The Position

ICARDA has a vacancy for a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Wheat Improvement Program, to work as part of an interdisciplinary team to develop improved wheat germplasm for abiotic stress tolerance including drought, high temperature and salinity. The incumbent will be based at ICARDA's headquarters in Aleppo, Syria, and will report to the Principal Research Scientist - Wheat Germplasm Enhancement, in the Biodiversity and Integrated Gene Management (BIGM) Program.

The successful candidate will work with the bread wheat germplasm enhancement and breeding components of the Wheat Improvement Program. Specific responsibilities are to:
- Apply contemporary physiological tools towards the characterization of ICARDA's wheat advanced lines and genetic resources for abiotic stresses.
- Assist in the development of a platform for phenotyping and evaluating drought, heat tolerance and salinity tolerance in wheat.
- Assist in organizing and implementing field and laboratory research programs both at ICARDA and with collaborating NARS partners in abiotic stress studies.
- Contribute to the training and capacity development in plant physiology including the preparation of extension materials.
- Analyse multi-environment data using a suite of software packages, prepare reports and draft manuscripts for publication in scientific journals.
- Assist in the preparation of project proposals for funding.
- Perform any other duties as required.

For full information see http://www.icarda.cgiar.org/Jobs.htm