Job Summary: The Postdoctoral Research Associate will conduct research in entomology, insect vector biology, plant virology, and vector-pathogen interactions under the supervision of Dr. Kiran Gadhave in the Gadhave Laboratory ( https://tx.ag/gadhavelab ) at Crop Stress Lab (Texas A&M AgriLife Research), Bushland, TX. Strong hands-on expertise in molecular biology techniques, which may include nucleic acid extraction, cloning, PCR, RT-qPCR/qPCR, sequence analysis, Agrobacterium-mediated infiltration, library preparation, gene-expression analysis, and protein-protein interaction assays.