Assistant or Associate Professor, Pulse Crop Breeder, Crop Development Centre

Assistant or Associate Professor, Pulse Crop Breeder, Crop Development Centre

The Crop Development Centre (CDC), Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) invites applications for a pulse crop plant breeder to work on field pea. This position is considered continuing status (tenure-track-equivalent) and will be hired at either the assistant or associate professor level, depending on qualifications and experiences.

The successful candidate will assume and maintain a well established and productive breeding program involving field pea. The plant breeder will develop and release improved varieties to serve the needs of western Canadian agriculture, teach at the undergraduate and/or graduate level in the Department of Plant Sciences and will be required to supervise M.Sc. and Ph.D. students and mentor post‑graduate fellows. The candidate will also be expected to perform outreach. The plant breeder will integrate conventional and modern t...