RegenPGC Co-Project Director Dr. Erin Haramoto (Crop Ecology & Management) is recruiting research assistants to join the Haramoto Lab at the University of Kentucky Plant and Soil Sciences Department in Lexington, KY. The position will be available in either January or May 2023.
Dr. Haramoto is looking for highly motivated MS and Ph.D. students to conduct research in our RegenPGC perennial groundcover/corn agroecosystems project. Students will be in the UK’s Integrated Plant and Soil Sciences graduate program, one of the UK’s largest grad programs. Potential research topics include groundcover suppression and weed control, shade avoidance response in corn, and community interactions with pest and beneficial organisms. Students will gain knowledge in weed science, agroecology, and statistics, and experience with general greenhouse, field research, and data collection techniques. With assistance from other team members, students will collect data from field experiments. Students will be primarily responsible for organizing, sharing, and analyzing data for their
research projects. Additionally, students will participate in virtual and in-person team meetings in Iowa, with the potential for travel to university, industry, and on-farm research locations throughout the Midwest.
Learn more at the UK recruitment site.
