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Assistant or Associate Professor of Regional and Global Vegetable Improvement - Plant Breeding and Genetics Section - School of Integrative Plant Science

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Position: Assistant/Associate Professor (60% Research /40% Extension); tenure track, academic year appointment (9-month)

Start Date: July 1, 2023, or as negotiated

Location: School of Integrative Plant Science, Plant Breeding and Genetics Section, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Qualifications: Ph.D. in Plant Breeding, Plant Genetics, Plant Biology or related disciplines. Well-qualified applicants are expected to have a demonstrated record of publication excellence. Preferred qualifications include postdoctoral experience, communication and collaboration across a variety of audiences, and the ability to contribute to a culture of inclusive excellence through leadership and delivery of inclusive research and extension programs.

Salary and Benefits: A highly competitive salary, generous benefits package, and support for start-up research costs are provided, commensurate with experience.

Who We Are: The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is a pioneer of purpose-driven science and home to Cornell University's second largest population of students, faculty, and staff. We work across disciplines to tackle the challenges of our time through world-renowned research, education, and outreach. The questions we probe and the answers we seek focus on three overlapping concerns: natural and human systems; food, energy, and environmental resources; and social, physical, and economic well-being.

The School of Integrative Plant Science includes faculty with abundant collaborations and active teaching, research, and extension programs, and provides a unifying framework for specialists in Horticulture, Plant Biology, Plant Breeding & Genetics, Plant Pathology & Plant-Microbe Biology, and Soil & Crop Sciences. We are increasingly connected by urgent challenges and revolutionary tools relevant to all plant scientists. In SIPS we take pride in the ways in which our Land-grant mission calls us to address the needs of diverse stakeholders as well as our long tradition of international engagement.

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