The Appalachian Laboratory (AL) of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) seeks two individuals for full-time faculty positions at either the Assistant or Associate Professor level to enhance our strengths in terrestrial and aquatic ecology, landscape and watershed ecology, and remote sensing. Excellent research and computing facilities are available at AL, including plant, soil, and water analysis laboratories with state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation, growth chambers, and a greenhouse. The main responsibility of these positions is research, but UMCES faculty also participate in graduate education, outreach, and application of basic science to regional (e.g., restoration of Chesapeake Bay) and global (e.g., land use and climate change) environmental problems. We will interview candidates who are interested in collaborative research, are published in top scientific journals, and can acquire external funding to support their research. We are particularly interested in:
Effects of climate change on terrestrial and/or aquatic ecosystems. We seek an ecologist who applies climate change data and forecasts to address the problem of ecosystem change, including issues such as invasive species, mitigation of ecosystem impacts, ecosystem restoration, adaptation of land and aquatic resource management, and ecosystem/climate feedback processes. Terrestrial biogeochemistry in multi-use landscapes. We seek an outstanding researcher who may address topics such as carbon sequestration by soils, forest nutrient transformations, and effects of land use change and ecosystem disturbances on elemental cycles. Applicants should send a curriculum vitae; statement of research interests; a brief discussion of how the applicantÂ’s research would complement ongoing research at AL/UMCES; selected reprints; and list of four references (name, title, mailing address, telephone, FAX, and e-mail address) to either the Climate Change or Terrestrial Biogeochemistry Search Committee, Appalachian Laboratory, UMCES, 301 Braddock Road, Frostburg, MD 21532. Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2007. Information about AL and UMCES can be found at: http://www.al.umces.edu/ and http://www.umces.edu/. UMCES is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.
