Position Summary
The Topp Lab at Michigan State University is recruiting multiple postdoctoral researchers across complementary areas of root biology, phenomics, and translational crop science. The lab is jointly affiliated with the Departments of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences and Plant Biology, and the Plant Resilience Institute.

Our mission is: To enhance sustainable crop production and ecosystem services through the rational design and deployment of more efficient root systems. The lab integrates high-throughput phenotyping, advanced imaging, quantitative genetics, gene editing, and large-scale field experimentation to connect root system architecture to whole-plant performance and ecosystem outcomes. We seek creative, collaborative scientists to join the following track: Molecular and Genetic Mechanisms of Root System Architecture.

This position focuses on identifying and functionally characterizing genes that regulate root development and plant–environment...