Open Faculty Position


Environmental Biology

The Department of Biology at the University of Utah invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Environmental Biology at the level of Assistant Professor. We encourage applicants who are investigating the responses of organisms, communities, or ecosystems to environmental change. Areas of particular interest include paleoecology, biogeochemistry, microbial ecology, disease ecology, and impacts of invasive species on native communities. Applicants with interdisciplinary interests are particularly welcome. For an overview of the department please visit our web site (as you have already done). Applicants should submit in PDF format a curriculum vitae, up to 5 representative publications, descriptions of research and teaching interests, and have three letters of recommendation forwarded to Kami McNeill (kamimcneill@bioscience.utah.edu), Environmental Biology Search Committee, Department of Biology, University of Utah, 257 South 1400 East, Rm. 201, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0840, USA. Review of applications will begin on December 15, 2008 and continue until the position is filled.

The University of Utah is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and encourages applications from women and minorities and provides reasonable accommodation to the known disabilities of applicants and employees. The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students.

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