<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dear Colleagues,</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Department of Forestry at Mississippi State University is seeking a forest ecologist/biologist. Please see below for more information:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Faculty Position – Forest
Ecology/Biology</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Department of Forestry</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Mississippi State University</b></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Position</b>: Assistant
Professor, Department of Forestry, Forest and Wildlife Research Center,
Mississippi State University</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Qualifications</b>: Ph.D. degree in Forestry or a closely related field
is required. All but dissertation (ABD) applicants will be considered.
Preferred qualifications include a record of scholarly publication, demonstrated
potential to secure extramural funding, and experience in teaching at the
university level. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Responsibilities</b>: Responsibilities will include participation in the
department’s teaching program, research and service activities. The successful
candidate will be expected to develop and teach both undergraduate and graduate
courses in forest ecology/biology, and may be asked to contribute to teaching
in the Department’s new undergraduate major – Natural Resource Environmental
Conservation. The successful candidate will be expected to develop an extramurally
funded research program. Appropriate areas of research expertise could include,
but are not limited to: fire ecology, restoration ecology, landscape ecology,
quantitative ecology, or environmental impact assessment/mitigation.
Opportunities exist to collaborate with the USDA Forest Service, state
agencies, forest industry, and other southern forest landowners and managers in
research efforts.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Rank and
Salary</b>: Tenure-track, full-time,
9-month or 12-month appointment. Salary is negotiable and commensurate with
qualifications and experience.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The
Department of Forestry</b>: The
Department of Forestry is one of three departments in the College of Forest
Resources and the Mississippi Forest and Wildlife Research Center which is a
separately funded state agency. Departmental activities include undergraduate
and graduate instruction, research, and extension programs in forestry and
natural resources. The Department has excellent facilities in Thompson Hall on
the campus of Mississippi State University. In addition, the Department’s
activities are supplemented by the John W. Starr Memorial Forest, an 8,200-acre
research and teaching forest. The Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge and the
Tombigbee National Forest are both within easy commute of the university and
are also commonly used for teaching and research activities.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mississippi State University is a Carnegie Very High
Research Activity institution and a land grant university which includes the Mississippi
State University Extension Service. The university is located in Starkville, a
beautiful college town in northeast Mississippi (<a href="http://www.msstate.edu/web/about">www.msstate.edu/web/about</a>). </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Application
Procedure</b>: Screening of applicants will begin December
1, 2014 and will continue until a suitable applicant is found. Applications
must be made on the Mississippi State University Employment opportunities
website via the link: <a href="http://www.jobs.msstate.edu/">https://www.jobs.msstate.edu</a> (PARF Number 8378). Applicants should also send (in a
single pdf) a letter of application, curriculum vita, copies of transcripts
(for all degrees), a brief statement of research and teaching interests, and
complete contact information for three professional references to:</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dr. Scott Roberts (email:
<a href="mailto:sroberts@cfr.msstate.edu">sroberts@cfr.msstate.edu</a>)</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Chair, Forest Ecology/Biology Search
Committee</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Department of Forestry</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mississippi State University</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mississippi State, MS
39762-9681</font><span style="font-size:10.5pt"></span></p></div>