The Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology at the University of California Riverside invites applicants for an Assistant Professor position in Disease Modeling for Agriculture and the Environment with a focus ranging from modeling diseases in agriculture to environmental issues in natural ecosystems. Infectious diseases of plants (viral, bacterial, fungal, oomycete, nematode) and their vectors pose major threats to agricultural productivity, socio-economic development, and the ecological integrity of natural environments. There are widespread concerns that social and natural disasters caused by plant diseases may increase with climate change and other human activities. Computer modeling offers an opportunity to address t