Fully funded PhD in plant-soil-microbe interactions for sustainable cannabis production; Postdoc in bioinformatics on gut mycobiome and melanoma immunotherapy response University of Wisconsin-Madison in United States

Fully funded PhD position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Dr. Zac Freedman’s Lab, Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences. The project focuses on plant-soil-microbe interactions for sustainable cannabis production, with strong relevance to Agriculture, Biology, Environmental Science, Earth Science, Chemistry, and Statistics. Applicants should have a degree in Soil Science, Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Microbiology, or a related field. Preferred experience includes soil microbial com...

Two funded Ph.D. positions are open at Boston University in the Templer Lab and Bhatnagar Lab (Microbes@BU) as part of an NSF-funded study within the long-running Hubbard Brook Nitrogen Oligotrophication (HBNO) project. The research sits at the intersection of forest ecology , biogeochemistry , plant-microbe interactions , soil science , and microbiology . The project asks whether shifts in plant carbon allocation help offset declining nitrogen and phosphorus availability in northern hardwood fo...

Graduate Student Opportunity: M.Sc. or Ph.D. assistantship in Plant-Microbe Interactions at the University of Florida , Department of Plant Pathology, in the Martins Lab . This opportunity is part of a multi-state USDA-NIFA project, Hunting for Healthy Soils , focused on how soil micro-predators shape microbial communities and support plant health in organic production systems . The research combines laboratory and greenhouse experiments with molecular and computational approaches, including qPC...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences at Auburn University (United States) This postdoctoral opening is in the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences at Auburn University, with research based at the Auburn University Shellfish Laboratory. The position focuses on applied shellfish research with an emphasis on Eastern oyster restoration in Mobile Bay and the Mississippi Sound . The successful candidate will lead and support field- and laboratory-based p...

PhD opportunity in Entomology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln for a project on the European Corn Borer Ecology and Management Project, starting in Spring 2027 . The research will focus on the ecology, monitoring, and management of the European corn borer in Nebraska corn production systems. The position combines laboratory and field research , insect rearing , statistical analysis , and Extension activities to support integrated pest management (IPM) and insect resistance management (IRM) ...