SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Department of Geography PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY: LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY
The Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University invites applications for a tenure track faculty appointment in landscape ecology/biogeography. We seek a scientist with interests in ecological/biogeographical processes and patterns, and modeling such processes and patterns across a range of landscape scales from local to global, including the role of human-environment interactions. Links to other branches of physical geography/earth system science are desirable. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor and will ideally begin September 1, 2010.
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public university in British Columbia, Canada with three campuses in Metro Vancouver. The main campus is located atop Burnaby Mountain, with the other campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The Department of Geography is part of the newly created Faculty of Environment. For more information about the department or the University please visit <http://www.sfu.ca/geography>www.sfu.ca/geography.
Applicants must have completed a PhD by the time of appointment and should demonstrate a promise of excellence in research and effectiveness in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels in a Physical Geography Program. Prime teaching responsibilities will be to instruct undergraduate courses in biogeography and landscape ecology in the undergraduate programs of Physical Geography and Environmental Science (which includes a developing applied biological conservation stream) plus related graduate courses, and to provide research direction and graduate supervision in landscape ecology and biogeography. Ability to instruct in other undergraduate courses in the Physical Geography Program is an asset. The appointee will be responsible for establishing an externally funded research program in landscape ecology/biogeography.
Applications should include a curriculum vitae, a statement of teaching and research interests and career goals, and samples of publications. Please send applications by mail or email to Roger Hayter, Appointments Committee Chair, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6, or [email protected]. Candidates need to arrange for three confidential letters of reference to be sent to the Committee Chair under separate cover. Review of applications will commence May 1, 2010.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. However, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Simon Fraser University is committed to employment equity and encourages applications from all qualified women and men, including visible minorities, aboriginal people and, persons with disabilities. Please note that this position is contingent upon available funding and is subject to final approval by the Board of Governors.
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