Postdoc

Overview

University of California Riverside — Riverside, California, USA

Position Title:

Postdoc

Position Type:
Post-Doctoral Position

Application Review Begins:
Thursday, January 22, 2026

Final date to receive applications:
Friday, February 27, 2026

Institution:
University of California Riverside

Department/Division:
Botany and Plant Science

Field:
Comparative single-cell omics

City:
Riverside, California, USA

The Kenchanmane-Raju lab in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at the University of California, Riverside, anticipates openings for Postdoctoral Scholar Series appointments with strong experimental and computational expertise to contribute to understanding the cell-type specific responses to environmental and developmental cues. The lab uses state-of-the-art single-cell sequencing (scRNA-seq, methylomes, and chromatin accessibility), comparative genomics, and integrative data science to understand crop adaptation and the evolution of gene regulatory elements across species.

The successful candidate will work on one of the two themes, with the opportunity to develop a self-directed project aligned with the lab research goals and future aspirations.

Two research themes:

• Cis-regulatory element evolution and gene family diversification
• Cell-type-specific environmental responses for climate resilience in crops

• a recent Ph.D. in plant biology, computational biology, genomics, bioinformatics, systems biology, or related fields
• experience with both wet-lab genomics (e.g., gene-editing, cloning, sequencing library prep, histology) and computational analysis (e.g., R/Python, single-cell data, machine learning)
• strong publication record and excellent communication skills
• interest in interdisciplinary research that bridges lab, field-based, and computational approaches

The ideal candidate should be a team player, leading a few projects, and willing to work with other members of the lab. The postdoc will design and implement experiments and computational analyses in single-cell genomics, develop integrative pipelines for multi-omic data analysis, collaborate with computational and experimental scientists, contribute to manuscript preparation, fellowship and grant proposals, mentor graduate and undergraduate students, and participate in lab and social activities.

To apply , please submit the following materials to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./JPF
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• Curriculum Vitae (required)
• Cover Letter (optional)

Feel free to contact Dr. Kenchanmane Raju at sunilkuk for questions regarding the lab, and contact Rocio McFadden, Academic Personnel, adden for questions regarding application procedures or requirements.