CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Engineering High Value Protein in Chickpea

• Do you have a PhD in carbon partitioning with a preference in plant reserve protein or carbohydrate metabolism?
• Be involved in ground-breaking research on plant-based protein
• Join a multi-disciplinary team for this exciting postdoctoral opportunity

CSIRO Early Research Career (CERC) Postdoctoral Fellowships provide opportunities to scientists and engineers who have completed their doctorate and have less than three years of relevant postdoctoral work experience. These fellowships aim to develop the next generation of future leaders of the innovation system.

We are thrilled to be able to deliver on the commitment we made in our strategy to invest in frontier science with the new CSIRO Agriculture & Food Winanga-y Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme. The word Winanga-y (pronounced win-na-gnay) is a cultural asset gifted by the Gomeroi Nation in Myall Vale to CSIRO's Agriculture and Food Business Unit to name the new Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme. Winanga-y means to understand, know, remember, and think. 

This project seeks to break new ground by exploiting the communication between carbohydrate, oil, and protein biosynthesis in chickpea, with a vision of creating radically redesigned high-protein pulses to meet burgeoning global demand for plant-based protein.