Ph.D. Scholar - Rapid Cycling and Predictive Breeding

Eligibility Criteria:

• Master’s degree in Plant Breeding, Quantitative Genetics, Statistical Genomics, Crop Science, or a closely related field.
  
• Strong interest in predictive breeding, rapid cycling, and applied breeding research.
  
• Ability to analyze data using R and/or Python.
  
• Good writing, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
  
• Ability to work collaboratively with scientists, breeders, and field teams.
  
• Applicant should be enrolled or agree to enroll in a university in Africa, with thesis work in Kiboko, Kenya, and with opportunities to travel to project scope countries ( Ethiopia, Tanzania).
  
• Good command of the English language.