Associate Professor (Crop Protection or Crop Production)

Hong Kong Baptist University

FACULTY OF SCIENCE

Department of Biology

The Department offers two BSc (Hons) programmes in Applied Biology and in Bioresource and Agricultural Science, and MPhil and PhD degrees in Biological Science, Environmental Science and Agricultural Science. The Department places a strong emphasis on both quality education and scholarly research/services.

The Department is recruiting tenure-track faculty members in the following area:
 
Associate Professor (Crop Protection or Crop Production) (PR0429/18-19)

Applicants should have a PhD degree in biology, agriculture or related fields with postdoctoral training, and a track record of outstanding research publications and teaching credentials. Candidates who use cutting-edge approaches to address plant disease control and/or to apply the knowledge of soil-plant relationship for crop improvement are highly desirable.

The appointees are expected to develop strong externally-funded research programmes, and commit to excellence in teaching for undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

The position is tenure-track with initial appointment on a three-year fixed-term contract. Re-appointment thereafter will be subject to mutual agreement. Tenure is expected to be attained within six years.

Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Application Procedure:

Applicants are invited to submit their applications at the HKBU e-Recruitment System (jobs.hkbu.edu.hk) with samples of publications, preferably three best ones out of their most recent publications/works. Applicants should also request two referees to send in confidential letters of reference, with PR number (stated above) quoted on the letters, to the Personnel Office (Email: recruit@hkbu.edu.hk) direct. Those who are not invited for interview four months after the closing date may consider their applications unsuccessful. All application materials including publication samples, scholarly/creative works will be disposed of after completion of the recruitment exercise. Details of the University’s Personal Information Collection Statement can be found at http://pers.hkbu.edu.hk/pics.  

The University reserves the right not to make an appointment for the post advertised, and the appointment will be made according to the terms and conditions applicable at the time of offer.

Closing date: 2 August 2019