Tenure-Track: Assistant Professor, Artificial Intelligence for Horticultural Crop Systems

The Department of Horticultural Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University invites applications for a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Horticultural Crop Systems. This position is part of a four-position cluster hire in AI in Agriculture in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences aimed at building new research capacity and supporting the development of an undergraduate minor in AI-Enabled Agricultural Systems to prepare students for a rapidly expanding ag-tech workforce.

Within this cluster, the Horticultural Sciences position focuses on applying artificial intelligence to address core biological and production challenges in horticultural crops, including but not limited to variable environments, crop load balance, water use, and disease pressure. The position is grounded in plant biology, with an emphasis on understanding and modeling plant growth, yield, quality, and s...