Tenure Track: Assistant Professor in Forestry Ecology and Conservation Biology Location College Station, TX, United States Open Date 10/25/2024 Position ID 151129 Description The Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, at Texas A&M University invites applications for one full-time, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor with a 9-month academic appointment in Forestry beginning August 1, 2025. The Department is seeking broadly trained applicants whose research addresses fundamental questions relevant to forest ecophysiology and adaptation. We especially encourage applicants who combine field-based studies with laboratory, conservation data science, and/or quantitative modeling. Areas of emphasis could include, but are not limited to, forest health, adaptation to climate change, tree genomics/molecular forest ecology, and ecohydrology. The successful applicant will teach at least two courses per year including dendrology and one other forestry course based on applicants’ expertise and departmental needs, mentor graduate students, and contribute to departmental, academic and professional services.The Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology (https://eccb.tamu.edu) has 35 faculty, a large graduate program (offering both Ph.D. and M.Sc.), and an undergraduate degree (B.Sc.) in Ecology and Conservation Biology (including specialized tracks in Forest Resources, Vertebrate Zoology, Ecoinformatics and Teaching). The Department addresses questions in forestry, ecology, evolutionary biology, and conservation science, with research and teaching that span from genes to ecosystems. The Forest Resources program is accredited by the Society of American Foresters. The Department has strong collaborations with the Texas A&M Forest Service, the state forestry agency. The Department is housed in a new building with state-of-the-art laboratories for research and teaching. The Department is home to the Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections (https://brtc.tamu.edu/) and S.M. Tracy Herbarium (https://tracyherbarium.tamu.edu/) , which are among the top 10 biodiversity collections at universities in the USA. The Department is engaged in the campus-wide interdisciplinary programs of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (https://eeb.tamu.edu/) , Genetics (https://genetics.tamu.edu/) , and Applied Biodiversity Science (https://biodiversity.tamu.edu/) . Texas A&M is ranked 21st among public universities (https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/texas-am-university-college-station-10366) (US News and World Report) and was recently named one of the best places to work in America (https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/americas-greatest-workplaces-2024) (Newsweek). Texas A&M has a student population of 71,000 at the College Station campus, is supported by a $13.5-billion-dollar endowment, and is a Land, Sea, and Space Grant university. Bryan/College Station has 180,000 permanent residents, a low cost and high standard of living, an excellent K-12 public school system and is in proximity to the metropolitan centers of Austin and Houston.Texas A&M University is aware that attracting and retaining exceptional faculty often depends on meeting the needs of two careers and therefore has a Dual Career Program (https://facultyaffairs.tamu.edu/resources/dual-career-program.html) .Qualifications Candidates must have a Ph.D. in forestry or a closely related discipline; an established record of peer-reviewed publications; and demonstrated success, or clear potential, to obtain research funding. Application Instructions Applicants should submit the following: 1) a cover letter (limit 2 pages); 2) updated Curriculum Vitae; 3) personal statement to include philosophy and plans for research, teaching and service, as applicable; and 4) contact information for three to five references. References will only to be contacted for short-listed candidates.Please submit applications via Interfolio apply.interfolio.com/157407. Review of applications will begin on January 1, 2025 and continue until the position is filled. For questions, contact the Search Committee Chair, Dr. Carol Loopstra (c-loopstra@tamu.edu) .
