Open Rank Early Career Position in Forest Ecology and Restoration (Assistant Professor or Post-doctoral Fellow) at The Ohio State University
The successful candidate will develop a research and teaching program with an emphasis on the ecology and restoration of forest ecosystems. The essence of the position is the discovery and sharing of new knowledge concerning the ecological basis for forest ecosystem restoration. For applicants appointed as an Assistant Professor this will be a 50% Research, 50% Teaching; full-time, tenure-track, 9-month appointment.
The School of Environment and Natural Resources is committed to addressing the lack of gender, racial and ethnic diversity in forestry and restoration science. As a result, we are particularly interested in applications from individuals with diverse life experiences and whose research demonstrates evidence of engaged, field-based scholarship with diverse forest restoration stakeholders. This could include research that addresses forest management and restoration issues affecting and prioritized by women, indigenous people, and marginalized minorities. Examples could include, but are not limited to, research on traditional ecological knowledge or ethnobotany in forest restoration; using forest restoration to enhance the economic and social well-being of under-privileged communities; the role of indigenous people in structuring reference conditions for forest restoration.
Our aim is to recruit, support and retain a scholar that will broaden the scope of forest management and restoration research within our school and university. To that end we also encourage applications from scholars whose research presents new perspectives on current priorities in the School. These include understanding inter-relationships between the structure, function and dynamics of forest ecosystems, and determining how management and restoration can enhance the resilience of forest ecosystems to biotic, abiotic and human disturbances (including fire). We encourage applicants to use OSU’s extensive forest properties (e.g., Pomerene Forest Laboratory) in their research and teaching program.
Early career applicants can discuss initial appointment as a Post-Doctoral Fellow with a mentored pathway into teaching and independent research and a subsequent tenure track position.
Further details can be found here: https://www.jobsatosu.com/postings/104218
Information on the School can be found here: https://senr.osu.edu/
