Subject: Landscape/Plant Community Ecology Faculty Position
LANDSCAPE ECOLOGIST/PLANT COMMUNITY ECOLOGIST. Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Department of Geography/Assistant Heritage Biologist in Oklahoma Biological Survey at University of Oklahoma starting July 1996, with 12-month salary of $42,000. Responsibility, as active member of Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory (a division of Survey), for inventory evaluation and classification of biological communities, and for coordinating with other faculty/professional staff in carrying out functions of Heritage Inventory. Teach one course plus seminar in Department of Geography, and be active in undergraduate and graduate programs. Both Survey and Department expect person to develop active research program in area of specialty. Ph.D. required. Successful applicant must demonstrate: research productivity and potential for external funding; knowledge of vegetation classification systems and approaches; ability to conduct botanical field and associated laboratory studies in landscape and plant community ecology; ability to incorporate geographic information systems and remote sensing in studies; knowledge of ecosystems and biological communities of southern Great Plains; and skills in teaching and in written and oral communications. Screening from 1 April 1996 until position filled. Send resume, a written summary of research interests, reprints, and three letters of recommendation to: Gary D. Schnell, Director, Oklahoma Biological Survey, 111 E. Chesapeake St., University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019. Phone 405-325-4034. Fax 405-325-7702. E-mail gschnell@uoknor.edu. Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and minorities encouraged to apply. University has policy of being responsive to needs of dual-career couples.