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Research Investigator
Johnston, IA
Pay Rate
The Research Investigator will ensure continuity, execution speed, and data quality for several critical, time sensitive plant pathology research projects that directly support breeding, trait characterization, and product advancement priorities. These activities are core to delivering reliable disease resistance data and meeting downstream decision milestones.
Responsibilities
Hunter International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We comply with all applicable equal employment opportunity and affirmative action regulations.
Johnston, IA
Pay Rate
The Research Investigator will ensure continuity, execution speed, and data quality for several critical, time sensitive plant pathology research projects that directly support breeding, trait characterization, and product advancement priorities. These activities are core to delivering reliable disease resistance data and meeting downstream decision milestones.
Responsibilities
- Ability to independently lead and execute projects in both field and controlled environment (greenhouse/growth chamber) settings.
- Experience designing, coordinating, and delivering experimental work with attention to rigor, quality, and timelines.
- Strong problem solving skills with the ability to identify challenges, adapt methodologies, and develop practical solutions to deliver actionable results.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguous or evolving research environments and making data driven decisions.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, drive work forward, and deliver high quality outputs with minimal supervision.
- Results oriented mindset with a focus on translating experimental work into clear outcomes and recommendations.
- Effective communicator able to work cross functionally with research, breeding, and technical teams.
- Capable of documenting methods, summarizing results, and clearly reporting progress and findings.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in plant Pathology, Plant Science, Agronomy, Biological Sciences, or a closely related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience in plant pathology research, disease phenotyping, or related agricultural sciences.
Hunter International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We comply with all applicable equal employment opportunity and affirmative action regulations.