The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Northeast Area, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, is seeking highly qualified candidates for a permanent full-time Research Scientist (Plant Physiologist/Soil Scientist/Agricultural Engineer) for the Adaptive Cropping Systems Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland. Salary range of $94,199.00 – 183,500.00 per year plus benefits. This position affords the opportunity to interact with a highly experienced and diverse multi-disciplinary team to evaluate crop responses to climate change and develop adaptation strategies and decision support systems; investigate and quantify bio-physical interactions within the soil-plant-atmosphere system with respect agricultural system