Position Announcement: Entomology
RANK: Assistant Professor/Assistant Entomologist or Associate Professor/Associate Entomologist. Appointment level and salary commensurate with experience.
LOCATION: Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, California
POSITION: Arthropod Symbiont Interactions. The Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside, and the Agricultural Experiment Station invite applications for a tenure-track position, 9-month appointment, available July 1, 2014. The position has 25% Instruction and Research and 75% Organized Research in the Agricultural Experiment Station http://cnas.ucr.edu/about/anr/. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. degree in Entomology, Microbiology, Ecology or a related discipline. Post-doctoral experience is preferred. The focus of this position will be on studying interactions between symbionts and their arthropod hosts. Emphasis will be placed on the use of modern techniques to elucidate how these interactions shape the biology, ecology, evolution, and behavior of arthropods and their symbionts. Knowledge derived from these interactions will lead to novel solutions for controlling arthropod pests and the diseases they may transmit. Applied and basic research consistent with the mission of the Agricultural Experiment Station directed toward managing arthropod pests and/or vectors of diseases is encouraged.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Develop an extramurally funded research program to conduct basic and applied research in the broad area of arthropod symbiont interactions. Teaching responsibilities include supervision of graduate students, participation in undergraduate instruction instruction (e.g. entomology, microbiology, ecology, or evolution), as well as a graduate course taught in an area of interest. Interactions with the other research groups in interdepartmental programs are encouraged. Participation in the Institute for Genome Biology, Center for Invasive Species Research and the Center for Conservation Biology
