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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 the position, review the posting on the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences website. 

 

MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory

Assistant / Associate Professor
Application review begins: October 30, 2023

The Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory (PRL) has one tenure-track, twelve-month faculty position available at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. The PRL provides a highly collaborative environment for conducting creative, fundamental research on photosynthetic organisms with long-standing DOE support that coexists with interdisciplinary research aimed broadly at studying photosynthetic organisms. Preference will be given to applicants investigating fundamental questions in photosynthetic organisms in natural or engineered systems, including plants, algae, or photosynthetic bacteria interpreted broadly. For more information about the position, visit careers.msu.edu, posting #897161. For more information about PRL, visit the PRL website.

 

Department of Forestry

Assistant Professor – Silviculture / Applied Forest Ecology
Application due: December 1, 2023

The Department of Forestry invites applications for a full-time, 9-month tenure track Assistant Professor with a 40% research, 30% teaching, 20% Extension and 10% service assignment. Candidates with a focus on silviculture or applied forest ecology focused on managing forests for adaptation to climate and other environmental stresses and for mitigation of climate change, including improved forest health, productivity, hydrology and resilience are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will be expected to develop an internationally recognized research program that informs management of northern forests with a focus on Great Lakes ecosystems and co-creates research questions with natural resource management agencies and landowners, particularly continuing and/or initiating new collaborative research projects with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR). For more information about the position, review the posting on the Department of Forestry website. 

 

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