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do not apply here, apply internally through Workday. If you are NOT a current employee or student, please click “Apply” and complete the application process for external applicants . JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS: The Department of Ecosystem Science and Management at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor of Multifunctional Landscapes. This is a
tenure-line position with a 75% research and 25% teaching appointment. The position comes with a competitive start-up package and salary based on 36-weeks of service annually, which can be supplemented with additional salary up to a total of 48 weeks from external competitive grants and contracts and/or from endowment funds . The position will be filled at the Assistant or Associate level, commensurate with
experience. The successful candidate’s research will focus on balancing diverse human needs (e.g., food, water, energy, timber , recreation) with the needs of fish, wildlife, and other non-human species (e.g., habitat, water availability , healthy soils) at landscape scales. While any area of landscape-scale research will be considered, some areas of particular interest include managing forested landscapes to
optimize the water-energy-food nexus, designing landscapes that maximize carbon storage and serve as buffers against natural disasters (e.g., fires, floods), and land use strategies to conserve fish and wildlife habitat while meeting human needs. Teaching responsibilities will include an undergraduate course in r emote s ensing and s patial d ata a nalysis and a graduate course in remote sensing applied
multifunctional landscapes . This hire is part of departmental effort to build expertise in Biological Solutions to Climate Change , which seeks to make ecosystems more adaptive and resilient in the face of environmental change, while promoting sustainability and mitigat ing the worst impacts of climate change on humanity . Qualifications . Individuals must have a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in Forestry, Soil Science,
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