USDA-ARS Postdoctoral Fellow in Research Entomology
Listed on 2026-03-01
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Research/Development
Research Scientist
Overview
The mission of the Southeaster Fruit and Tree Nut Research Station is to enhance the production, value, and safety of pecan, peach, nectarine, and plum crops. The postdoctoral fellow will help in implementing experiments to develop novel methods of controlling economically important pest of pecan and peach. Target pests will include (but not limited to) pecan weevil, pecan aphids, hickory shuckworm, and spotted lantern fly.
Methods will be focused on microbial biocontrol approaches, especially involving entomopathogenic nematodes and fungi. Innovative methods of production, formulation and application of entomopathogens will be developed. Fundamental studies to understand basic entomopathogen biology and ecology will also be investigated. The Postdoctoral Fellow will interact and collaborate with team members and stakeholders.
- U.S. Citizen Only
- Doctoral Degree
- Environmental and Marine Sciences
- Life Health and Medical Sciences
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