Assistant Professor in Conservation Genomics and Molecular Ecology

Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Closing Date: Until Filled

Web Address: https://careers.msu.edu/en-us/job/517614/assistant-professortenure-system

Description

The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Michigan State University invites applications for a full‐time, 12-month tenure track Assistant Professor in Conservation Genomics and Molecular Ecology with 75% research, 15% teaching, 5% outreach, and 5% service assignment. The position will primarily focus on questions related to the management of fishes and fisheries in close partnership with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. The position start date is anticipated to be fall 2024. APPLICATION REVIEW WILL BEGIN ON MARCH 8, 2024. The successful candidate will join a dynamic faculty, postdoctoral and student community in departmental and campus-wide programs with expertise in applications of genomic methods in natural resources management, ecology, and evolutionary biology, with a focus on natural resources management. The Department seeks individuals trained in areas including but not limited to spatial genetic structuring and recruitment dynamics of fish and wildlife populations, population analysis using genetic information, statistical genetics, and genomic data analysis. Other skills and research responsibilities could include next-generation sequencing, transcriptomics, eDNA monitoring, diet metabarcoding, aquatic invasive species control, understanding stressor effects on fish populations using genetic data, bioinformatic analyses, and use of genetics data in improving hatchery fish performance will be considered. Any area of expertise that has the potential to significantly advance natural resources management and the sound stewardship of natural resources in Michigan, across the Great Lakes region, and nationally will be considered. This individual will teach graduate-level Conservation Genetics and a graduate or undergraduate course yet to be determined.

Contact

Michael Wagner
MSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
[email protected]