Employment Opportunities

The Department of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign seeks an outstanding early career scientist who will provide leadership in plant nematology research, in plant pathology teaching, and in establishing relationships with stakeholders. The ideal candidate will address plant parasitic nematode challenges to the production of established and emerging crops in Illinois agriculture. This is a 9-month, 100% time academic, tenure track position with opportunity for summer appointment. The Department of Crop Science is an interdisciplinary department that spans basic and applied disciplines in plant pathology, agronomy, horticulture, plant breeding, molecular biology, and genomics.

Postdoctoral position. Use genomics approaches to determine interspecific and intraspecific variability in entomopathogenic nematodes, to explore the relationship between biodiversity and pest suppression in sustainable farming systems (e.g., Science 321:1488-1490; Nature 466:109-112). Applicants are expected to have outstanding molecular biology skills and experience in analyzing large-scale next-generation sequencing data sets; experience with entomology or nematology is not required. The holder of this exciting position will provide genomics data to complement large-scale, ecological field experiments, as one part of an interdisciplinary team. Start date is flexible, but ideally by summer 2012. Submit CV and cover letter to Bill Snyder, Department of Entomology, Washington State University, wesnyder@wsu.edu, or Axel Elling, Department of Plant Pathology, elling@wsu.edu.