Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Systems Biology @UCRiverside, #FirstGen Academic, evolution of host-parasite interactions: plants, nematodes, and insects
Riverside, CA
Joined August 2016
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Hi everyone, I am very excited to share that I will join the amazing @UCRiverside @UCRCNAS community as assistant professor of Evolutionary Systems Biology in the Department of Nematology!! My lab will open in July 2021, and will start recruiting post-docs and students soon. 1/4
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🎓Ph.D. position available
The Thompson Lab in the Department of Entomology at UC Riverside is recruiting Ph.D. students interested in the chemical ecology of plant-insect interactions.
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In Memoriam: Meng Chen, Professor of Botany and Plant Sciences cnas.ucr.edu/news/2026/09/15… - our desr colleague, you will be always in our heart Meng - 🌙
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Two faculty searches at Berkeley Plant & Microbial Bio @PMB_Berkeley Submit applications by Sept 30
Plant Responses to Environmental Changes aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05…
Plant-Microbe Communities aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05…
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I am recruiting a postdoc to join my lab at UC Riverside to study anterograde signaling and chloroplast biogenesis in Arabidopsis.
The project focuses on how nuclear light signaling regulates plastid transcription and chloroplast biogenesis.
Info: arabidopsis.org/news/jobs/vi…
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📢 The next @MPMIjournal Focus Issue is now open for submissions: "Plant Immune Receptors in the Spotlight" 🌱🔬
Edited by @sardineboy_DING @ClemMarchal @MariSchuster @WilsonLab and yours truly!
Deadline: Oct 31, 2026 Submit your best work! 👇 apsjournals.apsnet.org/mpmir…
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Nematodes are found everywhere—soil, oceans 🌊, plants 🍃, and animals 🐶. If Earth had a landlord, nematodes 🪱 would be the tenants, and we’d be the odd roommates who believe we’re in charge. DG-V
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The Coruzzi Lab @ NYU is hiring a Postdoc in systems biology! 🌱 Work on gene regulatory networks in plants using ML + high-throughput validation. Key Words: nitrogen use efficiency, key transcription factors, and translational crop impact.
apply.interfolio.com/181405
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Postdoctoral Opportunity. We are seeking one or more NIH/NIGMS funded postdoctoral researchers to work on host–nematode interactions.
Deadline: Feb 28, 2026
Start: Flexible (Summer–Fall 2026)
More details here: nemaplant.org/join-the-lab/
Apply by emailing [email protected]
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We are looking for new colleagues!
🚨Faculty Position Open🚨
👩🔬Principal Investigator/Faculty Member (Women only) @uga_langebio at @cinvestav is seeking outstanding women scientists to join its academic team.
📅 Priority given to applications received before November 1, 2025.
#20AñosUGA #OrgulloCinvestav
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Very interesting postdoc position in WUR in the Netherlands: please RT !
wur.nl/en/vacancy/post-doc-o…
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My department is hiring a fungal biologist! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01990 #jobs #AcademicTwitter #fungi #mushrooms
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Reminder to send your application for this position as an assistant professor in Plant Resilience and Food Security in the Botany Dept. at UBC! Join us and do great science in beautiful #Vancouver! #academicjobs #plantscience #UBC
Do you want to be Botany's next Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Plant Resilience for Food Security?
Check out this Assistant Professor opportunity here academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j….
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Postdocs (@plantpostdocs) and early career scientists interested in conducting tomato genetics research and participating in serving the greater tomato genetics community through this historical resource center (tgrc.ucdavis.edu/) should apply! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06784
The UC Davis plant community is recruiting for a new head of the Charles M. Rick Tomato Genetic Resource center. This position is a cornerstone of the tomato and Solanaceae community and provides some really cool research and teaching opportunities. recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06784
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🚨🚨🚨last day to apply is tomorrow!
Tenure-track jobs at NYU Biology!! We're going to hire two new assistant professors working in ecological and evolutionary genetics and genomics. Come be my colleague! apply.interfolio.com/155792
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My department is seeking an Assistant Professor of Plant Systems Biology or Biotechnology. We'll start reviewing applications in about a month. Come join a fantastic group of colleagues!
aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02016
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I'm so excited to announce that my department is now hiring TWO ECOLOGISTS at the Assistant Professor Level.
We will be really excited to substantially expand research in ecology in our EEOB Department at UCR.
Please RT
aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01983
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My department has two open Asst. Prof searches:
Plant Systems Biology or Biotechnology (aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02016)
and Translational Plant Sciences (aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02015).
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Hi all, my lab at UC Riverside is recruiting PhD students for Fall 2025! These positions will be fully funded and include NIH-funded projects on recombination rate evolution and chromosomal inversions. Get in touch with me at [email protected], and please RT!
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Now Hiring: Assistant Professor in Chemical Ecology and Behavior of Insects | University of California Riverside: Riverside, California | joburl.ws/20726418 #jobs
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UC Davis is hiring Assistant Professor of Plant Genetics and Director of the Tomato Genetics Resource Center.
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06784