Aquatic Ecologist
Job Ad:
The Department of Biology at the University of Akron invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in aquatic ecology at the rank of assistant professor to begin August 30, 1999. Salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. Startup funds available. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. degree and have post-doctoral experience. We seek a field-oriented ecologist with research and teaching interests in ecological processes at the community or ecosystem scale, and who can take advantage of a new 400-acre nature preserve and field station located 20 miles from campus. We are especially interested in individuals that have a strong research emphasis in wetland and riparian systems. The candidate will be expected to develop an externally-funded research program in his/her area of expertise and teach undergraduate and graduate courses. The University of Akron is the third largest state university in Ohio, with more than 23,500 students, and the Department of Biology has 18 full-time faculty. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a summary of teaching interests, a research statement, copies of recent publications, and three letters of recommendation to: Dr. Stephen C. Weeks, Chair, Aquatic Ecologist Search Committee, Department of Biology, The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325-3908. Applications should be postmarked by Jan. 19, 1999 to be given full consideration. The University of Akron is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified women, minorities, Vietnam-era veterans, disabled veterans, and the disabled are encouraged to apply.
Note: Please do not submit application or supporting materials electronically. All such material will not be considered.
Biology Department Information:
Recently entered a partnership with local community (Bath Township) to manage 404 acre nature preserve. University is conducting a fund-raising campaign to build a multi-million dollar field station on the preserve which is slated to be completed by 2002.
The Department of Biology has 18 full-time faculty, including 5 recent hires in ecology/evolution: Invertebrate Zoology (Steve Weeks), Plant Ecology (Randy Mitchell), Vertebrate Zoology (Peter Niewiarowski), Cellular Physiology (Rich Londraville), and Environmental Microbiology (Peter Lavrentyev).
The Department of Biology has two new research facilities: 1) an animal care facility (Biology Resource Center or BRC) that has 23 live-animal rooms, a surgical suite (with recovery and preparatory rooms), and 9 research rooms. The "BRC" currently houses rats, mice, freshwater fish, sharks, fence lizards, freshwater shrimp, snakes, iguanas, toads, and tortoises, and 2) a greenhouse with a central plant display room and two, large research rooms.
The Department of Biology has recently constructed a Biology Computer Center, with 20 workstations and a Windows NT server. The Computer Center also has facilities for creating multimedia presentations (e.g., slide scanner, flatbed scanner, laser-disc link-up, etc.), a large color printer, and its own slide maker (for making computer-generated slides for presentations).
The Department of Biology is well equipped to do molecular biology. We have superspeed centrifuges (2), an ultracentrifuge, a Betascope 603 blot analyzer, a UVP digital imaging densitometer, several thermal cyclers, shaking incubators, cell culture chambers, electrophoresis equipment for hybridization assays (Northerns, Southerns, Westerns), a cold room and autoclaves. In addition, we recently received funding for an automated DNA sequencer, which will be online in January 1999. Large equipment (e.g., ultracentrifuge, automated sequencer) is common use, whereas each researcher houses the smaller equipment (e.g. thermal cyclers) in their respective labs. The Biology department maintains a service contract on the large equipment.