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University of Texas at Austin lists this Open Rank Search in Plant Evolution and Director of the UT-Austin Plant Resources Center opportunity in austin, Texas. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
The Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin seeks to fill an
open rank faculty position to serve as the Director of the Billie L. Turner Plant Resources
Center (PRC). Tenured applicants are preferred, but assistant professors with several years
in rank will also be considered.
The PRC has a world-class plant collection of 1.1 million specimens in two herbaria, TEX
and LL ( and is a part of the Biodiversity
Center ( within the Department of Integrative Biology. The
successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate exemplary leadership of the PRC in
biodiversity programming. The PRC has three fulltime staff and several large endowments
that secure its future funding. Eligible candidates, depending on rank, will be nominated to be
the holder or fellow of the Sidney F. and Doris Blake Centennial Professorship in Systematic
Botany.
We prefer candidates with an outstanding record of research that demonstrates innovation
in addressing fundamental questions in biodiversity and evolution of plants. Applicants
should have a demonstrated successful career, including influential publications,
extramural research funding, a commitment to excellent teaching, and experience in
herbarium administration and/or collections-based research. We are particularly
interested in candidates whose research, teaching and graduate student/postdoctoral
training programs actively engage with our plant collections and leverage the
opportunities offered by our associated field stations (
The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
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