POSITION: Post Doctoral Associate - Grassland Ecologist, with the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This position is a non-tenure, 40% teaching/60% research position, renewable annually following satisfactory performance evaluation, and is dependent on available funding. Approximate starting date of the position is December 1, 2008.
RESPONSIBILITIES: The successful candidate will oversee continuing long- term studies on vegetation changes in the Nebraska Sandhills, vegetation changes associated with fire and mowing tallgrass prairie, and succession in Sandhills blowouts. In addition, the successful candidate will assist in re-establishing Penstemon haydenii, an endangered species associated with Sandhills blowouts and evaluation of grazing as a tool to renovate wetlands. The successful candidate will seek funding and initiate ecological research on Nebraska grasslands that will contribute to the strategic plans of the department. Research results are to be published in referred scientific journals and presented at national and local meetings. Teaching duties will include major responsibility for teaching or co- teaching a senior/graduate level grassland sampling techniques course on either an annual or biannual basis, depending on student demand, co- teaching a sophomore level introduction to grassland management course on an annual basis, and organizing the range seminar series. The successful candidate will be expected to interact as a member of an interdisciplinary research team and assist in the activities and education of graduate and undergraduate students. QUALIFICATIONS: Requires a Ph.D. in Ecology, Range Science, Biological Sciences, or a related field. SALARY: Commensurate with qualifications and experience. DEADLINE: October 1, 2008, or until a suitable candidate is identified. APPLICATION: Go to http://employment.unl.edu (requisition # 080641) and complete the faculty/administrative form. Then submit a letter of application, resume, transcripts, and three letters of reference to: Dr. James Stubbendieck University of Nebraska - Lincoln P.O. Box 830915 Lincoln, NE 68583-0915 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (402) 472-1519 or (402) 472-3082
