Assistant/Associate Professor - Agricultural Insect Spatial and Community Ecology

Auburn University•Auburn, AL

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Auburn University, College of Agriculture, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology seeks exceptional applicants for the position of Assistant/Associate Professor in Agricultural Insect Spatial and Community Ecology. This is a 9-month tenure-track position with 70% research and 30% instruction responsibilities. The focus is on understanding how insect populations and communities respond to environmental, landscape, and management factors in southern row crop agroecosystems. The successful candidate will lead a nationally recognized research program that advances hypothesis-driven, quantitative studies linking insect populations and communities to landscape-scale ecological processes, with a focus on insects in field and pasture cropping systems. The candidate is expected to foster interdisciplinary research, collaborate with Extension specialists, secure extramural funding, publish technical and referred articles, and address emerging challenges in agroecology. The instructional appointment will support the Entomology graduate and undergraduate curriculums, including co-instruction in graduate-level insect ecology and IPM courses, and an Economic Entomology course. Mentoring graduate students, contributing to their professional development, and serving on advisory committees are expected, as is service to the department, college, and university.

Requirements

An earned doctoral degree in Entomology, Ecology, Agroecology, Population genetics or a related discipline at the time employment begins.
Doctoral or postdoctoral training with demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following areas: agricultural insect spatial ecology, community dynamics, ecological networks, movement ecology, population ecology, or quantitative ecological modeling.
Evidence of teamwork.
Capability to teach undergraduate and graduate level courses.
Eligibility requirements for work in the United States at the time of appointment and to continue working legally for the term of employment.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated ability to connect ecological processes across various spatial scales.
Strong quantitative skills using one or more of the following: GIS, Spatial statistics modeling, Remote sensing, Network analysis, or Omics approaches.
Evidence of conceptual thinking and interdisciplinary collaboration.
A record of publication quality that includes first-author papers, corresponding-author papers, or highly cited papers in well-respected or high-impact journals.
A record of grantsmanship.
A record of graduate student mentorship.

Responsibilities

Lead a nationally recognized research program focused on quantitative studies linking insect populations and communities to landscape-scale ecological processes in southern row crop agroecosystems.
Foster interdisciplinary research and collaborate with Extension specialists.
Secure extramural funding to support programs and summer salary.
Publish technical and referred articles.
Address emerging challenges in agroecology.
Co-instruct a graduate-level insect ecology course.
Co-instruct a graduate and undergraduate IPM course (every other year).
Instruct an Economic Entomology course.
Mentor graduate students and contribute to their professional development.
Serve on graduate student advisory committees.
Provide service to the department, college, and university.