Postdoctoral Associate 537094 Blacksburg, Virginia Entomology Research Faculty Agriculture & Life Sciences Job Description The Urban Evolutionary Entomology Laboratory at Virginia Tech is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral associate to investigate fundamental questions in population genomics and urban evolution using pest insect systems. Research will focus on understanding the genomic mechanisms underlying
lineage establishment, persistence, adaptation, and extinction in highly inbred populations inhabiting urban environments. The successful candidate will address questions at the interface of evolutionary genetics, population genomics, and urban ecology, with broad implications for our understanding of adaptation in anthropogenic ecosystems and the evolution of economically important pest species.Current research
themes include insecticide resistance evolution over historic to contemporary time frames, population genomics across socioeconomic landscapes, and the heritability of stress induced epigenetic marks. A variety of next-generation sequencing approaches may be employed, including ddRADseq, whole genome sequencing, targeted sequence capture, and other emerging genomic technologies.The successful candidate will
participate in all aspects of the research program, including experimental design, molecular laboratory work, bioinformatic analyses, data interpretation, and the preparation of peer-reviewed publications. The candidate will be expected to lead first-author publications and contribute to collaborative manuscripts arising from the projects. In addition, the postdoctoral associate will collaborate with Dr. Booth in the
development of grant proposals and will have opportunities to contribute to the development of independent research ideas. The candidate will play an active role in laboratory operations, including mentoring graduate and undergraduate students, assisting with project coordination, and fostering a collaborative research environment. The position is designed to support the candidate’s professional development through
opportunities in scientific publishing, grant writing, student mentorship, research leadership, scientific outreach, and teaching. Opportunities may also exist to assist the development and delivery of courses related to population and evolutionary genetics, invasive species genomics, and urban evolutionary biology.Virginia Tech provides a highly collaborative research environment with strengths in genomics,
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