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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-4c7daa18-7fff-8009-edba-ad7d8b1e334f"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Research Entomologist- Pollination Biology and IPPM</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The USDA Agricultural Research Service is seeking a permanent, full-time Entomologist who will be responsible for a multifaced research program, focusing on </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">critical pollination issues, such as seed production, pollination of rare plants, and improved pollination of fruit and nut crops. Research will develop integrated pest and pollinator management practices in alfalfa seed production to maximize pollination by alkali bees and determine mechanisms underlying interactions among pollinator species in pollination.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  The successful candidate will join the USDA-ARS-PWA Pollinating Insect-Biology, Management, Systematics- Research Unit (PIRU) in Logan, Utah.  The position is advertised at the GS-12 level ($76K starting salary), includes full government benefits, has promotion potential to GS-15 (up to $160K), and is open to all U.S. Citizens and Nationals. Please apply on USAJobs (</span><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usajobs.gov%2F&data=02%7C01%7C%7C040bcd2aaa834205c2f608d7fcd05ff2%7Ced5b36e701ee4ebc867ee03cfa0d4697%7C0%7C0%7C637255844208190061&sdata=0uCaX%2FO9g0WKLQVu2F5M8BjaDZSHv6%2BW%2B5N55%2BxL58A%3D&reserved=0" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.usajobs.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">; Job Announcement Number: </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ARS-D20Y-10865740-JJT</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">). Ad runs from </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">7/24/20 through 8/7/20</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Questions? Please contact Dr. Diana Cox-Foster (</span><a href="mailto:diana.cox-foster@usda.gov" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,255);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">diana.cox-foster@usda.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">).</span></p>



</div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>James H. Cane<br></div>Native bee and pollination ecologist<br></div>Emeritus USDA-ARS Bee Lab, Logan, Utah</div><div dir="ltr"><br>
"Knowledge and comprehension are the joy and justification of humanity"<br> Alexander von Humboldt</div></div></div></div></div></div></div>