New Faculty Positions

Three new positions are available in the Department of Plant Pathology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) and the interdisciplinary Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI) (http://epi.ufl.edu/) at the University of Florida.  All of these are tenure-accruing positions and will be filled at the Associate or Full Professor level. 

IFAS and EPI are undertaking this recruitment jointly and these new positions will be shared by both institutes. This arrangement will provide the successful candidates with a unique opportunity to develop strong, collaborative, multidisciplinary research programs with investigators from multiple colleges across the University of Florida campus. 

We are looking for dynamic and creative individuals with research interests in plant sciences and whose programs will benefit from collaborations with investigators from multiple disciplines. 

Associate Professor/Professor, Plant Disease Epidemiology

The incumbent will be expected to maintain a successful, extramurally funded research program focusing on the epidemiology of new and existing plant diseases important to Florida and U.S. agriculture. The research emphasis will be on theoretical and applied epidemiology, with opportunities to conduct studies in any of a number of areas and crops. Responsibilities of this position will include 80% research and 20% teaching. More...

Associate Professor/Professor, Molecular Plant-Virus Interactions

The incumbent will be expected to maintain a productive, interdisciplinary, nationally, and internationally recognized program in molecular plant virology with a focus on emerging viruses.   Responsibilities of this position will include 80% research in the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station and 20% teaching in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. More...

Associate Professor/Professor, Plant Disease Ecologist/Pathogen Population Biologist

The incumbent is expected to lead an externally funded, internationally recognized research program focused on the population and evolutionary biology of emerging plant pathogens. The incumbent’s program may include but is not limited to analyses of host and pathogen population structures and co-evolutionary dynamics, retrospective and predictive modeling of population processes and epidemics, development of predictive models for disease occurrence and prevention and evolutionary studies of experimental populations.  Responsibilities of this position will include 80% research in the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station and 20% teaching in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.More...