This Post Doctoral Associate Position will participate in a joint project between the US Department of Agriculture USDA Agricultural Research Service ARS within the Genetic Improvement for Fruits and Vegetables Lab located in Beltsville MD and the Department of Environmental Science and Technology at the University of Maryland in College Park MD The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work with research teams at both institutions applying molecular biology and genomic tools to elucidate mechanisms of pathogenicity and developing disease resistant plant germplasm