TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITION IN AQUATIC LANDSCAPE / AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY
The Université du Québec à Montrèal (UQÀM), according to its Policy of Institutional Recruitment, seeks to recruit the most qualified level of human resources to ensure the effective development in all its domains of activity, and to ensure the renewal of its professorial corps.
We seek to fill an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) position in the area of Aquatic Landscape / Aquatic Ecosystem Ecology, to be appointed in the Département des sciences biologiques of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM). The position is associated with the newly-created NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Carbon Biogeochemistry in Boreal Aquatic Systems. The successful candidate will be expected to develop an independent research program that will complement and expand the Chair's research scope, and broaden the existing expertise and interactions within the Department.
Job qualifications:
We preferentially seek to strengthen the Department's expertise in landscape-level analyses of freshwater ecosystems, including large-scale modelling of aquatic processes, the integration of aquatic and terrestrial biogeochemical processes, and land-use and climate change impact on aquatic ecosystem function and biogeochemical cycles. Expertise in ecosystem-level aquatic ecology will also be considered, including the physical/biological coupling in freshwater systems, and molecular microbial and plankton ecology. We seek a highly motivated and dynamic junior researcher and teacher, with a Ph.D. in biology, ecology or in other connected disciplines and with postdoctoral experience in areas described above. The person will join one of the top aquatic research groups in Canada (GRIL-UQAM, http://www.uqam.ca/griluqam) within a diverse department that also includes research groups in forestry, conservation and behavioural ecology. The successful applicant is expected to interact closely with the members of the aquatic research group and with other research groups at UQÀM, especially with forest and conservation ecologists, and terrestrial biogeochemists. The faculty member will be expected to participate in graduate training by serving on Master's and Doctoral advisory committees, maintain a vigorous extramurally-funded research program, serve on departmental and university committees, and advise students in academic and research areas.
The new faculty member is expected to teach undergraduate courses in the highly innovative problembased learning program in Biology, with the opportunity to give graduate-level courses in the areas of aquatic ecology, ecosystem and landscape ecology and/or modeling/statistics. Courses are taught in French, but the incumbent will be allowed a limited training period if not fluent in French; competence in oral and written French is a requisite for tenure.
Starting date will be May 2010, and conditions of employment follow the current collective agreement for professors at UQÀM.
The UQÀM subscribes to a program of employment equality and especially welcomes applications from women, visible minorities, Aboriginal persons and persons with disabilities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
The application package should include a curriculum vitae, a letter of intent detailing current research and teaching interests as well as future plans, and three letters of reference (which should be sent separately to the address below). Applications will be accepted until October 30, 2009 (17:00). Application should be sent by mail or email to:
Dr. Luc-Alain Giraldeau, Director
Département des sciences biologiques,
Université du Québec à Montréal,
C.P. 8888, Succ. Centre Ville,
Montréal, Québec H3C 3P8 Canada
Telephone: (514) 987-3000, poste 3244
Fax: (514) 987-4647
giraldeau.luc-alain@uqam.ca
Internet: http://www.rhu.uqam.ca
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