Description

Corteva Agriscience is a publicly traded, global pure-play agriculture company that provides farmers around the world with the most complete portfolio in the industry – including a balanced and diverse mix of seed, crop protection and digital solutions focused on maximizing productivity to enhance yield and profitability. The Crop Genome Engineering division of Genome Center of Excellence at Corteva Agriscience has an exciting opportunity for highly dedicated, motivated, and organized individual with a strong experience on optimizing protoplast extraction, transfection, and regeneration to fill a full-time position as Research Scientist. This Research Scientist position will be a key contributor to a research team for specialty crop genome editing projects. The candidate will work primarily in the lab, closely with other team members in a collaborative and cross-functional atmosphere to develop transgene-free genome editing technologies for specialty crops.

Responsibilities – What You Will Do:

• Lead efforts in developing and implementing novel approaches to optimize specialty Crop Transformation using different types of explants, including but not limited to protoplast
• Provide scientific expertise and work effectively as an individual contributor and collaboratively with team members and cross-functional teams
• Participate in designing and executing new technology development or process improvement activities, including experimental plan, data collection and analysis, troubleshooting, maintaining and organizing detailed research records
• Regular and clear communicate your research progress and results to both team members and leadership
• Follow company safety policies, protocols, and procedures, and ensure a safe working environment for self and team members

Qualifications

Requirements – What Skills You Need:

• Ph.D. in biological science such as molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, and biotechnology with 1-4 years of postdoc experience in relevant plant biology field
• Proven track record of success on executing multi-Crop Transformation research projects, especially specialty crops
• Excellent knowledge in plant tissue culture and hands-on experience in optimizing protoplast extraction, transfection and regeneration
• Excellent knowledge in molecular biology, plant gene expression and transformation vector technologies
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with team members and cross-functional teams
• Ability to multi-task and take on new assignments as necessary
• Excellent planner, organizer, critical thinker, and problem solver, with a demonstrated ability to efficiently execute project tasks
• Effective written and verbal communication skills

Benefits – How We’ll Support You:

• Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills
• Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place
• Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment
• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays
• Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father
• Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program
• Learn more about our total rewards package here – Corteva Benefits
• Check out life at Corteva! www.linkedin.com/company/corteva/life

Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.