Postdoctoral Scholar-Fixed Term

Job description

Position Summary The Topp Lab at Michigan State University is recruiting multiple postdoctoral researchers across complementary areas of root biology, phenomics, and translational crop science. The lab is jointly affiliated with the Departments of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences and Plant Biology, and the Plant Resilience Institute. Our mission is: To enhance sustainable crop production and ecosystem services through the rational design and deployment of more efficient root systems. The lab integrates high-throughput phenotyping, advanced imaging, quantitative genetics, gene editing, and large-scale field experimentation to connect root system architecture to whole-plant performance and ecosystem outcomes. We seek creative, collaborative scientists to join the following track: Computational, Quantitative, and Predictive Modeling of Root Systems. This position emphasizes integration of phenomics and other -omics data into predictive frameworks. Research areas may include: - Structural–functional modeling of root system architecture. - Phenomics data integration and high-dimensional trait analysis. - Predictive breeding and quantitative genetic modeling. - Machine learning approac...