[Plsfaculty] Save The Dates: Plant Microbe Interactions Faculty Candidate Interviews

Wed Mar 30 17:06:38 MST 2022

Hi All,

I am excited to announce that the search committee for the Assistant Professor in Plant- Microbe Interactions has identified four excellent finalists who will be visiting in mid-April. Two candidates will be visiting the week of April 11th and the other two, the week of April 18th.  Each candidate will be giving a seminar on their research and future plans on the first day at noon and a discussion of their teaching and DEI philosophy on the second day (Time TBD).  As Matt wrote in his email yesterday, we hope and encourage all SPLS faculty, students, postdocs and other members interested to attend the candidate talks and meet with them.  I will send out a google doc for people to sign up for times to meet the candidates in the next few days.  We will also send out a survey for everyone to provide feedback on the candidates after their visits.  From those comments and the search committee assessments we will report to Dr. Jenks to work towards selecting our future colleague.

After review of 84 applicants and Zoom interviews of 10 finalists, we selected four for on-campus interviews. The interview dates and candidates are:
·         Dr. Morgan Carter (postdoctoral, Univ. Arizona): April 11-12
·         Dr. Alonso Favelo (postdoctoral, Univ. Illinois): April 14-15
·         Dr. Rebecca (Becca) Schomer (postdoctoral, UC Davis): April 18-19
·         Dr. Alexandra (Alex) Weisberg (postdoctoral, Oregon State Univ): April 21-22
If you haven’t seen the ad for this position, the description is below, and the full ad is attached:

The School of Plant Sciences at the University of Arizona seeks applications for an Assistant Professor position (9-month, tenure track) in the broad area of plant-microbe interactions. Applicants with experience using large-scale sequencing, computational methods, molecular and genomic methods, and/or relevant experimental approaches are particularly encouraged to apply, as are those whose research aims are relevant to plant pathology or plant-microbial biology in wild, managed, model systems, or modern agricultural systems. The University of Arizona is an arid lands research institution that offers unique opportunities to study the impact of climate and related biotic stress conditions on plants and the roles that microbes may play in relieving those stresses. The University of Arizona has diverse expertise and resources for program development including the UA CyVerse group, NSF Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems, NSF NRT in Ecosystem Genomics, and the UArizona’s network of agricultural research centers located throughout the state. Applicants are expected to have a proven track record of research productivity and publications in the broadly-defined area of plant-microbe interactions relevant to achieving fundamental, new knowledge and translational outcomes.

Plant Sciences at the University of Arizona is a leading unit in basic and applied plant and microbial science, with faculty engaged in research ranging from sustainable agriculture and ecology to genetics, genomics, and biochemistry. State of the art facilities are available for genomics, bioinformatics, imaging, microscopy, phenomics, greenhouse studies, and related research needs.

I am happy to answer questions or share additional information about the candidates..

A big thanks and shout out to our search committee composed of Betsy Arnold, Dave Baltrus, Mark Beilstein, Judy Brown, Gayatri Vedantam and Glenn Wright.  It was a challenge to review 84 applicants, pare it down to 10 candidates for initial review and then from that excellent group select these four finalists. We are excited to bring them to campus and look forward to recruiting them.

Best,

Marc
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Dr. Marc Orbach
Professor of Plant Pathology & Microbiology
School of Plant Sciences
P.O. Box 210036
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ  85721-0036

Phone:  (520) 621-3764
FAX:   520-621-7186
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