Postdoc Opportunities in Plant Biology in Australia

The Institute of Biological Chemistry in the College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University is seeking a full-time Research Associate in Pullman, Washington. The position is centered on evaluating and certifying heat resilience in wheat, with a strong emphasis on reproductive-stage responses to heat stress. The successful candidate will contribute to a research program that combines greenhouse and field experimentation with advanced plant imaging and...

Texas A&M AgriLife Research is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate in College Station, Texas, within the Department of Soil & Crop Sciences. The position focuses on designing and executing experiments related to soil and plant microbiomes. The successful researcher will analyze experimental data, prepare reports and manuscripts, present findings at group meetings and conferences, contribute to proposal development, mentor graduate and undergraduate students, develop collaborations, and par...

University College Dublin is recruiting a Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 for the UCD School of Agriculture and Food Science, within Animal and Crop Sciences. This is a temporary, 24-month research appointment running from 4 January 2027 to 3 January 2029 . The position is located in Ireland. Salary, funding details, eligibility requirements, and project-specific information are not provided in the available listing. Applicants should consult the full vacancy details through the applicatio...

The Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher in developmental biology. The successful candidate will integrate single-cell and spatial experimental approaches to investigate plant organ development, cell fate switches, and the genetic basis of morphological diversity. The researcher will work closely with Director Miltos Tsiantis and members of his Department of Comparative Development and Genetics, contributing to r...

The Department of Plant Science at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Scholar to lead integrative research on cereal arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses and whole-plant physiology. The research will connect plant–microbe interactions and plant responses to abiotic stress with efforts to improve the efficiency, productivity, and sustainability of agroecosystems. The position is based at Penn State University Park in State College, Pennsylvania, United...

The Burghardt Lab in the Plant Science Department at The Pennsylvania State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar at Penn State University Park, United States. The postdoctoral researcher will study genome editing and validation of bacterial genes underlying beneficial plant–microbe interactions in agroecosystems. Grant-funded research focuses on genetically rewiring rhizobia–legume interactions to influence competitive fitness inside and outside the host and optimize nitrogen fixation. W...

Research Fellow in Biogeochemistry at the University of Birmingham (College of Life and Environmental Sciences). This full-time, fixed-term research post is part of the IMPULSA project, funded by ARIA , and focuses on how nutrient variation and drought stress affect immunised and non-immunised oak seedlings grown in glasshouse conditions. The work will examine biogeochemistry , soil science , plant sciences , nutrient cycling, enzyme activity, macro- and micronutrient availability, plant tissue ...

KU Leuven is offering a postdoctoral position in plant systems biology for research on climate change resilience and disease resistance within the Division of Crop Biotechnics (Department of Biosystems). The position is hosted by the labs of Prof. Devang Mehta and Prof. Hervé Vanderschuren , who work in experimental plant systems biology and tropical plant biotechnology. The project environment includes access to long-read sequencing, proteomics mass spectrometry, and the Leuven Institute for Si...

Postdoctoral Associate opportunity at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), within the DiSTAP programme in Singapore. The project focuses on developing novel analytical, genetic, and biosynthetic technologies for food production, including new sensors for crop management and deeper understanding of plant biology. The role involves Raman instrumentation, spectral data acquisition, Raman spectral analysis using machine learning, and collaboration with plant biology resear...