Applications are invited for a tenure-track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in the Department of Biological Sciences. We seek an evolutionary and/or population ecologist working in microbial ecology, and who conducts hypothesis-driven research using molecular methods and/or genomics.
The successful applicant will establish a research program at Fordhams biological field station, the Louis Calder Center, and can participate in our Center for Urban Ecology (CUE). There are also opportunities to collaborate with scientists at the New York Botanical Garden, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the American Museum of Natural History. A commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching and research is required. Assistant Professor candidates must demonstrate the potential to use regional resources to develop a rigorous, externally funded research program. Associate Professor candidates must have a proven record of external, peer-reviewed funding and indicate future directions using regional resources. Applicants should email one PDF application file containing a cover letter, curriculum vitae, contact information for three references, teaching and research statements, and three reprints to [email protected]. The cover letter should be addressed to Dr. J.D. Lewis, Chair, Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458. Review of applications will begin November 1st, 2011. Fordham University is an independent, Catholic university in the Jesuit tradition that welcomes applications from men and women of all backgrounds. Fordham is an EOE.
