Position Announcements
Assistant Professor, Aquatic Ecology
AQUATIC ECOLOGIST
The Department of Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, invites applications for tenure-track Assistant Professors in Aquatic Ecology, to support the department’s undergraduate and graduate programs. In Aquatic Ecology, applicants should have backgrounds in, for example, food web interactions and ecosystem dynamics, global environmental change, evolutionary studies, land-water interface investigations, aquatic invertebrates, or disease/parasite studies.
Successful applicants will hold a Ph.D. and possess postdoctoral experience; they will be expected to establish a vigorous, externally funded research program to complement our growing doctoral program. Candidates will be strongly committed to undergraduate and graduate education in their areas of expertise.
Biological Sciences is housed in the award-winning Dow Environmental Sciences and Engineering Building; a new Great Lakes Research Laboratory is also being built on our waterfront. Additional information about the Department and its programs, Great Lakes research or biotechnology can be found at website: http://www.bio.mtu.edu
Please arrange to send a Curriculum vitae, statement of research and teaching interests and 3 letters of recommendation via email or mail to the search committee:
Biosearchcommittee@mtu.edu
Biological Sciences Search Committee
Department of Biological Sciences, 1400 Townsend Drive,
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI 49931-1295.
Review of applications will begin Dec. 1, 2008 and continue until positions are filled.
Michigan Technological University is an equal opportunity educational institution/equal opportunity employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply.
Candidates who are also interested in research that fits within the theme of “Computational Discovery and Innovation” in either core computing or novel areas of application of computing should send a separate application for one of the ten University-wide growth positions in that area; details are available at www.mtu.edu/sfhi.
Michigan Technological University is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer.