• Job Description

  Req#: 796687300
  The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the United States Department of Agriculture's chief scientific research agency and one of the world's premiere scientific organizations. ARS Postdoctoral Research Associates are hired to supplement a lead scientist's research on agricultural problems of high national priority affecting American agriculture.
  
  **ANNOUNCEMENT IS OPEN UNTIL FILLED OR JUNE 20, 2025**

  
  

  Duties

  
  

  • Utilize molecular cloning techniques for plasmid design and construction.
  • Conduct transformation experiments on various legume plant species.
  • Perform quantitative techniques to measure polyfluorinated carbon degradation and fluoride ion accumulation in water and plant samples.
  • Prepare manuscripts for publications.

  
  

  Requirements

  
  

  • Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
  • Subject to satisfactory adjudication of background investigation and/or fingerprint check.
  • Direct Deposit: Per Public Law 104-134 all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
  • Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, visit E-Verify at https://www.e-verify.gov/.
  • Appropriations Law and Immigration Law requirements must be met.

  
  

  Qualifications

  
  

  This position requires a recent Ph.D in genetics, chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering, or a related field of study that has equipped the applicant with the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position. Technical knowledge and experience in molecular biology, cloning, tissue culture, and spectrophotometric analysis is highly desired. Strong communication skills, both written and oral are needed.
  
  Applicants must meet basic Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standard's requirements of the scientific discipline necessary to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position.
  
  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 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.
  
  Chemistry Series (1320):
  A. Degree: physical sciences, life sciences, or engineering that included 30 semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by coursework in mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics.
  OR
  B. Combination of education and experience -- course work equivalent to a major as shown in A above, including at least 30semester hours in chemistry, supplemented by mathematics through differential and integral calculus, and at least 6 semester hours of physics, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

• About the company

  The United States Department of Agriculture, also known as the Agriculture Department, is the federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food. It aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally.

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