About This OpportunityWe are looking for a motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow for a project focused on the adaptation of wheat to changing environments via the use of quantitative genetics, genomics, crop physiology, and crop modelling.
This Postdoctoral project aims at leveraging recent advances in genomic prediction (GP) to further develop, apply and validate these methodologies to disentangle genotype x environment (GxE) at the large scale of a national wheat breeding program in highly challenging and variable environments. Work will be performed in collaboration with crop physiologists, modellers, geneticists and breeders from the University of Queensland and Australian Grain Technologies (AGT), the largest wheat breeding company in Australia.
Tasks will include analysing GxE for yield and related traits in breeding trials and developing GP models with environmental co-variables or combined with the APSIM crop growth model to enhance prediction accuracy across environments. This will take place as part of a broader ARC Linkage Project with AGT, and in tight collaboration with other researchers using crop modelling to simulate breeding trials and long-term environments experienced by Australian wheat both in current and future projected climate scenarios.
Key responsibilities will include:
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This is a research focused position. Further information can be found by viewing UQ’s Criteria for Academic Performance.
About UQAs part of the UQ community, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world, and within an environment where interdisciplinary collaborations are encouraged.
At the core of our teaching remains our students, and their experience with us sets a foundation for success far beyond graduation. UQ has made a commitment to making education opportunities available for all Queenslanders, regardless of personal, financial, or geographical barriers.
As part of our commitment to excellence in research and professional practice in academic contexts, we are proud to provide our staff with access to world-class facilities and equipment, grant writing support, greater research funding opportunities, and other forms of staff support and development.
The greater benefits of joining the UQ community are broad: from being part of a Group of Eight university, to recognition of prior service with other Australian universities, up to 26 weeks of paid parental leave, 17.5% annual leave loading, flexible working arrangements including hybrid on site/WFH options and flexible start/finish times, and genuine career progression opportunities via the academic promotions process.
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Work Rights:Visa sponsorship may be available for this appointment.
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