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Interdisciplinary: Research Molecular Biologist/Microbiologist/Plant Pathologist – Beltsville, Maryland

Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture

Job ID: 15632Start Date: 11/09/2018End Date: 11/23/2018

Qualification Summary

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the closing date of the announcement including the following specialized experience and/or education, as identified by grade level.

Your education and experience will be evaluated against all qualification requirements (basic and any additional requirements) listed below. Graduate education must be directly related to the work of the position and must have equipped you with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

Basic Requirements:

Molecular Biology, GS-0401: Degree: biological sciences, agriculture, natural resource management, chemistry, or related disciplines appropriate to the position or Combination of education and experience: Courses equivalent to a major, as shown above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Microbiology, GS-0403: Degree: microbiology; or biology, chemistry, or basic medical science that included at least 20 semester hours in microbiology and other subjects related to the study of microorganisms, and 20 semester hours in the physical and mathematical sciences combining course work in organic chemistry or biochemistry, physics, and college algebra, or their equivalent or combination of education and experience: courses equivalent to a major in microbiology, biology, chemistry, or basic medical science that included courses as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.

Plant Pathology, GS-0434: Degree: plant pathology; or a related scientific discipline that included at least 20 semester hours in basic botany or plant science, and 10 semester hours in plant pathology. Additional Requirements: GS-12: Applicants must demonstrate at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service or possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or possess an equivalent combination of graduate level education and experience. Graduate education must be directly related to the work of the position and must have equipped applicants with the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.Specialized experience is experience directly related to the position to be filled. The specialized experience requirements for the GS-12 level of this position are: 1. Experience using the principles, theories and practices of mycology, morphological and molecular systematic methods and techniques related to fungi, plant pathology, and evolutionary theory.2. Experience using taxonomy, nomenclature, and associated literature methods for ascomycetous plant pathogenic fungi in their different morphological states.3. Experience using computer applications for phylogenetic and genomic data analyses to develop phylogenies and DNA markers for species-level identifications and for comparison of microscopic characters.4. Experience planning and conducting studies, interpret results, anddocumenting findings related to fungal systematics through peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals.Applicants must address the specialized experience requirements in their resume (or application documents). Applications that do not reflect the specialized experience requirements will not be deemed qualified.

Applicants must be available to report for duty at the time a selection is made. Selections are typically made within 30 days of the closing date of the announcement.For more information on the qualifications for this position, click here:http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/group-stds/gs-admin.asp

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