The Department of Molecular Biosciences at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a (9-months) tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. Mid-career candidates at the early-stage Associate Professor level are also considered. We seek a visionary plant biologist who investigates the fundamental, mechanistic insight into plant-interkingdom, plant-environment interactions, and/or plant immunity with a ultimate goal of enhancing plant growth, health, and resilience. Specific research topics may include (but not limited to): molecular mechanisms of plant interactions with beneficial or pathogenic microbes, reprogramming host plant development by insects and/or microbes, environmental modulation of plant growth-defense interface, plant immune receptors