Faculty Positions in Quantitative Biology
Michigan State University
The interdisciplinary graduate program in Ecology, Evolutionary
Biology & Behavior (EEBB) at
Michigan State University (MSU) is seeking applications for two
tenure-track Assistant
Professor faculty positions in the quantitative biology of organisms
and/or populations.
Successful applicants will be able to demonstrate expertise and
leadership in the development
and application of quantitative approaches to theory and data that
address fundamental questions
in ecology, evolutionary biology, and/or behavior. They will be
expected to establish externallyfunded
research programs that support graduate training within their
research groups and to
make significant contributions in the domains of both graduate and
undergraduate teaching. A
competitive start-up and compensation package will be offered
according to the applicant's
experience and qualifications. MSU has additional funding
opportunities, as part of an
Excellence Hiring Initiative, to recruit exceptional candidates at
the Associate and Full Professor
levels.
With 136 graduate students and over 100 participating faculty, EEBB
at MSU is one of the most
successful graduate training programs in the world. The EEBB core
curriculum trains students in
effective application of key theoretical, mathematical, computational
and statistical modeling
tools used by ecologists, evolutionary biologists and behavioral
biologists. Successful applicants
will contribute to teaching in the EEBB core curriculum, including
the possibility of new courses
in their areas of expertise. Depending upon research interests and
programmatic fit, the
successful applicants will have their tenure home in one of the
following academic departments:
Plant Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Zoology. Both
new faculty members
will have the opportunity to participate in the NSF-funded BEACON
Center for the Study of
Evolution in Action.
MSU is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer, committed
to achieving excellence
through diversity. We actively encourage applications and/or
nominations of women, persons of
color, veterans, persons with disabilities and individuals who can
contribute to the intellectual
diversity and cultural richness at Michigan State University.
Application materials should be submitted to the MSU Applicant Page
(MAP) for faculty
positions (online at https://jobs.msu.edu; posting number 6886) as a
single, concatenated pdf
document that includes: a letter of interest, CV, three
representative publications, a statement of
research accomplishments and goals and a statement of teaching
accomplishments and goals.
The research and teaching statements should highlight the applicant's
approach to achieving
excellence through diversity. Please provide the names of three
potential referees in your cover
letter. Letters of recommendation will be solicited later.
Applications will be accepted until both positions are filled. Review
of applications will begin
on November 12, 2012.
Questions can be addressed to the Search Committee Chair (Tom Getty)
at [email protected] .
