As seen in the 03 February issue of Science:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
UC RIVERSIDE

The Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology invites applications for a 9-month tenure-track faculty position (research and teaching in the Agricultural Experiment Station), emphasizing the invasion and impacts of microbial (such as bacteria, fungi, viruses) pathogen or symbiont species into agricultural or wildland ecosystems. Applicants studying microbes that regulate invasive plants will also be considered. Approaches could include genetics, genomics, population ecology/evolution, biochemical, bioinformatics, ecoinformatics and/or modeling. The successful candidate will join a vibrant community of researchers studying microbe-host and microbe-environment interactions, have opportunities to collaborate with researchers in UC's Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the Center for Conservation Biology, the Center for Invasive Species Research, the Institute for Integrative Genome Biology, and have access to modern campus facilities in genomics, proteomics, microscopy, ecological sensing technologies and field stations and facilities. Consult www.plantpath.ucr.edu for details about the department. Applicants will be expected to pursue vigorous, extramurally-funded research and contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching in Programs in Microbiology, Plant Pathology, or Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics. A Ph.D. and demonstrated excellence in research are required.

E-mail curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching interests, selected reprints, and three letters of reference to: Dr. James Borneman, c/o Tiffany Lindsey, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, University of California, Riverside, California 92521-0415; e-mail: PLPAJobs@ucr.edu. Evaluation of applications will begin February 17, 2012, but the position will remain open until filled. Position will be available July 1, 2012.