Quantitative Wildlife Biology

Department of Biology

University of North Dakota

The Department of Biology at the University of North Dakota invites applications for a tenure track position in Quantitative Wildlife Biology at the level of Assistant, Associate or Full Professor. A Ph.D. is required; postdoctoral experience is desirable. This position is integral to the department's undergraduate degree in Fisheries and Wildlife Biology and will also strengthen the department's emphasis in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology. The successful candidate will combine field-based wildlife research with advanced statistical methods. We will consider scientists with a broad range of interests, but especially those with experience in waterfowl/grassland bird biology whose research will benefit by our location in the prairie pothole region of the northern Great Plains. Teaching duties will include undergraduate courses in Wildlife Management and Ornithology, and an eventual graduate course in Statistical Analysis. Teaching expectations will not exceed two courses per year during the first several years.

The department offers graduate degrees through the Ph.D.

The position will begin 16 August 2007. Review of applications will begin 27 October 2006 and continue until the position is filled. Send CV, three representative reprints, statements of teaching and research interests, and three references to Dr. Rick Sweitzer, 10 Cornell St., Stop 9019, University of North Dakota , Grand Forks , ND 58202-9019 . For more information: www.und.edu/dept/biology/jobs.htm The University of North Dakota is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and we strongly encourage applications from women and underrepresented groups.

Background information:

The campus environment is conducive for building a competitive research program.

The Biology department has a long history of strength in wildlife and fisheries biology and ecology and evolution , and has an emerging focus on conservation biology. Our wildlife and fisheries program was developed in the mid 1960s, and has produced many prominent university and agency scientists working at all levels in every major federal and North Dakota resource agency. The University of North Dakota in Grand Forks , North Dakota lies on the eastern margin of the prairie pothole region and within the central flyway for migratory birds and waterfowl. The University is a member of the Great Plains Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit ( http://snr.unl.edu/gpcesu/ ), and has diverse opportunities for developing research with federal resource management agencies.  North Dakota encompasses 63 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refuges/Preserves (more than any other state) and eleven wetland management districts ( http://www.r6.fws.gov/refuges/nd/ ), one national park (Theodore Roosevelt National Park; (http://www.nps.gov/thro/ ), and three USDA Forest Service National Grassland units ( http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/dakotaprairie/ ). The quantitative wildlife biologist will also benefit by our proximity to U.S. Geological Survey's Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/ ), located a little over 110 miles southwest of Grand Forks, ND

A core of faculty members in the Biology Department have externally-funded research programs in wildlife and fisheries biology and in ecology and evolution (J. Carmichael, R. Crawford, D. Crossley, B. Goodwin, S. Kelsch, J. La Duke, R. Newman, T Rhen, I. Schlosser, R. Simmons, R. Sweitzer, V. Tkach, and J. Vaughan). Biology faculty also have productive interactions with researchers in other units on campus, such as the Departments of Chemistry, Geology, and Geography, and the Energy and Environmental Research Center on the UND campus. These interactions broaden the expertise and equipment available for our faculty.