Temporary Research Specialist

Organizing field work activities of the lab, including supervising undergraduate and graduate students and other research assistants. Maintaining field equipment, including combine harvester and specialized research planter, including hauling equipment and operating at outlying locations around NC. Seed stock maintenance, plant/ear/seed trait data collection, pollinating, and maintaining maize plants and experiments in field; harvesting experiments and controlled pollinations; collecting phenotypic data; sampling plant tissue for DNA extractions.

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