<div dir="ltr"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Cluster Hire in Geographic Ecology: three positions at the rank of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor </span><a href="http://ge.ou.edu/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://GE.ou.edu</a><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><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 Department of Biology at the University of Oklahoma invites</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">applications for three tenured/tenure-track faculty positions at any rank,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">beginning in fall 2015. We are searching for creative, collaborative</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">thinkers who use integrative approaches to address fundamental ecological</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">questions at regional to global scales. Our ultimate goal is to enhance our</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">expertise in geographical and aquatic ecology toward predicting ecological</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and evolutionary responses to global change. The search is open to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">theoretical, lab, and field biologists working on any taxa. In this cluster</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">hire, we seek:</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">=C2=B7 A *Geographical Ecologist* who studies phenomena at multiple sp=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">atial</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">scales toward understanding large-scale patterns and processes. Innovators</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">in biogeography, macroecology, bioinformatics, and global ecology are</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">especially encouraged to apply.</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">=C2=B7 An *Aquatic Ecologist* who studies freshwater ecosystems toward</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">predicting the role of changing water supplies on ecosystem services.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Innovators in biogeochemistry, ecological networks, ecological genomics,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">river-reservoir systems and land-water interactions are especially</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">encouraged to apply.</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">=C2=B7 A *Physiological Ecologist* who studies the origin and maintena=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">nce</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">of ecological traits and their ultimate role in the dynamics of population</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and ecosystem responses to a changing environment. Innovators studying</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">traits involved in metabolic, stoichiometric, thermal and water-related</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">variation and adaptation are especially encouraged to apply.</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">We are especially interested in candidates who use or combine some of the</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">following three approaches in their work. The first is development and/or</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">testing of models and theory that connect phenomena at scales from local to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">global. The second is an integrative use of data=E2=80=94from gene frequenc=</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ies to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">biogeochemistry, species distributions to climate past and future,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">functional traits to landscapes=E2=80=94to advance theory and identify nove=</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">patterns and processes. The third is a desire to apply this research to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ameliorating outstanding ecological problems, including climate change,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">biodiversity loss, dwindling water supplies, and the degradation of</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">ecosystem services.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><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 University of Oklahoma is committed to building an international center</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">of excellence exploring the geographical ecology of our evolving biosphere.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Successful candidates will join colleagues across campus, including cluster</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">hires in the EPSCoR initiative *Adapting socio-ecological systems to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">increased climate variability. *Our shared goal is to build theoretical and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">empirical bridges across the sciences, to predict the interplay between</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">biotic and climatic changes, and to better steward our natural resources</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and services. Join us.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><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">*How to Apply*</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">Successful candidates will have a Ph.D. degree and a record of outstanding</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">achievement as evidenced by publications. Preferred candidates will have a</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">promising (assistant) or externally funded (associate/full) research</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">program and the ability to lead interdisciplinary, multi-investigator</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">projects across a range of geographic scales. Each individual will be</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">expected to provide excellent training for graduate students and postdocs,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">and contribute to undergraduate and graduate teaching (one course per</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">semester) in the department.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><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">Applicants should submit a cover letter, complete curriculum vitae,</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">research and teaching statements, and selected reprints/preprints as PDF</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">files to Chair, Geographical Ecology Search Committee, at</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">*</span><a href="mailto:biologyjobs@ou.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">biologyjobs@ou.edu</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">* <</span><a href="mailto:biology@ou.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">biology@ou.edu</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>. Applicants should also arrange to</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">have three signed letters of reference sent to *</span><a href="mailto:biologyjobs@ou.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">biologyjobs@ou.edu</a><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><a href="mailto:biology@ou.edu" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">biology@ou.edu</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> or Department of Biology, 730 Van Vleet Oval, University</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA. Applicants at the rank of Associate</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Professor or Professor may submit names and contact information for three</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">references in lieu of letters. Visit us at *</span><a href="http://biology.ou.edu/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://biology.ou.edu</a><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><a href="http://biology.ou.edu/" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">http://biology.ou.edu</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>*.* Screening of candidates will begin *3 December</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">2014* and will continue until the positions are filled.</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><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 University of Oklahoma is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">employer and encourages diversity in the workplace. Protected veterans and</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.*</span><br><br><br>
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