Assistant Professor of Insect Biology

The Department of Entomology and Nematology at the University of California, Davis is recruiting a tenure track, Assistant Professor in Insect Biology.

Applications are encouraged from candidates with a strong background in any current or emerging area in Insect Biology. We define Insect Biology in the broadest sense.

The candidate is expected to develop an independent, productive and competitively funded research program in areas such as but not limited to any of the following: insect systematics; physiology and development; insect behavior; neurobiology or neuroethology; insect molecular biology and biochemistry; insect vectors of plant and animal diseases including human diseases; population and/or community ecology of insects; chemical ecology of insect-plant interactions; insect microbiome; invasion biology; agricultural entomology, and insect genetics and genomics.

The appointee will be responsible for teaching at the undergraduate level in courses supporting the Entomology major and Animal Biology major and at the graduate program in Entomology.

Applications should be submitted by December 1, 2023 at: https://apptrkr.com/4573466 (full position announcement at this site)