Integrative Biology  

ECOLOGY FACULTY RECRUITMENT

 

The Section of Integrative Biology of the University of Texas at Austin seeks to hire an ecologist at the Assistant Professor level to begin September 2008. We are searching for an organismal-based ecosystem ecologist. While we will consider a broad range of research areas, we are particularly interested in research at interface of ecosystem ecology and plant physiology. A Ph.D. is required in Biological Sciences or related areas and postdoctoral experience is preferred. Teaching duties will include an undergraduate course in ecology and a graduate course in the candidates' area of interest.

The successful applicant will have a faculty position in the Section of Integrative Biology, which has active emphases in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. This position will also include membership in the Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior graduate program  and, if appropriate, the Plant Biology graduate program. In addition, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to be affiliated with the Environmental Science Institute (http://www.esi.utexas.edu/).

Applicants should send a curriculum vita, brief statements of research and teaching interests, up to 5 reprints/preprints, and arrange for three letters of recommendation. Application materials should be emailed a single PDF file (including cover letter, vita, statements, and reprints/preprints) to:

Frances Lemear:  francesm@mail.utexas.edu

Letters of recommendation should be sent by regular mail to:
Ecology Search, Integrative Biology
1 University Station C0930
Austin, TX 78712


Review of applications will begin November 1, 2007.

UT-Austin is an EEO/AA employer.

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