Position overview Salary range: The current salary range for this position is $84,100–$132,900 (9-month academic year salary), however, off-scale salary and other components of pay, which would yield compensation that is higher than this range, are offered to meet competitive conditions. Anticipated start: July 1, 2027 Application Window Open date: July 13, 2026 Next review date: Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 at 11:59pm
(Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: Wednesday, Sep 30, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date. Position description The Department of Plant and Microbial Biology in the Rausser College of Natural Resources at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor
faculty position in “Plant Responses to Environmental Changes”. The department is a community of scholars whose research advances knowledge in plant and microbial systems in terms of biochemistry, cell and developmental biology, genetics and genomics, ecology, evolution, and pathogenesis, and their applications to ecosystems, agriculture, bioenergy, biomedicine, and biotechnology. Our undergraduate students have a
choice of vibrant majors that span the disciplines in the department, and we administer top-ranked Ph.D. programs in microbiology and plant biology. Our researchers benefit from having access to extensive greenhouse and field space and opportunities for interactions and collaborations with other biological science departments and units on campus, including the Innovative Genomics Institute, the Energy Biosciences
Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the Food Institute, as well as additional local research centers, including the Plant Gene Expression Center, the Joint Genomics Institute, and the Joint Bioenergy Institute. The department seeks applicants conducting fundamental research to provide knowledge on how plants respond and adapt to environmental changes, including abiotic stress factors (e.g.,
temperature, drought, flooding, salinity) and biotic interactions (e.g., pathogenic and symbiotic microbial interactions, insects, parasitic plants, etc.). The candidate’s research will be expected to integrate a broad spectrum of cutting-edge genetic, genomic, physiological, quantitative analysis and modeling, systems biology, and/or synthetic biology approaches. Applicants should also have strong interests in
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