Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Forestry
Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Forestry
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The Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University invites applications for one fulltime TenureTrack Assistant Professor with a 9month academic appointment in Forestry beginning August 1 2025. The Department is seeking broadly trained applicants whose research addresses fundamental questions relevant to forest ecophysiology and adaptation. We especially encourage applicants who combine fieldbased studies with laboratory conservation data science and/or quantitative modeling. Areas of emphasis could include but are not limited to forest health adaptation to climate change tree genomics/molecular forest ecology and ecohydrology. The successful applicant will teach at least two courses per year including dendrology and one other forestry course based on applicants expertise and departmental needs mentor graduate students and contribute to departmental academic and professional services.
The Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology has 35 faculty a large graduate program (offering both Ph.D. and M.Sc. and an undergraduate degree (B.Sc. in Ecology and Conservation Biology (including specialized tracks in Forest Resources Vertebrate Zoology Ecoinformatics and Teaching). The Department addresses questions in forestry ecology evolutionary biology and conservation science with research and teaching that span from genes to ecosystems. The Forest Resources program is accredited by the Society of American Foresters. The Department has strong collaborations with the Texas A&M Forest Service the state forestry agency. The Department is housed in a new building with stateoftheart laboratories for research and teaching. The Department is home to the Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collectionsand S.M. Tracy Herbarium which are among the top 10 biodiversity collections at universities in the USA. The Department is engaged in the campuswide interdisciplinary programs of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Genetics and Applied Biodiversity Science. Texas A&M is ranked 21st among public universities (US News and World Report)and was recently named one of the best places to work in America (Newsweek). Texas A&M has a student population of 71000 at the College Station campus is supported by a $13.5billiondollar endowment and is a Land Sea and Space Grant university. Bryan/College Station has 180000 permanent residents a low cost and high standard of living an excellent K12 public school system and is in proximity to the metropolitan centers of Austin and Houston.
Texas A&M University is aware that attracting and retaining exceptional faculty often depends on meeting the needs of two careers and therefore has a Dual Career Program.
Candidates must have a Ph.D. in forestry or a closely related discipline; an established record of peerreviewed publications; and demonstrated success or clear potential to obtain research funding.
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Full Time
