges in crop improvement