Back to Listings Tenured/Tenure-Track: Assistant or Associate Professor of Livestock Entomology/Acarology Entomology Location College Station, TX Open Date 10/22/2025 Position ID 170941 Description The Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University invites applicants for one full-time, tenure-track or tenured position with a nine-month academic appointment specializing in
Livestock Entomology, located on the Texas A&M campus in College Station, TX. Candidates should have a strong record of scholarly achievement, including peer-reviewed journal publications, demonstrated success in securing grants, or a strong potential to secure extramural funding. This position has duties in Research, Teaching, and Service with approximately a 60%, 30%, and 10% distribution of effort, respectively.
However, the appointment may change in accordance with Departmental needs. The anticipated start date is August 01, 2026. For individuals holding tenure at another university, consideration will be given for tenure-on-hire at Texas A&M University. Applicants will be consider at the level of Assistant Professor of Associate Professor. The incumbent faculty member will have primary responsibility for developing an
internationally recognized and extramurally funded research program in livestock entomology with required activities in acarology that elucidates new discoveries and methodologies that have significant positive impacts on the scientific discipline with the ultimate goal of providing novel control methods for livestock pests and the pathogens they transmit. Secondarily, the successful candidate may develop research
programs in support of topics related to medical and wildlife pests and field crop mite pest management. The incumbent will be expected to develop strong ties with other faculty at Texas A&M, particularly with colleagues in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, at other institutions of higher education in Texas, USDA laboratories working on flies, ticks and tick-borne diseases, and various state
agencies and commissions who are tasked with monitoring these pests and their associated diseases. The individual selected is expected to work closely with faculty colleagues in Texas A&M AgriLife Extension who have statewide responsibilities regarding livestock insects and other arthropods. This close affiliation with AgriLife Extension and AgriLife Research faculty in Entomology and with faculty in allied
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