Professor of Ecology at Lincoln University, New Zealand The position of Professor in Ecology is a newly established Chair at Lincoln University. As a member of the permanent academic staff of the University, the appointee will be formally aligned to the Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences for all academic responsibilities related to teaching, postgraduate supervision and research. The Department of Ecology of Lincoln University has a focus on terrestrial ecology and conservation, with strengths in community ecology, wildlife management, entomology, molecular ecology, behavioural ecology, and agro-ecology. The chair is based in the Ecology Department which is vibrant and young and consists of 14 academic and 14 support staff. The appointee will be the Head of the Department of Ecology providing leadership and strategic guidance.
The successful appointee must have: * A PhD in an ecological discipline. * A commitment to leadership in research and teaching and the capacity and vision to develop an energetic academic group, including fostering research activity among staff and students, and developing multi-disciplinary research teams; * A proven record of high achievement in research in ecology as it relates to terrestrial ecology and/or conservation biology. * A distinguished publication record; * A strong record in graduate student supervision; * The ability to establish strong rapport with stakeholder groups, particularly those national and regional government agencies, professional bodies, industry and other associated external organisations who are concerned with ecology A multi-disciplinary understanding of Ecology is an advantage. Start date for this position is negotiable. Informal enquiries may be made to the Ecology Department, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Head of Department, Dr Adrian Paterson email: [email protected]<http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/forms/form_contact.asp?attn=Adrian.Paterson*lincoln.ac.nz&e=Adrian.Paterson> or Dr Bruce A. McKenzie Dean (acting) Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, email: [email protected]<http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/forms/form_contact.asp?attn=Bruce.McKenzie*lincoln.ac.nz&e=Bruce.McKenzie>. Applications should be received by 4 pm on Tuesday 31 March 2009. More details and online application can be found at: http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/section269.html University website: http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hannah Buckley, Ph.D. Department of Ecology P.O. Box 84 Lincoln University New Zealand Phone: +64-3-321-8433 Fax: +64-3-325-3845 Office: Burns 523 Webpage: http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/story910.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------
