Assistant or Associate Professor of Quantative Genetics

Full-time (12 month), tenure-accruing position with responsibilities in research (70% - Florida Agricultural Experiment Station) and teaching (30% - College of Agricultural and Life Sciences). The incumbent is expected to develop an independent research program to advance the field of contemporary quantitative genetics, and to successfully collaborate with other faculty. Teaching responsibilities include graduate and undergraduate courses, and supervision of graduate students.

Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Deadline: 2004/01/02

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Full-time (12 month),tenure-accruing position with responsibilities in research (70% -Florida Agricultural Experiment Station) and teaching (30% - College ofAgricultural and Life Sciences). The incumbent is expected to developan independent research program to advance the field of contemporaryquantitative genetics, and to successfully collaborate with otherfaculty. Teaching responsibilities include graduate and undergraduatecourses, and supervision of graduate students.

QUALIFICATIONS: An earned Ph.D., research experience inquantitative genetics and/or population genetics, and a demonstratedability to collaborate with biologists, are required. A strongbackground in theoretical statistics and/or theoretical computationalscience is highly desirable. We seek applicants who are interested ingenetic processes as an integrating theme for forest biology research.

OTHER INFORMATION: This is an opportunity for a person withstrong quantitative skills to partner on some of many potentialprojects ranging from production forestry in the southeastern U.S., toconservation genetics in tropical forests. The SFRC has a successfulgroup of contemporary biologists conducting collaborative, integrativemultidisciplinary research discovering the biological mechanisms thatimpact forest ecosystem dynamics, productivity and sustainability. TheSFRC (www.sfrc.ufl.edu) ishistorically strong in forest biology and collaboration, manifest bycurrent active programs or cooperatives in forest genetics (www.sfrc.ufl.edu/Faculty/Web_Pages/TWhite/CFGRP/ourweb.htm),forest biology (fbrc.ifas.ufl.edu),subtropical agroforestry (cstaf.ifas.ufl.edu),and tropical forestry (www.tropicalforests.ufl.edu).Affiliations with the UF Genetics Institute (www.ufgi.ufl.edu), the School ofNatural Resources and the Environment (snre.ufl.edu),the Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Program (pmcb.ifas.ufl.edu), and theCenter for Latin American Studies (www.latam.ufl.edu)can enrich collaborative opportunities.

Florida has 16 million acres of forest land comprising a diversity ofecosystems. Management of forest lands in Florida poses challenges andopportunities due to its unique flora and fauna, rapid urbanization,international influence and markets, and growing environmentalconcerns. The School, a unit of the University of Floridas Instituteof Food and Agricultural Sciences, is located in Gainesville, aculturally diverse community in north central Florida voted mostlivable in America by Money magazine in 1995.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.Submita letter of application with statements of research and teachinginterests, curriculum vitae, transcripts of academic work, and contactinformation for four (4) references:


The University of Florida is an equal opportunity, equal access,affirmative action employer. The "government in the sunshine" laws ofFlorida require that all documents relating to the search process,including application/nomination and reference, be available for publicinspection.

For more information, visit: ufl_quant_genetics.pdf