Job Summary

• The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources seeks candidates with expertise in utilizing AI and machine learning to improve decision-making in agriculture, agroecology, and/or natural resources.
• Successful candidates will have experience/expertise applying AI in big data analytics, sensors, computer vision, robotics, remote sensing, precision agriculture, biological systems, molecular biology, precision nutrition, microbiome, wearable technology for health or performance monitoring, gene discovery, or other relevant technologies to solve current community/agriculture/environmental problems.
• The successful candidate will join a collaborative, interdisciplinary research community at UMD, with opportunities to collaborate with the AI Interdisciplinary Institute @ Maryland (AIM; https://aim.umd.edu/), Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES), and regional stakeholders involved in agricultural and environmental management for rural and urban ecosystems.

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Salary

Base: $95000 - $110000; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: For more information on Regular Faculty benefits, select this link

Skills & Requirements

Key Requirements

• Ph.D. in relevant field
• Demonstrated AI/ML experience
• Scholarly publications
• Potential for funded research
• National/international presentation experience

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