Research Geneticist Plants/research Plant

2 weeks ago

Beltsville, United States US Agricultural Research Service Full time

**Duties**:

- Lead research focused on abiotic stress tolerance in blueberry and cranberry.
- Coordinate scientific activities of cooperating scientists from other ARS laboratories, and from other public and private institutions.
- Conduct fundamental and applied research to elucidate the physiological and molecular bases for plant responses to high and low temperature stress and sub-optimal soil pH.
- Develop novel abiotic stress management strategies, including identification and/or development of stress tolerant plant material.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- You must be a US Citizen or US National.
- Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
- Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
- Successful completion of one-year probationary period, unless previously served.
- Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
- Successful completion of a three year probationary period.

**Qualifications**:

- Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.
- **Basic Requirements for Genetics Series, 0440**
**Degree**: genetics; or one of the basic biological sciences that included at least 9 semester hours in genetics.
- **Graduate Education**: Genetics, or a curriculum or pattern of training that placed major emphasis on genetics. Graduate study in related fields such as plant breeding, agronomy, horticulture, animal, dairy, or poultry husbandry, entomology, microbiology, plant pathology, chemistry, molecular and cellular biology, and physiology that involved cross-training in genetics is qualifying, provided it placed sufficient emphasis on genetics.
- **Evaluation of Education**: Most students in the field take graduate work because specific training in genetics may be limited at the undergraduate level. Under these circumstances, it may be necessary to evaluate undergraduate course work in genetics in one of two ways, as described below, to determine whether or not it is qualifying.- Course work consisting of an appropriate combination of basic courses in genetics and cytology or statistics are also acceptable.

**Basic Requirements for Plant Physiology Series 0435**
**Degree**: botany or plant physiology; or a related scientific discipline that included at least 10 semester hours in plant physiology.
- **Evaluation of Education**:The 10-semester-hour requirement in plant physiology is specific. Course work is qualifying if it dealt with plant physiology, some phase of plant physiology, or methods and techniques applied in plant physiology work. Other course work in borderline areas should be evaluated on the basis of content.
- **Additional Requirements**
In addition to meeting the basic requirements described above and in the education section below, applicants must also meet additional qualification requirements as stated below.
- **GS-12**: Applicants must demonstrate at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service or possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or possess an equivalent combination of graduate level education and experience. Graduate education must be directly related to the work of the position and must have equipped applicants with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Specialized experience is experience directly related to the position to be filled. The specialized experience requirements for the GS-12 level of this position are: Experience conducting plant or crop physiology or genetics research related to plant response to abiotic stress; analyzing experimental data and communicating research results through peer-reviewed publications and presentations; and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.
- **GS-13**: Applicants must demonstrate at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is experience directly related to the position to be filled. The specialized experience requirements for the GS-13 level of this position are: Experience conducting and leading research that focuses on crop quality and stress tolerance of crops; identifying experimental approaches to investigate genomics-based crop improvement; analyzing experimental data and publishing of peer-reviewed manuscripts describing research finding related to plant physiology or genetics as first or corresponding author; and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders on research of mutual interest.
- Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., profession

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