True to its land-grant roots that revolutionized higher education, MSU is committed to training the next generation of plant science leaders, with many research opportunities for both undergraduate and graduate students, and post-doctoral researchers. As home to one of the largest communities of plant science faculty in the world, with research spanning from the molecular level to global ecosystems, MSU has the scientific expertise to lead large-scale collaborative research necessary to address the complex and pressing needs of today and into the future.
Faculty Hiring Initiative
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.
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Featured Position
Plant Resilience Institute
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor
Application review begins: October 15, 2025
The Plant Resilience Institute (PRI) at Michigan State University invites applications for multiple tenure-stream faculty positions at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level. the PRI is seeking creative, collaborative researchers using innovative laboratory, computational, and/or field-based approaches to investigate plant responses to environmental challenges. Applications are encouraged from individuals studying any aspect of plant resilience across any scales, using model, non-model, or crop species. Research areas of interest include but are not limited to abiotic and biotic stress responses; plant-environment interactions; genotype-by-environment dynamics; and systems, synthetic biology, and other functional or AI approaches that advance our understanding of plant adaptation and productivity under changing environments. Consideration will be given to applicants whose research complements and expands PRI’s strengths in hormones and small metabolites, plant-microbe and plant-insect interactions, and molecular mechanisms of stress tolerance and adaptation.
For more information, see posting #1077304 on careers.msu.edu
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