Postdoctoral Scholar-Fixed Term

Position Summary
The Kravchenko Lab in the Department of Plant, Soil, and Microbial Sciences at Michigan State University is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to conduct research focused on root characteristics of plants in annual and perennial cropping and native vegetation systems and their contribution as drivers of processes of soil carbon sequestration.

The experimental component of the position will involve field soil and root sample collections from multiple experimental sites aimed at better understanding how different plant systems contribute to soil carbon accrual and weather variations in weather patterns (such as droughts and deluges) might influence it. . The project involves 13C plant labeling, root structure analysis, and X-ray computed micro-tomography.

Job Duties:


+ Travel to experimental sites as needed for deep core soil sampling.

+ Analyses of root scans and measurements of soil properties.

+ X-ray computed tomography s...