Postdoc Opportunities in Plant Biology in United States

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...

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...

Postdoctoral Research Associate opportunity in plant immunity and extracellular immune signaling at the University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida, United States). The position is in the laboratory of Dr. Zhonglin Mou in the Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, UF/IFAS. The project is supported by a newly funded three-year USDA/NIFA grant and focuses on how extracellular signaling molecules such as extracellular NAD(P) and salicylic acid (SA) are sensed at the plant cell surface and how...

Fully funded postdoctoral opportunity in Plant Molecular Biology and Crop Biotechnology at the University of Florida , within the Crop Transformation Center in the Department of Horticultural Science. This position is aimed at researchers with a strong background in Plant Biotechnology , Genetics , or Molecular Biology . The post highlights gene editing experience as an advantage, making it a strong fit for candidates interested in crop improvement, transformation systems, and molecular approach...

Texas Tech University is advertising PhD and postdoc positions in plant phenomics, remote sensing, and AI through the Zheng Lab in the Department of Plant & Soil Science and the Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance (IGCAST). The opportunity is aimed at students and researchers interested in plant science , agronomy , agricultural engineering , remote sensing , image analysis , and plant phenotyping , with strong overlap in artificial intelligence and data analysis. The post sp...