<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 09:21:29 -0400</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">From: Kirk_Moloney </span><a href="mailto:kmoloney@IASTATE.EDU" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">kmoloney@IASTATE.EDU</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Subject: Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Macroecology</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Macroecology</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Iowa State University</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">As part of a major interdisciplinary hiring initiative in the College of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University (ISU), a new joint</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">initiative by the Departments of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences;</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology; and Economics and the Greenlee </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">School of Journalism and Communication aims to expand our capabilities fo</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">r</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">fundamental research on sustainable environmental systems. Multiple new</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">hires in the field of Sustainability Science</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(</span><a href="http://www.las.iastate.edu/faculty-staff/faculty-careers/sustainability-=" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.las.iastate.edu/faculty-staff/faculty-careers/sustainability-=</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">science)</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">are planned for the next 2-3 years and should expect to benefit from and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">contribute to the interaction and collaboration among these and other</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">departments.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">As part of this initiative, the Department of Ecology, Evolution and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Organismal Biology (</span><a href="http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">) invites applications fo=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">r a</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">tenure-track faculty position in macroecology at the Assistant Professor</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">level. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to join a</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">synergistic focal group in the area of Sustainability Science that will</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">serve to facilitate team building and integrative research.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Specifically, this person will contribute to research examining integrate</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">d</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">functioning of biological and physical components across multiple scales </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the role of spatial and temporal patterns and processes as they relate to </span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the development of sustainable environmental systems. Research could incl</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ude</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">state-of-the-art computational approaches, developing and applying</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ecological theory, and/or novel empirical analyses. This hire could also</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">develop research that interprets and reports on large data sets across</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">developing research networks spanning a range of scales.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Candidates must hold a Ph.D. by the time of appointment and are expected =</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">establish successful, externally funded research programs and to teach at=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">the undergraduate and graduate levels.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> All applications must be submitted electronically at </span><a href="http://www.iastatejobs.com/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">www.iastatejobs.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(vacancy #:400025). Please be prepared to attach a letter of application,=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">including concise teaching and research statements, curriculum vitae, and=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"> up</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">to three reprints. Submission of three confidential letters of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">recommendation should be arranged as per instructions in the on-line</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">application system. The position will remain open until filled. Full</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">consideration will be given to applications received by </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span class="">November 21, 2014</span></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">For additional information please email </span><a href="mailto:macroeco@iastate.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">macroeco@iastate.edu</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Iowa State University is an EO/AA employer. All qualified applicants wil=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">l</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Vets status. Iow=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">a</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">State University is an AAU-member comprehensive, land grant, Carnegie</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Doctoral/Research Extensive University with an enrollment of over 33,000</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">students. The university is located in Ames, IA, one of the nation's most=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">highly rated metropolitan areas of its size</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">(</span><a href="http://www.iastate.edu/about/ames.php" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://www.iastate.edu/about/ames.php</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">) and is only 35 miles north of Des=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Moines. ISU is committed to achieving inclusive excellence through a dive=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">rse</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">workforce and is dedicated to supporting work-life balance through an arr=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ay</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">of flexible policies.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>
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