Teaching duties will include a course in Introductory Plant Pathology, Diseases of Field Crops, and an additional course suited to the background of the individual. The individual will be required to advise undergraduate and graduate students. Service will be directed to Illinois agriculture and the general public. A Ph.D. in plant pathology or related field, by date of hire, with the capability to communicate effectively with the Illinois farming community is required. To qualify for consideration at the Associate Professor level, the individual must have demonstrated sustained grantsmanship, management of a successful research program, sufficient publication in peer-reviewed journals, and the have the ability to teach courses in the discipline.
Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Graduate students being sought We are determining the responses of the larvae of the Greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella to micro-organisms. Dedicated and reliable graduated students are beiing sought for two projects. The candidate will identify enzymes discharged from hemocytes in response to bacterial antigens. The influence of apolipophorin-III on these activities will be determined. The candidate will establish the influence of bacterial antigens and apolipophorin-III on signal transduction in hemocytes.