Duties Incumbent leads, directs, and conducts research whose objectives include: developing inhibitor tolerant microorganisms to serve as platform biocatalysts for production of fuels and chemicals from lignocellulosic feedstocks; generating enzymes required to hydrolyze recalcitrant xylan structures to increase sugar availability for biorefinery processes; developing an improved biorefinery process for production of organic acids from lignocellulose; developing technologies that enable non-Sacc
Duties Discover new botanicals, chemical lures, or microbial agents for management of arthropod pests through laboratory analysis and experimentation under controlled and field conditions. Assess the biotic and abiotic factors that enhance or limit performance of botanicals, chemical lures, or microbial agents against arthropod pests. Develop practical and effective biorational approaches for managing arthropod pests. Requirements Conditions of Employment Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Se
