Job Description or Duties: The Department of Biology is seeking two tenure-track positions at the Assistant or Associate Professor level for the Fall of 2019. We are seeking applicants with experience and expertise in the areas of ecology, evolution, biostatistics and/or STEM education and outreach. Duties will include teaching on-campus undergraduate and graduate courses and online graduate courses depending on the needs in the department, creating a successful independent research program involving students, and performing service to the department, university, and profession. Applicants must have demonstrated proficiency in teaching and the ability to develop an externally funded research program that involves undergraduate students. One of the two positions would assist with a grant that is examining the role of the microbiome in the productivity of corn. The grant will provide startup funding and additional teaching course release for the remaining two years of the grant, after which the position will be continued in the department with the standard teaching, research, and service expectations for the department. Two candidates will be selected, so please indicate if you would like to be considered for the position that will have a role in the grant research or both positions.

Required qualifications: earned doctorate in biology or relevant area, two recent publications in peer-reviewed journals, and teaching experience.

Preferred qualifications: post-doctoral experience; strong background in quantitative skills (e.g., biological statistics); ability and desire to teach a course in Evolution, experience mentoring undergraduate student research; skill in online course delivery methods; evidence of grant writing; ability to participate in the Corn Root Microbiome grant. Commitment to undergraduate education.