Colorado State University – Fort Collins, Colorado POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT – Assistant Professor in Spatial Ecology
POSITION: Assistant Professor. LOCATION: Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA APPOINTMENT: Nine-month, tenure-track, academic faculty QUALIFICATIONS: Required: Ph.D. in Ecology, Wildlife Biology, Conservation Biology, Geography, or closely related field; minimum rank of assistant professor. Demonstrated research focus on spatial/landscape ecology involving fish and/or wildlife as well as experience in spatial data management, display, and analysis. Highly Desirable: 1) Excellence in spatially-explicit ecological research as evidenced by a strong record of research and publication in high impact scientific journals, 2) research focus that addresses both applied and theoretical aspects of spatial/landscape ecology pertaining to fish and/or wildlife using a breadth of approaches; 3) university teaching experience; 4) experience working collaboratively and across disciplines at local, regional, and global scales. 5.) a strong commitment to enhancing diversity and inclusion in fish, wildlife, and conservation biology fields. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 1) Establish an internationally recognized program of externally funded research and scholarly activity, including support for graduate students and involvement of undergraduate students; 2) teach two courses per year, one of which will be focused at the junior/senior undergraduate student level on a topic such as spatial/landscape ecology; 3) participate in professional and university service and outreach activities. SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFITS: Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Sick leave, group health, life, dental, disability, and retirement benefits are per University policy. APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Application materials include: 1) a letter of application with a statement of teaching philosophy and research interests; 2) curriculum vitae; 3) PDFs of three representative publications; 4) graduate transcripts; and 5) the names and contact information for 3-5 professional references. All application materials should be submitted electronically in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format to: http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/employment-opportunities.html For questions contact: Dr. Mevin Hooten, Search Committee Chair. [email protected], 970-491-1415. DEADLINE: Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. However, to guarantee full consideration by the search committee, all materials must be received by the application review deadline of Nov. 16, 2018. Preferred start date is August 2019. ACADEMIC AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES: Colorado State University is a land grant institution with an enrollment of approximately 31,000 students. It is located in Fort Collins, Colorado (http://www.fcgov.com/visitor/), an attractive and dynamic community of 159,000 residents at the base of the Rocky Mountains. Fort Collins has been named one of the most desirable places to live by a variety of organizations. The region is home to a diverse range of ecosystems and land uses, and offers numerous outdoor recreational activities. The Department (http://warnercnr.colostate.edu/fwcb-home/) offers Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. degrees in Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology; undergraduates choose one or more Concentrations: a) Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, b) Conservation Biology, and c) Wildlife Biology. Faculty also advise graduate students in the inter-college Graduate Degree Program in Ecology (http://ecology.colostate.edu/), a premier interdisciplinary graduate program in ecology. The Department is one of the top-ranked programs nationally, comprising approximately 440 undergraduates, 60 graduate students, and 18 academic faculty. The Department houses the Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Larval Fish Laboratory, and faculty have established strong connections with colleagues in other colleges, e.g., Warner College of Natural Resources, College of Natural Sciences, and College of Engineering, and other relevant units including the CSU Water Center and School of Global Environmental Sustainability. Faculty also team with a diverse group of local to national research partners, including Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, USDA National Wildlife Research Center, USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Experiment Station, National Park Service, The Nature Conservancy, and USGS Fort Collins Science Center. Colorado State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and complies with all Federal and Colorado State laws, regulations, and executive orders regarding affirmative action requirements in all programs. The Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity is located in 101 Student Services Building. In order to assist Colorado State University in meeting its affirmative action responsibilities, ethnic minorities, women and other protected class members are encouraged to apply and so identify themselves. The Colorado Open Records Act may permit the University to treat application as confidential to a limited extent. If you wish to have your application treated as confidential, to the extent permitted by law, it must be accompanied by a written request that all materials submitted be held in confidence to the extent permitted under the Colorado Open Records Act at the time it is submitted to the Search Committee. Under the Act, applications of “finalists” become public. Finalists are those applicants selected by the Search Committee or applicants still being considered 21 days before the position is to be filled. If there are six or fewer applicants for the position, however, they are all considered “finalists” and their applications are open to public inspection immediately after the closing date.
