Address: Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center 569 Hanley Rd, Central Point, OR 97502

Closing Date: Open until filled

Position Description: Applications are invited for a 12-month, full-time (1.0 FTE) postdoctoral scholar position in the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University (OSU) working at the Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center (SOREC). SOREC is in the heart of the beautiful Rogue Valley, a part of the Southern Oregon wine region.

The incumbent will independently conduct and manage several transdisciplinary applied research projects in the fields of plant ecophysiology, plant water relations, carbohydrate metabolism in the context of wine grape production and climate change. The incumbent will work closely with researchers at SOREC, those in the Horticulture and Food Science & Technology departments on-campus at OSU, as well as collaborate with researchers in analogous departments at Washington State University, UC-Davis, USDA-ARS, and other outside institutions. Finally, the incumbent will engage and collaborate with industry stakeholders locally and statewide.

Overall laboratory leadership and operational management – including leading work and collaborating with graduate and undergraduate students and research assistants – is expected. Specific duties will include designing and implementing applied research trials involving controlled smoke applications, spray applications, managing irrigation schedules, field data collection, sample processing and laboratory analyses, conducting outreach and demonstrations with industry, and publishing research results in peer-reviewed journals.

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Contact Dr. Alec Levin (alexander.levin@oregonstate.edu) with any questions regarding the position.