CareerPlan

Assistant/Associate Professor - Agricultural Insect Spatial and Community Ecology

Auburn University, ALFull-time2026-10-12 → 2026-11-10
No visa sponsorship

Core

Lead a research program on how insect populations and communities respond to environmental and landscape factors in southern row crop agroecosystems, while co-instructing graduate and undergraduate courses in insect ecology and IPM.

Role type

Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure-track)

Builds

Hypothesis-driven, quantitative studies linking insect populations to landscape-scale ecological processes in field and pasture cropping systems.

Domain

Agriculture + Ecology (Spatial and Community Ecology)

Required skills

Quantitative ecological modeling, GIS, Spatial statistics modeling, Remote sensing, Network analysis, Omics approaches, Graduate student mentorship, Grant writing

Preferred skills

Interdisciplinary collaboration, Conceptual thinking across spatial scales, Publication record in high-impact journals

Technologies

GIS, Remote sensing, Network analysis, Omics approaches

Responsibilities

Lead nationally recognized research program; secure extramural funding; publish technical articles; co-instruct graduate and undergraduate courses; mentor graduate students; serve on advisory committees.

Seniority

Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure-track)