Research Assistant/AssociateProfessor

The University of Florida (UF) is embarking on a campus-wide strategic initiative to hire clusters of faculty with expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI), broadly defined. As part of this initiative, the Genetics Institute (UFGI) is seeking qualified applicants for a non-tenure track faculty position focusing on research in the field of transcriptional regulation in neurodegenerative and cognitive disorders applying machine learning and artificial intelligence methods.

This position will be filled at the Assistant or Associate faculty level in the UFG. Ranking is commensurate with education and experience.

The aim of the UFGI is to promote excellence in the areas of genetics and genomics at the University of Florida by: (1) building community, facilitating collaboration and creating opportunities for intellectual exchanges among investigators working in varied taxonomic systems but with a common set of approaches in genetics and genomics, (2) supporting recruitment and retention of outstanding faculty in the areas of genetic and genomics, (3) supporting graduate education in the areas of genetics and genomics and (4) enhancing the ability of researchers at the University of Florida to compete for multidisciplinary research grants in the area of genetics and genomics.

The Genetics Institute welcomed 5 new faculty members from 3 different colleges at UF in 2021. The 195-member faculty of the UFGI now represent seven colleges and 51 academic departments as well as the libraries and the Florida Museum of Natural History. During 2020/2021, UFGI investigators secured $92.2 million in sponsored research support, filed 69 US patents, and published 807 scholarly articles. Their work appeared in a diverse array of prestigious, interdisciplinary journals including Nature, Science, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Nature Medicine, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Reviews Genetics, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

University of Florida is a member of the State University System of Florida and an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit. If an accommodation due to a disability is needed to apply for this position, please call 352/392-2477 or the Florida Relay System at 800/955-8771 (TDD). Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the US. Searches are conducted in accordance with Florida's Sunshine Law.