*Job Opening – NCSU Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Public Science, Natural Resources*
As part of the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program, NC State University seeks candidates for a* Professor (open rank) in Natural Resources *to work as part of a new cluster focusing on *Leadership in Public Science* <http://workthatmatters.ncsu.edu/>. The Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program is bringing the best and brightest minds to join NC State University’s interdisciplinary efforts to solve some of the globe’s most significant problems. The aims of the cluster are to conduct research that directly engages the public in science.* For this position we seek a scientist or social scientist with good communication skills who can connect with non-technical audiences by working with citizen scientists and/or by involving new audiences in natural resource topics including forestry, wildlife, conservation, natural resource ecology, environmental policy, and geospatial analytics. *For more information or to apply use this* link* <https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/59010>. See also this *recent article about public science at NCSU* <http://research.ncsu.edu/results/2015/08/the-power-of-public-science/> and this *blog post about the cluster* <http://www.yourwildlife.org/2015/09/job-ad-6-to-100-hires-in-public-science/> . Application review begins 10/23.
