Conservation Biologist

University of Wyoming

The Departments of Botany and Zoology & Physiology at the University of Wyoming invite applications for a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track FACULTY POSITION at the assistant professor level, starting August 2010. We seek candidates holding a PhD and who demonstrate a track record of excellence in applied and conceptual aspects of conservation biology. Areas of research emphasis are open, and could include aquatic or terrestrial work, genetic or ecological analysis, and work in tropical, temperate, or arctic biomes. The successful candidate's taxonomic focus will determine whether the primary appointment for this position will be made in Botany or Zoology and Physiology. Responsibilities include development of an active research program, teaching a conservation biology course, and affiliation with the interdepartmental Program in Ecology and the Berry Biodiversity Center. Research strengths in the two departments include ecology, conservation biology, wildlife/fisheries
biology, evolutionary biology and systematics, comparative physiology, cell biology/physiology, and neuroscience. The successful candidate will have access to outstanding stable isotope, nucleic acid, microscopy and macromolecular facilities, the Red Buttes Environmental Research Laboratory and the Rocky Mountain Herbarium.

Interested applicants should email pdf files of their curriculum vitae, a statement of research and teaching interests, three publications that represent their best work, and three letters of recommendation to: zprequest@uwyo.edu. Further information is available at the Botany Department website http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/Botany/ or the Department of Zoology and Physiology website http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/Zoology. Review of applications will begin 1 October 2009 and continue until a suitable candidate is found. The University of Wyoming is a Carnegie Foundation Research/Doctoral Extensive Institution, and is an AA/EEO employer.