Postdoctoral Research Associate (Plant Systematics)

Location: College Station, Texas, United States. Work takes place in herbarium, laboratory, office, greenhouse, and field settings, with travel for fieldwork, herbarium visits, conferences, training, and collaborator meetings.

Company

hirify.global is a Texas A&M University System research agency focused on agriculture and life sciences.

What you will do

• Conduct collections-based research on Poaceae diversification and ecology.
• Develop research questions and sampling designs using herbarium collections and targeted field collections.
• Generate, manage, analyze, and synthesize genomic, phenomic, trait, spatial, environmental, and taxonomic data.
• Conduct phylogeographic, species delimitation, and evolutionary analyses.
• Prepare manuscripts, datasets, figures, reports, presentations, and grant materials.
• Maintain research records and reproducible workflows while supporting herbarium, laboratory, field, workshop, and outreach activities.

Requirements

• PhD in botany, biology, ecology and evolutionary biology, plant systematics, plant biology, biodiversity science, or a related field by the start date.
• Strong verbal and written communication, analytical, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively and to organize specimens, data, analyses, and manuscripts.
• Ability to prepare research papers, reports, grant materials, and presentations.
• Work may include fieldwork travel, work after normal business hours, and weekend work when required.
• Must follow Texas A&M University safety, data management, and collections policies.

Nice to have

• Research emphasis in plant systematics, evolutionary biology, phylogeography, population genomics, ecology, Poaceae, or herbarium science.
• Experience with phylogenetics, morphometrics, comparative methods, plant taxonomy, biodiversity informatics, or phylogenomic and population genomic workflows.
• Experience with R, Python, Git/GitHub, GIS and spatial analysis, herbarium curation, voucher collection, plant identification, spectral reflectance, or trait modeling.
• Valid driver license for fieldwork travel.

Culture & Benefits

• Grant-funded position with availability contingent on grant funding.
• Health, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability insurance.
• Paid holidays, monthly sick leave, and vacation leave.
• Automatic enrollment in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
• Employee wellness initiative.

Hiring process

• Submit a complete application or resume, plus a cover letter, CV/resume, references, and other requested documents.
• Employment is contingent on credential verification and completion of a criminal history investigation.