MSc Research Student Opportunity in Digital Phenotyping and Agricultural Research at CIMMYT International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center in United States

The Plant Phenomics Lab at the University of Florida’s IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC) is recruiting a Ph.D. student to start in Spring 2027. This opportunity is centered on plant phenomics, an area that combines agriculture, plant science, imaging, and data-driven analysis to study plant traits and performance. The lab is based at the University of Florida, within IFAS GCREC, and is led/announced by Xu Wang, Assistant Professor in ABE, UF IFAS, GCREC. Ideal applicants shou...

Jeb Fields, Assistant Professor at the University of Florida , is recruiting a Postdoctoral Associate in Nursery Science for the University of Florida Environmental Nursery Production Lab in Gainesville, Florida . This opportunity sits at the intersection of production horticulture , agrophysics , and broader agricultural science , with a focus on advancing the next generation of nursery research. The role is described as a postdoc position in nursery science and production/agrophysics, suggesti...

Edward Buckler is recruiting a PhD student for Cornell University 's Plant Breeding and Genetics program, with a planned start in Fall 2027 . The project focuses on maize and its relatives, asking why they perform so poorly in the cold and how this limitation can be overcome. The research is highly interdisciplinary and combines comparative genomics across grasses and flowering plants, AI models of sequence and function , and field and greenhouse phenotyping . This opportunity is especially suit...

USDA-ARS is offering a postdoctoral research opportunity in Temple, Texas, United States focused on pastureland conservation outcomes , soil and water resources , hydrologic monitoring , remote sensing , GIS , and process-based modeling . The project supports the mission of the USDA Agricultural Research Service and involves ranch-scale, long-term research on sustainable forage and crop production. The selected researcher will work on field and laboratory studies, implement management treatments...

Montana State University is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Remote Sensing and Precision Agriculture at the Northern Agricultural Research Center in Havre, Montana, United States. The project focuses on using NASA NISAR L-band SAR , Sentinel-1/2 , satellite image processing, and UAV data collection to detect wheat stem sawfly damage in wheat fields. This is a strong fit for candidates interested in agricultural sensing, geospatial analysis, and crop monitoring. Applicants should have...