Director of the UT-Austin Plant Resources Center

The University of Texas at Austin • Austin, TX

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About The Position

The Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin seeks to fill a faculty position at the Full Professor rank to serve as the Director of the Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center (PRC). The PRC has a world-class plant collection of 1.1 million specimens in two herbaria, TEX and LL( https://biodiversity.utexas.edu/collections/plants ) and is a part of the Biodiversity Center ( https://biodiversity.utexas.edu ) within the Department of Integrative Biology . The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate exemplary leadership of the PRC in biodiversity programming. The PRC has three fulltime staff and several large endowments that secure its future funding. The PRC also has two endowed faculty positions in systematic botany and eligible candidates will be nominated to be the holder of the Sidney F. and Doris Blake Centennial Professorship in Systematic Botany. We prefer candidates with an outstanding record of research that demonstrates innovation in addressing fundamental questions in biodiversity and evolution of plants. Applicants should have a demonstrated successful career, including influential publications, extramural research funding, and a commitment to excellent teaching. We are particularly interested in candidates whose research, teaching and graduate student/postdoctoral training programs actively engage with our plant collections and leverage the opportunities offered by our associated field stations ( https://biodiversity.utexas.edu/field-stations-page ) .

Requirements

• Outstanding record of research that demonstrates innovation in addressing fundamental questions in biodiversity and evolution of plants.
• Demonstrated successful career, including influential publications, extramural research funding, and a commitment to excellent teaching.

Nice To Haves

• Research, teaching and graduate student/postdoctoral training programs actively engage with our plant collections and leverage the opportunities offered by our associated field stations

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate exemplary leadership of the PRC in biodiversity programming.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees