Assistant Project Scientist- Feldmann Lab
Company: University of California - Davis
Location: Davis
Posted on: May 3, 2025
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Job Description:
Position overview
Salary range:
The salary range for this position is $74,100-$94,200. "Off-scale
salaries", i.e., a salary that is higher than the published
system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered
when necessary to meet competitive conditions, qualifications, and
experience.
Application Window
Open date: April 21, 2025
Next review date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific
Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the
committee.
Final date: Tuesday, Apr 21, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but
those received after the review date will only be considered if the
position has not yet been filled.
Position description
The UC Davis Strawberry Breeding Program is hiring an Assistant
Project Scientist to lead ongoing and future field, greenhouse, and
controlled environment disease breeding and research efforts. The
University of California, Davis strawberry breeding program has
been breeding public strawberry varieties since the 1930s and
includes both research and teaching components. Today, its goals
are to investigate key issues in strawberry (e.g. the genetic basis
of disease resistance, aroma, yield, etcetera) and leverage these
discoveries in developing new varieties of strawberry plants that
address the needs of growers in California and around the world.
The strawberry breeding program strives to be accessible and
transparent regarding the research underway and operates with
collaborators from around the world to advance the field of
knowledge underlying strawberry breeding. The successful applicant
will help to execute research projects, design new experiments and
projects, mentor graduate and undergraduate students, lead and
participate writing papers, grants, and reports, and present to
national and international audiences, as well as be a positive
member of the campus community.
NATURE AND PURPOSE
The Project Scientist makes significant and creative contributions
to a research or creative project in his/her academic discipline.
The appointee possesses the subject matter expertise and the
creative energy necessary to function at a high level of
competence. The appointee will participate in activities to
increase, improve, or upgrade competency. Appointees with Project
(e.g., Scientist) titles may engage in University and public
service. They do not have teaching responsibilities. Although the
Project Scientist is expected to work independently under the
general guidance of an academic member with an independent research
program (i.e., Professor, Professional Researcher, Specialist in
Cooperative Extension, etc), he/she is not required to develop an
independent research program or reputation. He/she will carry out
research or creative programs with supervision by an individual in
an academic title that carries with it automatic Principal
Investigator status. The Project Scientist does not usually serve
as a Principal Investigator but may do so by exception.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESIGNATED AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
I. RESEARCH IN SPECIALIZED AREAS (90 % EFFORT)
Research activity (55 %)
This position requires creative contributions to and collaborative
development of an active research program investigating topics
relevant to the research area of quantitative genetics, plant
pathology and the application of genome-informed approaches in
strawberry breeding, including but not limited to marker assisted
selection and genomic prediction. This will involve the planning
and designing experiments and populations to discover, validate,
and incorporate novel resistance loci into commercial breeding
material. The candidate will help to determine research goals in
consultation with the Principal Investigator. He/she will design
specific projects, including the selection of appropriate methods
and techniques. The candidate will contribute to routine breeding
activities to support the continued health of the program and to
maintain a quality research program, including but not limited to
executing controlled pollinations and managing greenhouse and
controlled environment cleanliness in collaboration with PI and
other members of the research team. The candidate will further
contribute to the lab through supervising students or technicians
and consulting scientists regarding the technical aspects of the
research, including methods development, trouble-shooting problems,
interpreting results and planning follow-up experiments.
Publication (20 %)
The candidate will publish research results in peer-reviewed
journals, books and other outlets either independently or in
collaboration with the PI or other members of the research team, or
other members of the scientific community.
Grant Acquisition (15 %)
The candidate will assist in acquiring proposals for funding from
federal and state agencies and other funding organizations. The
candidate will prepare and assist in the preparation of reports as
required by granting agencies. The candidate will interact with
funding agencies and prepare modifications of budgets and other
grant components as needed.
II. PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE AND ACTIVITY (5 % EFFORT)
The candidate will participate in professional societies and
conferences appropriate to his/her specific field and will serve as
a reviewer of research proposals and scientific publications as
appropriate. The candidate will attend seminars to present research
results and may give oral presentations to public and professional
interest groups. When appropriate, the candidate may coordinate
and/or give presentations at seminars, laboratory meetings or
educational functions.
III. UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC SERVICE (5 % EFFORT)
The candidate will engage in public outreach activities that
include presenting scientific research results to the general
public and providing relevant advice to individuals and public
agencies. This will include scientific presentations at the Plant
and Animal Genome, National Association of Plant Breeders, and
other professional society meetings, national and international
scientific symposia and conferences, agricultural industry
workshops and cooperative extension meetings, and virtual and
in-person field days. The candidate will engage in University
service activities such as guest lecturing and committee service.
This will include guest lectures in plant pathology and plant
breeding and genetics courses. Teaching classroom courses is not an
expectation of this position.
The University will not offer sponsorship for this position. The
successful candidate must be able to demonstrate that they are
legally authorized to work in the United States.
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
A. Ph.D. in plant Sciences, Horticulture, Plant Genetics, Plant
Breeding or related field (must be obtained at the time of
appointment)
B. 1-5 years of Postdoctoral research in plant genetics, plant
breeding or related fields specifically working with plant
pathology, molecular breeding, genotyping tools, and molecular
marker design. Experience working with polyploid genomes
preferred
C. 5+ experience with the design and execution of large field
trials
D. 5+ years with the evaluation of plant disease symptoms in field,
greenhouse, glasshouse, and the use lab based and marker assays,
production of inoculum for disease assays. Experience working with
Strawberry preferred
E. 5+ experience in R or other statistical languages for the
analysis of experiments, GWAS, genomic prediction, as well as the
tools for creating and editing publication quality figures and
display items
Preferred qualifications (other preferred, but not required,
qualifications for the position)
F. Experience with the design, validation, and deployments of high
throughput genotyping (KASP, HRM, PCR)
G. Ability to travel in CA and domestic US for work
H. Intermediate spoken Spanish
Application Requirements
Document requirements
Reference requirements
Apply link:
https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07093
Help contact: ykreyes@ucdavis.edu
About UC Davis
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to
disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or
judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that
they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for
misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged
misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.
To implement this process, UC Davis requires all applicants for any
open search to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled,
"Authorization to Release Information" into UC RECRUIT as part of
their application. If an applicant does not include the signed
authorization with the application materials, the application will
be considered incomplete, and as with any incomplete application,
will not receive further consideration.
UC Davis is a smoke and tobacco-free campus
(http://breathefree.ucdavis.edu/).
We are an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, and
particularly encourage applications from members of historically
underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with
disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who
demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse
and inclusive community.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other
protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination
policy.
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individuals who are legally able to work in the United States as
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Job location
Davis, CA
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