Postdoctoral Fellowship (11) at Cornell University, New York, United States

This position will support research on seed-applied, non-neonicotinoid protection strategies targeting early-season crop pests including Delia spp. in New York cropping systems. The postdoctoral associate will design and conduct laboratory, greenhouse, controlled-environment, and field experiments evaluating seed coating integrity, delivery characteristics of plant defense signaling compounds, and interactions with seed pathogens and early-season pest pressure under cold soil conditions. Research activities will support both controlled-environment evaluation and field validation of biologically based seed protection strategies relevant to Integrated Pest Management (IPM) systems.

The individual will work at the intersection of seed biology, seed technology, and integrated pest management (IPM), contributing to development of seed treatment compatibility guidelines and biologically based pest management approaches aligned with New York State IPM priorities and the phase-out of neonicotinoid seed treatments.

The Dillon Lab explores the role of animal-source foods in sustainable food systems. We work to elucidate how system structure mediates sustainability outcomes from management change or policy implementation. Our applied work consists of collaborations with transdisciplinary teams to quantify synergies and tradeoffs between environmental impacts, ecosystem services, and the social and economic dimensions of food systems.

The research associate will assemble, harmonize, and analyze longitudinal datasets of  livestock population, milk and meat production and consumption, and methane emissions. They will evaluate historical trends in absolute and intensity-based emissions, including rebound effects, and identify their likely drivers. The successful candidate will work with both domestic and international datasets. They will develop and maintain reproducible analytical workflows, including shared codebases for data processing, integration, and statistical analysis. In addition to data analysis, the research associate will prepare technical reports and documentation to support transparent and reproducible research. They will also work closely with the project team to contribute to peer-reviewed publications and policy-relevant outputs. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in statistical analysis of agricultural data, experience working with large and heterogeneous datasets, and a record of peer-reviewed publication.

The Taracena Agarwal Lab in the Department of Entomology at Cornell University seeks a creative and motivated Postdoctoral Associate to lead research on the genomic and epigenomic basis of sexual dimorphism in somatic tissues of insect disease vectors. This is a foundational position in a newly established research program, and the successful candidate will play a defining role in shaping the lab’s scientific direction and contributing first-author work to its inaugural body of publications.

Sex-specific traits in somatic tissues — such as those governing blood-feeding, reproductive physiology, immune competence, and vector capacity — are central to the biology of disease transmission, yet the regulatory architecture underlying these differences remains poorly understood. The successful candidate will combine functional genomics approaches (ATAC-seq, single-cell and single-nucleus RNA-seq, splicing variant analysis) with the sex-determination cascade to dissect how chromatin accessibility, transcriptional regulation, and alternative splicing produce sex-specific somatic phenotypes. Findings from this work are expected to inform the next generation of genetic and biological control strategies for vector-borne disease.

The Postdoctoral Associate will design and execute experiments, generate and analyze high-throughput sequencing datasets, prepare manuscripts as first author, present findings at international conferences, and contribute to grant and fellowship applications. The position offers substantial intellectual independence within a collaborative environment, direct mentorship from the PI, and tailored support for career development toward the postdoc’s chosen trajectory (academic, industry, or otherwise).

We seek a candidate with strong capabilities in hurricane modeling and risk assessment, and demonstrated experience in one or several of the following areas:

• Tropical cyclone dynamics and thermodynamics
• Statistical and/or machine learning approaches to weather prediction
• Risk assessment and catastrophe modeling
• High-performance computing and large dataset manipulation

The position involves close collaboration with industry partners in climate risk assessment, focusing on:

• Development of novel approaches to synthetic storm generation
• Implementation of counterfactual analysis for historical storms
• Integration of climate pattern effects (e.g., ENSO) into risk models
• Regular engagement with industry partners through direct consultation

The sustainability of milk production depends on the ability of dairy producers to utilize safe and effective cutting-edge technologies that enhance the efficiency of milk production while preventing a negative environmental impact. We seek a Postdoctoral Associate in Dairy Cattle Biology to focus on evaluating the effects of novel feed additive technology on milk production efficiency and enteric methane emissions.

The Postdoctoral Associate will join a laboratory team focused on improving dairy cattle nutrition and milk production efficiency and reducing enteric methane emissions. The successful applicant will be charged with managing large data sets derived from a wide range of animal experiments to identify relationships between nutrition, milk production, and methane emissions. 

The Srikrishnan Research Group in the Department of Biological & Environmental Engineering at Cornell University invites applications for a Postdoctoral
Associate. The successful candidate will co-lead a research project in collaboration with researchers at the Environmental Defense Fund on understanding the climate consequences of hydrogen (H2) production and emissions to help produce marginal abatement curves for H2 emissions. In particular, we are interested in (a) quantifying the social cost of H2 emitted into the atmosphere, and (b) understanding the marginal greenhouse gas emissions associated with H2 generation from electric power.

Qualified candidates will have a strong quantitative background in a relevant discipline (e.g., environmental engineering, Earth sciences, climate economics, operations research, or statistics). An ideal candidate would have proficient programming skills and demonstrated experience in computational modeling (particularly integrated assessment or power systems modeling) and data assimilation and an interest in analyzing climate risks. We especially value applicants who are highly motivated to collaborate across more than one discipline and who have good communications skills.

Cornell University is seeking applications for a Research Associate in Global Health Technologies for Nutrition, Infection, Food Safety, Cancer, and Public Health. This is a one-year full-time benefits-eligible position that may be extended for up to four more years, depending on performance, continuation of funding, and continued eligibility to work in the United States.

Candidates will be expected to lead portfolio on point of care technologies and have expertise in lateral flow immunoassays, nucleic acid amplification techniques, and other related methods. The successful candidate will have an opportunity to work within Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health and PORTENT Center on:

• Manuscripts, reports, abstracts for conferences, grant proposals
• Data analysis and pipeline development
• Technology-based solutions for advancing population health