Assistant or Associate Professor Space Biology / Astrobiology

About the role

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is creating an environment that affirms community across all dimensions. This is a 9-month tenure-accruing position that will be 30% teaching (College of Agricultural and Life Sciences) and 70% research available in the Microbiology and Cell Science Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (Space Life Sciences Laboratory, Merritt Island FL).

Responsibilities

• Teach a 3-credit course in space life sciences to students at the undergraduate and graduate levels annually
• Train PhD students
• Contribute to the graduate curriculum
• Assist with curriculum development for new BS, MS, and PhD programs in space sciences
• Conduct research related to space biology, space biomanufacturing, and astrobiology
• Seek contract and grant funding actively to support their program
• Engage in extension activities in their program area
• 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 activities related to teaching and advising

Requirements

• Hold a doctorate (foreign equivalent acceptable) in the life sciences with a strong background and experience in any aspect of space biology and/or astrobiology
• Demonstrated skills in verbal/written communication and procurement of extramural funding
• Supportive of the mission of the Land-Grant system
• Commitment to UF core values
• Experience in publishing peer-reviewed papers as first authors is essential

Qualifications

• Doctorate (foreign equivalent acceptable)
• Strong background and experience in space biology and/or astrobiology
• Skills in verbal/written communication and procurement of extramural funding
• Supportive of the mission of the Land-Grant system
• Commitment to UF core values
• Experience in publishing peer-reviewed papers as first authors

Preferred

• Postdoctoral experience
• Successful grantsmanship

Benefits

N/A

Pay

Commensurate with Education and Experience

Schedule

N/A

Benefits

N/A

Skills

• Verbal/Written Communication
• Procurement of Extramural Funding
• Curriculum Development
• Research in Space Biology and Astrobiology
• Grant Writing
• Teaching Undergraduate and Graduate Courses
• Mentoring Students
• Participating in Curriculum Revision and Enhancement
• Seeking Funding for Teaching Programs
• Supervising Undergraduate and Graduate Research and Creative Work
• Producing Learning Tools
• Engaging in Professional Development Activities Related to Teaching and Advising