Position Summary

Masters graduate position is available starting Summer 2021 in the plant virology Laboratory, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, The University of Georgia-Tifton. The position is based in Coastal Plain Experiment Station at Tifton GA. The successful applicant will contribute to a project involving insect-transmitted virus, characterization, and epidemiology crops grown in the region including vegetable, peanut and cotton. Studying the various component of the pathosystem with emphasis on virus-vector and virus-host interaction in cotton crops important to Georgia. Application of genomics approach for host resistance against the viruses in cotton crops. Disseminate the research outcomes through conferences, symposia, and peer-reviewed research articles.

Duties/Responsibilities

The job includes but not limited to work in laboratory, greenhouse and field to study the molecular epidemiology of insect-transmitted viruses in GA. Develop research design, diagnostic tools, data analysis, interpretation, project management, results summarization, and formal presentations in meetings and symposiums. (70%)

Continue graduate student course credits. (20%)

Writing reports, and presenting data in symposiums. (10%)