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The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known by its Spanish acronym, CIMMYT®, is a not-for-profit research and training organization with partners in over 100 countries. Please refer to our website for more information: www.cimmyt.org
The position will report to a Quantitative Genetics Specialist within the Breeding Resources Initiative (BRI) quantitative genetics and breeding optimization team and will work with the CIMMYT-Maize breeding program, and the CIAT-Beans breeding programs in Eastern & Southern Africa (ESA).
The successful candidate will lead the development of on-farm sparse testing experimental designs and the development of rapid cycle genomic selection pipelines for hybrid and line crops using stochastic simulation, analysis of field trials, and the assessment of the on-farm selection through the comparison of genotypic performance on the research stations and under farmers’ management.
The position will be either at CIMMYT headquarters in Texcoco, Mexico or at CIMMYT’s offices in Nairobi, Kenya.
Specific duties:
Required qualifications, skills and attitudes:
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