AssistantAssociate Professor Tenure-track-SIPS- Plant Biology
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Cohort Hire: Empowering Biodiversity for People and Planet
Focus: Plant Biodiversity and Adaptation
School of Integrative Plant Science Cornell University
Position: Assistant/Associate Professor Tenuretrack.
Location: Ithaca NY. The academic home for this position is the School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS) in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences housed on the Ithaca campus of Cornell University.
The School of Integrative Plant Science (SIPS) in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) at Cornell University is seeking a highly collaborative Organismal Plant Biologist to deepen our understanding of how plants including cyanobacteria eukaryotic algae and lichens are able to adapt to rapidly changing environments. Our new colleague will join a Cohort Faculty Hire in Empowering Biodiversity for People and Planet.
Research in the Empowering Biodiversity cohort will be guided by ecological and evolutionary relationships and the documentation of patterns and processes that drive organismal success and decline. The ideal candidate will engage in Plant Biodiversity research that builds on historic and living collections and field research to directly address the biodiversity crisis at global and/or local scales. In addition to this advertised hire the Empowering Biodiversity cohort includes new faculty positions in Population biology and the genomic architecture of species success (Computational Biology) Biodiversity Informatics (Department of Natural Resources and the Environment) Insect Biodiversity and Conservation (Entomology) and the Economics of Biodiversity (Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management) within the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
We are seeking applications for a 9month fulltime tenuretrack position in Plant Biodiversity and Adaptation at the assistant/associate professor level. Global climate change is shifting the Earth toward more extreme environments. We are experiencing more frequent drought floods melting of ice fields and recordbreaking temperatures leading to biodiversity decline across all of earths ecosystems. The diversity of plant life and the evolution of novelty provides a rich resource of biological ecological and evolutionary solutions resulting from organisms confronting and resolving environmental challenges. However we are rapidly losing organismal expertise in many land plants and algal lineages including those adapted to extreme conditions or having evolved successful strategies to rapid climate change. We are seeking a colleague who will leverage plant biodiversity and employ stateoftheart approaches to understand fundamental mechanisms of convergent evolution and adaptation as a means of addressing the biodiversity crisis. The research will enable us to predict when and how species can adapt rapidly in the face of global climate change and promote an understanding of the interface between biological systems and environmental extremes to effect solutions at a local to global scale. The ideal candidate will develop an innovative research and teaching program that addresses plant adaptation at organismal population and/or landscape levels and links fields such as evolutionary genetics and genomics ecological genetics comparative phylogenomics and functional genomics with modelling of macro and/or microevolutionary patterns and processes conservation biology and sustainability science to develop integrative approaches that build and use natural history collections in an extended specimen framework.
An outstanding research scholarship is expected as is excellence in and commitment to teaching translation of knowledge and advising and inclusive mentoring of students. We seek colleagues with an outstanding record demonstrating success and promise across all these areas and who will be supported by and contribute to a vibrant culture of inclusive excellence at Cornell.As such candidates are expected to engage in service and leadership activities within their department the college and university and relevant professional societies. We welcome candidates who understand the barriers facing women and other marginalized identities who are underrepresented in the classroom and in higher education careers (as evidenced by life experiences and educational background) and who have experience in equity and inclusion with respect to teaching mentoring research outreach life experiences or service towards building an equitable and diverse scholarly environment.
Responsibilities:
This position has an effort split of 60 research and 40 teaching.
Teaching 40 The successful candidate will potentially contribute to teaching an undergraduate course in Plant Systematics and have opportunities to develop undergraduate or graduate courses in their area of expertise. In particular we are looking for a faculty member interested in developing field courses that make use of Cornells nature reserve system using inclusive and culturally relevant/placebased pedagogy.
Research 60 Outstanding research scholarship is expected as the successful candidate will lead an internationally recognized research program to leverage plant biodiversity and employ stateoftheart approaches to understand fundamental mechanisms of convergent evolution and adaptation as a means of addressing the biodiversity crisis. Expected to maintain a wellfunded research program. Excellence in and commitment to development of multidisciplinary teambased research and training programs is essential.
Department Affiliation: The successful candidate will be a tenureline faculty member of the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and will be based in the School of Integrative Plant Science with the option to join any of the 5 sections. The new faculty member will also be part of the Biodiversity Initiative at Cornell University (BioICU) as a member of the cohort of faculty hires focusing on Empowering Biodiversity for People and Planet.
Qualifications: The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in Evolutionary or Organismal Biology with a working understanding of botanical diversity. A commitment to research and teaching in the plant science undergraduate major and to the development of multidisciplinary teambased research and training programs is essential.
Applications and Starting Date: The anticipated starting date is Summer 2024 or as negotiated. Qualified applicants should submit 1 a cover letter briefly summarizing background qualifications and interest in the position 2 a Curriculum Vitae 3 a research statement outlining experience interests and goals 4 a teaching statement outlining experience interests and goals 5 a statement of contributions to diversity equity and inclusion outlining how through research extension mentoring and/or service the candidate has and will contribute to support Cornells mission of any person any study 6 copies of four relevant publications 7 names and contact information for three references and 8 unofficial transcripts. Materials should be submitted online to: https://academicjobsonline/ajo/jobs/25644. Applications received by October 25 2023 will be given full consideration. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Inquiries may be directed to:
Search chair: Chelsea Specht
School of Integrative Plant Science
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14850
CALS hiring range for the position is:
Assistant Professor: $79400 $135000
Associate Professor: $97500 $148500
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