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Job Field: Hospitality Jobs
Location: Albany, CA
Salary: $68,643.00 - $106,955.00 / Per Year
Job Type: Full Time - Excepted Service NTE NTE 2 Years
Phone: (510)559-5868

JOB SUMMARY:

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Find Solutions to Agricultural Problems that Affect Americans Every Day, From Field to Table

The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the United States Department of Agriculture's chief scientific research agency and one of the world's premiere scientific organizations.  ARS Postdoctoral Research Associates are hired to supplement a lead scientist's research on agricultural problems of high national priority affecting American agriculture.

The Imaging and Sorting Lab is part of the Foodborne Toxin Detection and Prevention Research Unit. The mission is to develop methods to detect and remove defective, contaminated or otherwise undesirable product from agricultural project streams.  These sorting devices will improve the quality of fresh or packaged foods, remove unwanted transmission of materials deleterious to agriculture or health and/or improve the competitive position of U.S. project in international trade. Such sorters will be in support of U.S. government action agencies and the U.S. food industry.

 

**ANNOUNCEMENT IS OPEN UNTIL FILLED OR JANUARY 23, 2015.**

TRAVEL REQUIRED

• Occasional Travel
• Less than once a month

RELOCATION AUTHORIZED

• No

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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• A Ph.D. is required