Assistant Professor - AI for Agriculture and Natural Resources

The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Maryland is making a cluster hire of tenure-track Assistant Professors (60% research, 40% teaching) who use AI and machine learning to improve decision-making in agriculture, agroecology and natural resources. Appointees join Animal and Avian Sciences, Environmental Science and Technology, Veterinary Medicine, Nutrition and Food Science, or Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, with possible joint appointment in the AI Interdisciplinary Institute @ Maryland.

Research areas include AI for health outcomes of humans, plants, animals and the environment; AI-enabled surveillance and remote sensing for risk assessment; food nutrition and safety; precision agriculture; gene discovery, programmed gene expression and de novo protein design for stress and pathogen resistance; and communication, policy, green-infrastructure planning and governance across plant, animal and environmental systems.

PhD in animal, agricultural, environmental, nutrition and food, veterinary, data, computer or plant science, biology, genetics, horticulture, agronomy, plant pathology or related areas; demonstrated experience developing and applying AI, ML or data analytics in these areas; peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations; potential to build a funded, high-impact programme. Application: cover letter naming the best-fit tenure home, CV, research statement, teaching and mentoring statement, published works using AI/ML, and three references.