Job Details

Michigan State University
Assistant/Associate Professor - Tree Fruit Physiology and Resilience
  • Position Number: 6083608
  • Location: East Lansing, MI
  • Position Type: Agriculture - Horticulture & Landscape Architecture

Assistant/Associate Professor - Tree Fruit Physiology and Resilience

The Department of Horticulture (www.hrt.msu.edu) in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University (MSU) invites applications for an Assistant/Associate Professor to establish and lead an internationally recognized, competitively funded, innovative research and outreach program that addresses horticultural and physiological components of resilient and sustainable stone and pome fruit production systems for the Great Lakes region. Potential areas of research pertinent to this position include, but are not limited to, abiotic stress physiology, plant nutrient acquisition, rootstocks, root biology, and/or orchard rhizosphere/soil health. The successful candidate will join a well-established fruit research and extension team that includes horticulturists, physiologists, molecular biologists, geneticists, plant pathologists, entomologists, economists, and agricultural engineers, as well as a network of extension educators across the state. MSU operates five field facilities for tree fruit research in key growing areas of the state as well as an on-campus facility.

The successful candidate will be expected to:

  • Develop research and outreach collaborations with MSU's extensive plant science faculty as well as with extramural peer and interdisciplinary scientists

  • Develop a nationally recognized research program funded by competitive extramural federal, state, industry and intramural granting opportunities

  • Publish in appropriate peer-reviewed journals

  • Advise and mentor graduate students and post-doctoral associate.

  • Serve in a leadership capacity for pertinent cross-disciplinary programs, as well as developing leadership activities in regional, national, and international professional scientific associations

  • Lead- or team-teach plant nutrition, rhizosphere biology, and/or physiology-based graduate and/or undergraduate courses important to MSU's horticultural and other plant science curricula.


Qualifications:


Required:

  • An earned Ph.D. in the field of plant physiology/biology/biochemistry, horticulture, forestry, or other related plant science discipline

  • Demonstrated capacity to conduct independent, original, innovative research

  • Demonstrated record of publishing in peer reviewed journals

  • Demonstrated ability and willingness to work collaboratively, as a team member and in the case of applicants at the Associate professor level, as a leader

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills appropriate for both scientific peers as well as agricultural stakeholder constituencies

  • Familiarity with the issues of climate-driven changes in the development of temperate-zone perennial crop production


To Apply: For a full description and to apply by May 1, 2025, please visit http://careers.msu.edu (job number 1026321).

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