Plant Science Faculty Hiring Initiative
Pictured from left to right are Phil Robertson, Federica Brandizzi, Bruno Basso, Felicia Wu, and Sue Rhee. Photo credit: University Communications
Overview
Join our community of over 200 plant science faculty, embracing collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches to foundational and applied research. MSU intends to extend its plant science leadership through a five-year recruiting initiative, bringing together new talent and current MSU experts around key research priorities. This broad hiring initiative includes 20-25 new positions across MSU departments, centers, and institutes that span colleges and impact many aspects of plant science and agricultural scholarship. Become a part of a renowned legacy, spanning decades of pioneering contributions to plant science research.
Hiring Areas
Discover unparalleled research opportunities, rooted in excellence.
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Computational, Mathematics, Science & Engineering
- Entomology
- Forestry
- Horticulture
- W.K. Kellogg Biological Station
- Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
- MSU AgBioResearch
- MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory
- Plant Biology
- Plant Resilience Institute
- Plant, Soil & Microbial Sciences
Featured Position
Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Assistant Professor – Dry Bean Breeder
Application due: October 1, 2023
The Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences invites applications for a full-time, 12-month tenure track Assistant Professor with an 85% research, 15% teaching appointment. Research responsibilities will include fundamental and applied research in the area of dry bean breeding and genetics, with a focus on the development of improved varieties of multiple dry bean market classes to improve yield, disease resistance, canning quality, nitrogen use efficiency and abiotic stress resistance. Fundamental research will focus on genomics; molecular, cellular, physiological or population genetics; genetics of disease resistance; or quantitative genetic theory. For more information about this position, review this posting on the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences website.
News
Rhee Receives NSF Grant to Study Plant Metabolism
Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee, Director of the Plant Resilience Institute, is researching the processes underpinning plant metabolism and how the process relates to other areas of plant biology.
MacFarlane Called Upon for Deforestation Expertise
David MacFarlane of the MSU Department of Forestry was invited with a group of entomologists in February 2020 to visit the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico to help examine declining bee populations in a changing forest landscape.
MSU Researchers Connect Over Coral
Robert Quinn and Christoph Benning from the College of Natural Science collaborate on coral bleaching, a heat-induced response to stress where the coral ejects the algae in its tissues causing it to turn white.