Assistant​/Associate Professor - Plant Propagation

Job Details

Job No: 539594

Work Type: Full Time

Location: Santa Rosa

Categories: Biology/Life Science, Agricultural Sciences

Department:  - AG-WFREC-JAY

Classification

Title:

Ast/Aso Prof

Classification

Minimum Requirements:

Candidates for this rank shall hold the highest degree appropriate to their field. A candidate shall be expected to demonstrate successful experience pertinent to the position they are being recommended and have demonstrated qualities relevant to the goals of the academic unit in which they will be employed.

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is creating an environment that affirms community across all dimensions. This is a 12-month tenure-accruing position that will be 60% teaching (College of Agricultural and Life Sciences) and 40% research (Florida Agricultural Experiment Station), available at the West Florida Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Duties include teaching three to four classes per year including Annual & Perennial Gardening, Plant Identification, Plant Propagation, and other courses as needed, delivered in person and online.

The assignment may change to meet unit needs.

The successful candidate will engage in scholarly activities related to instruction, including teaching undergraduate and/or graduate courses, advising and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, participating in curriculum revision and enhancement, seeking funding for the teaching program, supervising undergraduate and graduate research and creative work, publishing teaching-related scholarship, producing learning tools, and engaging in professional development in teaching and advising. Faculty will support CALS Honors Program, distance education, and international education.

Incumbent will manage and maintain plant collections for teaching and research including the Milton Gardens and greenhouse complex.

The faculty member will develop an externally funded research program involving propagation and production strategies to improve establishment of plant species for urban landscapes and ecological restoration. The West Florida Research and Education Center is a multidisciplinary center and leads research in regional ecosystems. Candidates should have the ability and desire to participate in interdisciplinary collaboration with colleagues. The faculty member will actively seek contract and grant funding to support their program.

Tenure will accrue in the Department of Horticultural Sciences.

Because of the IFAS land-grant mission, all faculty are expected to be supportive of and engaged in all three mission areas—Research, Teaching and Extension—regardless of the assignment split specified in the position description.

The University of Florida is a Land-Grant, Sea-Grant, and Space-Grant institution, encompassing virtually all academic and professional disciplines, with an enrollment of more than 56,000 students. UF is a member of The Association of American Universities. The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences includes the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station, the Florida Cooperative Extension Service, the College of Veterinary Medicine, the Florida Sea Grant program, and encompasses 16 on-campus academic departments and schools, 12 Research and Educational Centers (REC) located throughout the state, 6 Research sites/demonstration units administered by RECs or academic departments, and Florida Cooperative Extension Service offices in all 67 counties.

The School of Natural Resources and Environment is an interdisciplinary unit housed in IFAS and managed by several colleges on campus. UF/IFAS employs nearly 4,500 people, which includes approximately 990 salaried faculty and 1,400 permanent support personnel located in Gainesville and throughout the state. IFAS, one of the nation s largest agricultural and natural resources research and education organizations, is administered by a Vice President and four deans: the Dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the Dean for Extension and…