Dear Ecolog'ers, please find below a copy of an open rank tenure track position for a landscape ecologist/geomorphologist at the Department of Coastal Science / Gulf Coast Reseach Laboratory, The University of Southern Mississippi. Interested applicants are encourage to also view this position at the University's website: https://www.usm.edu/hr/templates/printpost.php?id=1284 and submit the relevant application forms.
__________________________________________________________________________ TENURE - TRACK POSITION IN LANDSCAPE SCIENCE The University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Coastal Sciences, invites qualified candidates to apply for an open rank tenure-track faculty position (nine month appointment) starting as early as summer 2007. The successful applicant will hold a doctorate or equivalent and candidates with postdoctoral experience will be given preference. Scientists with a quantitative field and/or laboratory approach broadly focusing on landscape/seascape functions in the coastal zone are encouraged to apply. We envision interviewing someone with a research emphasis at the landscape level who uses dynamic spatial modeling coupled with GIS expertise to address a primary research interest in how landscape structure affects organism interactions and/or environmental health and has the ability to collaborate within a multidisciplinary setting. The successful applicant would complement existing programs in the Gulf Coast Geospatial Center, the Coastal Ecosystems Group, the Center for Fisheries Research and Development, and the Thad Cochran Marine Aquaculture Center by examining how changes in coastal features at multiple spatial scales affect the health of aquatic environments. The successful candidate will be expected to develop and maintain a nationally recognized, externally funded research program, to direct masters and doctoral level students, and to participate in graduate instruction. The Department of Coastal Sciences (http://www.usm.edu/gcrl/) is located at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL) campus in Ocean Springs, Miss. Coastal Sciences is a research-oriented department with academic emphasis on graduate studies leading to doctoral and masters degrees and administers the GCRL Summer Field Program, which offers courses in marine and coastal sciences to students from across the country. Please send a letter describing research and teaching interests, along with a current vitae, reprints (up to five), and the names and addresses (electronic and physical) of three references to Ms. Kalin Lloyd , Department of Coastal Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 7000, Ocean Springs, MS 39566- 7000. Tel: 228.872.4201 Fax: 228.872.4204, E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Review of applications will begin March 1, 2007 and continue until the position is filled. Applicants must complete an employment application form located on the University of Southern Mississippi Human Resources website at www.usm.edu/hr. AA/EEO/ADAI _________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Patrick Biber Assistant Professor, Marine Botany University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory 703 East Beach Drive Ocean Springs, MS 39564, USA
