Not Remote

Interest in horticulture, agronomy, or plant breeding and willingness to learn new tasks.

The Goldman lab (https://goldman.horticulture.wisc.edu) is looking for an undergraduate student hourly worker to work with us beginning in late-August and continuing through the school year, with potential for summer employment. Our work involves carrot, onion, and table beet breeding research and development. Our group manages field plots at a number of locations around Wisconsin from late April through late September. Tasks include planting, weeding, assembly of crossing cages, thinning, pollinations, seed production, root harvest, data collection, sample collection, and packing roots for storage. Between September and April, our work moves into the lab and greenhouse. Additional tasks include seed cleaning, data entry, and laboratory work. Students would gain experience in field research and plant breeding.

Some of the field, lab, and greenhouse projects are part of the dissertation research of graduate students and therefore the work would be supervised by the graduate students and carried out by a group of undergraduate and graduate students. While most of the work is done in a team, there are periods where independent work is required. Transportation is provided to all field sites and ability to drive is required. The majority of the work would take place on weekdays. We are looking for a student who would be willing to work 5-10 hours per week during the semester, with the potential opportunity of 20-30 hours per week in the summer break period. Pay is $14/hour. There are potential opportunities for continuation of work and pay increases.

If interested in this opportunity, please contact Audrey Pelikan at alpelikan@wisc.edu. We hope to interview students in early August 2025 with a start date in late August or early September 2025.

May be asked to drive a lab vehicle.

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