The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of North Texas (UNT), a Research 1 (R1) Carnegie classification university with over 49,000 students, invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level in Plant Biology with an emphasis on plant stress responses and/or plant development. Preference will be given to applicants with research interests in the areas of biochemical, molecular, and physiological basis of plant growth, development, and response to the environment, including abiotic and biotic stressors, which would contribute to and collaborate with our growing group of plant researchers and relate well with other ongoing research at UNT. The successful candidate will be expected to obtain external funding to support a vibrant research program in their discipline, engage in mentoring undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and effectively teach undergraduate courses in subjects such as Plant Biology, Plant Stress Physiology, Biochemistry, or Molecular Biology, and graduate level courses in their area of expertise. They will interact with diverse faculty, staff, and students within and between departments, including members from the Advanced Environmental Research Institute (AERI: http://aeri.unt.edu) and the BioDiscovery Institute (BDI: http://bdi.unt.edu), contributing to a strong tradition of interdisciplinary and collaborative research. In addition to this position in Plant Biology, the Department of Biological Sciences at UNT is growing its faculty with new searches in Computational Biochemistry/Biology and Cancer Biology, which complement recent hires in Biochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Cell Biology, Systems Biology, Microbiology, Neurobiology, Endocrinology, and Invertebrate Biology.
The successful candidate will have earned a doctoral degree in Biology, Biochemistry or related field, with postdoctoral experience in Plant Biology. Preference will be given to applicants with 1) at least three-years postdoctoral experience in the field of Plant Biology or Plant Sciences; 2) a proven record or potential to obtain external funding to support an active research program; 3) a growing record of scholarship and publication in higher tier journals appropriate to the applicants' field of study; and 4) a record demonstrating the potential for excellence in undergraduate and graduate teaching among a diverse student population.
Please visit the UNT posting to apply online for this position here. Review of applicants will begin on 12/16/24. For questions, contact Dr. Ana Paula Alonso (Anapaula.Alonso@unt.edu), search committee chair.
UNT is a Hispanic-serving and Minority-serving public research university enrolling over 49,000 students across our system and awarding nearly 12,000 degrees each year. The UNT System is growing rapidly along with the Dallas and Fort Worth regional area. The Department of Biological Sciences, one of four departments in the College of Science, has over 45 faculty, 160 graduate and 2,800 undergraduate students, and 36 postdoctoral fellows and research scientists. Our faculty is a community of scholars dedicated to research and teaching in Ecology, Environmental Science, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Physiology, Neuroscience, Plant Biology, and Organismal-environment interactions. We offer Bachelor’s degrees in Biology, Biochemistry, Ecology for Environmental Science, Medical Laboratory Science, and Forensic Science, and Master's and PhD degrees in Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. We measure our success by the successes of our students and the quality of our intellectual contributions to society.
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