[ECOLOG-L] NASA-MSU Awards

[Liu, Jianguo]

Call for NASA-MSU Award Applications

With support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and 
Michigan State University (MSU), NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Awards are 
given to students, postdocs, and junior researchers (e.g., assistant 
professors) to cover expenses associated with attending the meeting of US-IALE 
(U.S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape 
Ecology), which will be held during April 7-11 in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA 
(http://www.usiale.org/annual-meeting.html).

The application materials include a cover letter, application form, abstract 
(as it was submitted to the US-IALE meeting site), resume/CV, and budget.  
Applications are judged based on the merits of the applicants' abstracts, 
financial needs, and professional backgrounds and goals.

Presentations (oral or poster) should focus on telecoupling (environmental and 
socioeconomic interactions over distances, such as human and animal migration, 
species dispersal, species invasion, disease spread, sound/noise transmission, 
spread of pollutants and wastes, trade of goods and products, flows of 
ecosystem services, environmental and hydrological flows, foreign investment, 
technology transfer, water transfer, and tourism) and/or 
metacoupling.
 Topics may include applications of the telecoupling framework or 
metacoupling
 framework to address issues across landscapes or coupled human and natural 
systems (e.g., dynamics, pattern, process, structure, function, and 
sustainability). For more information about telecoupling or 
metacoupling,
 please see http://csis.msu.edu/telecoupling. For more information about 
coupled human and natural systems, see: Science 
Magazine
 and 
AMBIO.

Applicants from around the world (except former award recipients) are 
encouraged to apply.

The application deadline is January 7, 2019.

More information about the NASA-MSU Program is available at the web site 
(https://www.canr.msu.edu/csis/education/nasa_msu_award/) and application form 
is available at (http://csis.msu.edu/form/nasa-msu-app).

Questions can be directed to:

Dr. Jianguo (Jack) Liu
Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability
Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Email: li...@msu.edu
http://csis.msu.edu/people/jianguo-liu

[ECOLOG-L] International Conference on sustainable development and telecoupling etc. -- Abstracts due April 20

[Liu, Jianguo]

Dear colleagues,

We are excited to inform you that the 2018 Global Land Project-Asia Conference 
will be held during September 3-5, 2018, in Taipei, Taiwan. The conference 
theme is: Transitioning to Sustainable Development of Land Systems through 
Teleconnections and Telecouplings. The conference will bring scientists from 
around the world together, to discuss progress in the cutting-edge telecoupling 
research and its applications to improve sustainability in land and other 
systems.

Flows of information, matter, energy, organisms, people, money, and technology 
are increasingly connecting people and the environment in one place to those in 
distant places. To identify and address the enormous impact of distant 
connections, the award-winning framework of telecoupling (socioeconomic and 
environmental interactions over distances, http://www.telecoupling.org) has 
gained popularity and has been used to investigate the mechanisms and impacts 
of distant flows on coupled human and natural systems. By using a systematic 
approach, researchers have revealed telecoupling complexity (e.g., feedbacks, 
emergent properties, time lags, legacy effects, tipping points, spillover 
effects), which can inform global sustainable development.

The GLP-Asia Conference will have a number of sessions on telecoupling. You are 
welcome to submit an abstract to one of those sessions, including "Telecoupled 
flows across scales" [Session No. 18] which is designed to showcase 
telecoupling studies that use flows across local to global scales as the focal 
analysis to address important issues relevant to sustainability such as legal 
and illegal trade, migratory species, and transportation infrastructures; and 
"Hidden impacts of telecoupled food production and consumption" [Session No. 4] 
which focuses on using the telecoupling framework to study the socioeconomic 
and environmental impacts of food production and consumption such as 
aquaculture expansion, soybean trade and environmental footprints.

More information about the GLP-Asia conference can be found here: 
http://www.glp.taipei.ntu.edu.tw/2018-asia-conference/. The deadline for 
abstract submission is April 20th, 2018. Please email your abstract to: 
glp.asia2...@gmail.com, and specifically your 
intended session number. If you have any questions, please contact the session 
organizers Yue Dou (yue...@msu.edu), Anna Herzberger 
(ajherzber...@gmail.com), or Jianguo (Jack) Liu 
(li...@msu.edu).
Thank you for your interest in participating in the telecoupling research and 
GLP-Asia.
Best regards,

Jianguo (Jack) Liu
Rachel Carson in Sustainability
Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
http://csis.msu.edu/people/jianguo-liu

[ECOLOG-L] Faculty Position in Global Inland Fisheries Ecology and Governance

[Liu, Jianguo]

Michigan State University, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

Department of Fisheries & Wildlife, Center for Systems Integration & 
Sustainability



Assistant/Associate Professor Position in Global Inland Fisheries Ecology and 
Governance

Academic Year ‐ Tenure System Faculty





Position Summary:



The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University (MSU), is 
seeking to fill an academic year tenure system faculty position in Global 
Inland Fisheries Ecology and Governance at the Assistant/Associate Professor 
level. The person selected will be affiliated with the Center for Systems 
Integration and Sustainability and will join a group of faculty, post‐doctoral 
research associates, specialists, and students that provide an internationally 
recognized program in fisheries science and governance. The appointment of this 
position will include research (50%), teaching (30%) and outreach (20%). The 
successful candidate will have demonstrated expertise and experience in 
fisheries ecology and governance systems.



This scholar will also need to demonstrate their ability to work 
collaboratively with multi‐sectoral stakeholders related to the conservation 
and sustainable use of inland fishery resources and freshwater habitats. 
Additionally, this person will be expected to interact with policy makers, 
fishery management agencies, stakeholder groups and the international community 
including, inter alia, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the 
United Nations, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC), and the Michigan 
Department of Natural Resources. The successful candidate will be expected to 
develop a vibrant undergraduate and graduate program based on 
extramurally‐funded research, participate in teaching and experiential 
learning, including the development of online and study abroad educational 
programs, and provide outreach and consultation services to MSU agency partners 
around the world.



Minimum Qualifications:



A doctorate in Fisheries or related field. Demonstrated expertise and 
experience in fisheries ecology and governance systems. Demonstrated ability to 
work collaboratively with multi‐sectoral stakeholders related to the 
management, conservation, and sustainable use of inland fishery resources and 
freshwater habitats.



Instructions for Application:



On the MSU Public Job Postings site (http://careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/listing/) 
search for Job #489186 and submit an application that has the following 
information:



Your CV and letter of interest emphasizing your knowledge of and experience in 
fisheries governance and ecology. In the letter of interest, please also 
include your leadership experience and philosophical approaches to achieving a 
culture of diversity and inclusion. Additionally, we require that you provide 
us the following information:



Statement of Research Interests (maximum 2 pages)

Statement of Teaching Interests (maximum 2 pages)

Statement of Outreach Interests (maximum 2 pages)

Name and contact information of 3‐5 professional references



Review of applications begin February 28, 2018 and will continue until a 
suitable candidate is identified.



For additional information, interested individuals can contact:



Dr. William W. Taylor, University Distinguished Professor in Global Fisheries 
Systems (tayl...@msu.edu)



Michigan State University has been advancing the common good with uncommon will 
for more than 160 years. A member of the Association of American Universities, 
MSU is a research-intensive institution with 17 degree-granting colleges.

MSU is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer and is committed to 
achieving excellence through a diverse workforce and inclusive culture that 
encourages all people to reach their full potential. The University actively 
encourages applications and/or nominations of women, persons of color, veterans 
and persons with disabilities. MSU is committed to providing a work environment 
that supports employees’ work and personal life, and offers employment 
assistance to the spouse or partner of candidates for faculty and academic 
staff positions.7

[ECOLOG-L] NASA-MSU Awards

[Liu, Jianguo]

Dear All,

Please share the following with potentially interested students, postdocs, 
junior faculty, and other junior researchers. Thanks.



With support from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and 
Michigan State University (MSU), NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Awards are 
given to students, postdocs, and junior researchers (e.g., assistant 
professors) to cover expenses associated with attending the meeting of US-IALE 
(U.S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape 
Ecology), which will be held during April 8-12, 2018, in Chicago, USA 
(http://chicago2018.usiale.org/).

The application materials include a cover letter, application form, abstract 
(as it was submitted to the US-IALE meeting site), resume/CV, and budget.  
Applications are judged based on the merits of the applicants' abstracts, 
financial needs, and professional backgrounds and goals.

Presentations (oral or poster) should focus on telecoupling (environmental and 
socioeconomic interactions over distances, such as human and animal migration, 
species dispersal, species invasion, disease spread, sound/noise transmission, 
spread of pollutants and wastes, trade of goods and products, flows of 
ecosystem services, environmental and hydrological flows, foreign investment, 
technology transfer, water transfer, and tourism). Topics may include 
applications of the telecoupling framework to address issues across landscapes 
or coupled human and natural systems (e.g., dynamics, pattern, process, 
structure, function, and sustainability). For more information about 
telecoupling, please see http://csis.msu.edu/telecoupling .

Applicants from around the world (except former award recipients) are 
encouraged to apply.

The application deadline is December18, 2017.

More information about the NASA-MSU Program is available at the web site 
(http://csis.msu.edu/education/nasa_msu_award ) and application form is 
available at
(http://csis.msu.edu/form/nasa-msu-app).

Questions can be directed to:

Dr. Jianguo (Jack) Liu
Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability
Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Email: li...@msu.edu
http://csis.msu.edu/people/jianguo-liu

[ECOLOG-L] PhD Fellowships/Assistantships

[Liu, Jianguo]

Dear All,

Please share the following with potentially interested students. Thanks.

***

Fellowships/assistantships are available for self-motivated PhD students to 
conduct innovative and high-impact research at the Center for Systems 
Integration and Sustainability (CSIS) at Michigan State University 
(http://csis.msu.edu).

Research topics may include telecoupling (socioeconomic- environmental 
interactions over distances, through means such as flows of ecosystem services, 
trade of goods and products, globalization, migration, species invasion, 
disease spread, and tourism, 
telecoupling.org),  sustainability 
science, coupled human and natural systems, biodiversity conservation, 
ecosystem services, human well-being, forest and landscape ecology, global 
change, systems integration (e.g., integration of ecology with social sciences 
and policy; food-energy-water nexus), wildlife ecology and conservation (e.g., 
giant pandas in China and polar bears in Alaska), land change science, and 
systems modeling and simulation (e.g., agent-based modeling). Studies on these 
topics by faculty and students at CSIS have been published in journals such as 
Science, Nature, and PNAS. With flexible start dates (e.g., summer or fall of 
2018), successful candidates can build on previous studies and explore new 
frontiers.

Application materials include: (1) letter of application, (2) statement of 
professional goals, (3) CV or resume, (4) transcripts, (5) GRE scores, (6) 
TOEFL scores (for non-native English speakers only), (7) list of 3-4 references 
(names and contact information), and (8) up to three representative 
publications if any. Unofficial copies of GRE, TOEFL and transcripts are OK 
initially.  Applicants are encouraged to submit their application materials as 
soon as possible, or until the positions are filled.  Applications and 
questions about these opportunities should be emailed to:

Professor Jianguo (Jack) Liu
Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability
Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48823-5243, USA
li...@msu.edu (email)
http://csis.msu.edu/people/jianguo-liu

[ECOLOG-L] PhD Fellowships/Assistantships

[Liu, Jianguo]

PhD fellowships/assistantships are available for outstanding students to 
conduct innovative and high-impact research at the Center for Systems 
Integration and Sustainability (CSIS) at Michigan State University 
(http://csis.msu.edu).

Research topics may include telecoupling (socioeconomic-environmental 
interactions over distances, through means such as flows of ecosystem services, 
trade of goods and products, globalization, migration, species invasion, and 
tourism, telecoupling.org),  
sustainability science, coupled human and natural systems, biodiversity 
conservation, ecosystem services, human well-being, forest and landscape 
ecology, global change, systems integration (e.g., integration of ecology with 
social sciences and policy; food-energy-water nexus), wildlife ecology and 
conservation (e.g., giant pandas in China and polar bears in Alaska), land 
change science, and systems modeling and simulation (e.g., agent-based 
modeling). Studies on these topics by faculty and students at CSIS have been 
published in journals such as Science, Nature, and PNAS. With flexible start 
dates (e.g., summer or fall of 2018), successful candidates can build on 
previous studies and explore new frontiers.

Application materials include: (1) letter of application, (2) statement of 
professional goals, (3) CV or resume, (4) transcripts, (5) GRE scores, (6) 
TOEFL scores (for non-native English speakers only), (7) list of 3-4 references 
(names and contact information), and (8) up to three representative 
publications if any. Unofficial copies of GRE, TOEFL and transcripts are OK 
initially.  Applicants are encouraged to submit their application materials as 
soon as possible, or until the positions are filled.  Applications and 
questions about these opportunities should be emailed to:

Professor Jianguo (Jack) Liu
Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability
Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48823-5243, USA
li...@msu.edu (email)
http://csis.msu.edu/people/jianguo-liu


** Professor Liu is at the ESA meeting (August 7-10) and would be happy to talk 
with potentially interested individuals. **