JOB NO:
540688

WORK TYPE:
Tenure-Track Faculty

LOCATION:
Hillsborough

CATEGORIES:
Biology/Life Science, Agricultural Sciences

DEPARTMENT:
60750000 - AG-GCREC - BALM

CLASSIFICATION TITLE:
Ast/Aso Prof

CLASSIFICATION MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
JOB DESCRIPTION:
This is a 9-month tenure-accruing position that will be 70% research (Florida Agricultural Experiment Station) and 30% extension (Florida Cooperative Extension Service), based at the Agricultural AI Institute within the Gulf Coast Research and Education Center (GCREC), Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, at the University of Florida. This assignment may change in accordance with the needs of the unit. Tenure will accrue in the Department of Horticultural Sciences. The faculty member is expected to develop an externally funded research and Extension program in their area of expertise.

The position is part of a cohort of new hires for the GCREC Agricultural AI Institute that will focus on the development, advancement, and deployment of applied artificial intelligence (AI)



in agriculture with an emphasis on automation and efficiency in specialty crop production.

The faculty member will play a key role in technology transfer by collaborating with multidisciplinary faculty, growers, equipment manufacturers, and agricultural technology companies to deploy and evaluate AI-enabled systems. Responsibilities include coordinating field demonstrations, providing technical expertise during implementation, collecting engineering and performance feedback, and supporting the refinement of technologies as they progress toward commercial readiness.

The extension component will include the development of a successful educational program to accelerate commercial adoption and evaluation of AI-based agricultural technologies with the goal of improving the profitability and environmental sustainability of Florida’s fruit and vegetable industry. Examples of extension include workshops with growers, field days, online resou

📌 Assistant/associate Professor: Applied Artificial Intelligence (La Florida)
🏢 University of Florida
📍 La Florida