The Food Science and Biotechnology program at Delaware State University, Delaware, USA, seeks a highly motivated and enthusiastic Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate with expertise in Plant Biotechnology, Molecular biology, and Natural Product Chemistry to assist PI in executing USDA-NIFA Award (No. 202438821-42144; Org: 6016). The Post-doctoral Fellow position, sponsored by a NIFA-USDA grant, is available immediately within the College of Agriculture, Science and Technology (CAST), The project integrates molecular biology, genetics, synthetic and system biology, and plant biotechnology including biochemistry/bioprocessing to develop and characterize novel bioengineered switch grass with enhanced downstream bioprocessing characteristics through reduction or elimination of lignin recalcitrance. The overall goal of the project is to make biofuels and bio-based chemical productions from such novel grasses much cheaper, thereby, increasing their global competitiveness as bio-energy ...