The Wildland Resources Department and the Ecology Center at Utah State
University invite applications for a nine-month tenure-track faculty
position in Movement Ecology at the rank of Assistant Professor. The
appointment will be 50% research, 40% teaching, and 10% service. The
appointed faculty member will be expected to develop an externally funded
research program that achieves an international reputation for research and
graduate training in the field of movement ecology in the terrestrial
environment. Research areas and skills of particular interest include, but
are not limited to: dispersal and migration of organisms as individuals and
in groups; movement behavior; invasion ecology; disease ecology; population
and community ecology; analysis and management of biotelemetry data; habitat
choice and resource selection; mark-recapture techniques; etc. Fundamental
to this position is working across disciplinary and institutional boundaries
and collaborating with federal and state agencies. The appointed faculty
member will mentor and advise graduate students and post-doctoral
researchers from diverse backgrounds, as well as teach courses (potentially
online) to undergraduate and graduate students within the area of expertise.
Review of applications will begin September 11, 2017. For more information,
see
http://usu.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobid=2439 or contact Johan duToit
(johan.dutoit [at] usu.edu).
