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Required Qualifications

Doctoral degree in Ecology, Evolution or a field closely related to the subject of the search.

Preferred Qualifications

Postdoctoral training in a field of closely related to the subject of the search.

Responsibilities & Requirements

The Successful candidate will teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels, generate external funding to support their research, perform research, mentor undergraduate and graduate students, participate in departmental and university committees, and perform service to support the Department of Ecology and Evolution and the Turkana Basin Institute.

Special Notes

This is a tenure track position.  FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA.  Internal and external search to occur simultaneously.  Anticipated Start Date: Fall 2019.

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The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.

Application Procedure

Those interested in this position should submit a State Employment Application, cover letter, CV, a statement of research interests, and a statement of teaching interests through Academic Jobs Online at: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/13161.  Applicants should request three letters of recommendation to be submitted on their behalf to Academic Jobs Online.  For confidentiality, applicants should not submit the three letters of reference themselves.  

Electronic applications are strongly preferred.  Alternately, you may submit your application package to the departmental email or address below.  
Please also fill out an online Applicant Information Survey.  

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Jeffrey Levinton
Distinguished Professor
Ecology and Evolution
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245
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Campus Description

Stony Brook University, home to many highly ranked graduate research programs, is located 60 miles from New York City on Long Island's scenic North Shore.  Our 1,040-acre campus is home to 24,600 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and more than 13,500 faculty and staff, including those employed at Stony Brook Medicine, Suffolk County's only academic medical center and tertiary care provider.  The University is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and co-manager of nearby Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), a multidisciplinary research laboratory supporting world class scientific programs utilizing state-of-the-art facilities such as the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, the National Synchrotron Light Source, and the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, and the New York Blue IBM BG/L+P supercomputer, owned by Stony Brook and managed by BNL.  Stony Brook is a partner in managing the Laboratory for the Department of Energy, and is the largest institutional scientific user of BNL facilities. As such, many opportunities exist for collaborative research, and in some cases, joint appointments can be arranged.

Official Job Title: Assistant Professor
REF#: F-9988-19-01
Campus: Stony Brook West Campus
Department: Ecology and Evolution
Salary: Commensurate with Experience
Posting Start Date: 01/28/2019
Posting End Date: 03/15/2019

Applications for this position must be received, as specified in the Application Procedure Section, no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time on 03/15/2019, unless specifically noted otherwise in the Special Notes Section.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in diversity and the creation of an inclusive learning, and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information,veteran status and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

If you need a disability-related accommodation, please call the university office of institutional diversity and equity at (631)632-6280.

Job Category: Faculty and Librarian
Posting Date: 01/28/2019