Faculty position available: Assistant Professor of Aquatic Ecosystem Management
A 9-month, tenure track, assistant professor faculty position is available in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries at Mississippi State University. Candidate must possess an earned doctorate in natural resources management, water management, landscape or aquatic ecology, limnology, or a related discipline with emphasis in water quality management in aquatic systems. This position is 72% research and 28% teaching. The research program will be devoted to aquatic ecosystem management potentially including processes occurring at agricultural land-water interfaces, assessments and improvements of the biotic integrity of aquatic ecosystems, habitat management for fish, and invasive species ecology and management. The candidate will be expected to develop a productive, collaborative research program that is principally funded through extramural sources. Teaching assignments includes 2 undergraduate course(s) that focus on the principles and management of physicochemical aspects of water quality in rivers, lakes, and wetlands; the successful applicant may also develop one graduate course in an area of expertise. Review of applicants will begin July 1, 2008 and continue until suitable applicant is identified. Salary is commensurate with experience. Contact Bruce D. Leopold, Aquatic Ecosystem Management Search and Screening Committee, Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, Box 9690, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762. (662) 325-3830. E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mississippi State University is an AA/EOE.
