Assistant Professor in Ecosystem Ecology

External Retirement Plan

Employment Type

Employee Benefits Eligibility Benefits Eligible Under utilization Advertised Salary Anticipated Start Date 08/01/2026 Effective End Date (for Limited-Term postings) Job Posting Date 07/15/2025 Job Closing Date Open until filled Yes Special Instructions to Applicants

• a cover letter (2 pages maximum) highlighting contributions to inclusive excellence and student success.
• a curriculum vitae.
• a research statement (2 pages maximum) highlighting contributions to ecosystem ecology.
• a teaching statement highlighting a philosophy and specific active learning methods that will be used in the classroom (1 page maximum).
• PDF copies of three representative publications.
• names and contact information for three references.

Questions about the search can be directed to the chair of the search committee, Dr. Nina Wurzburger,  receive full consideration, applications should be submitted by September 5, 2025.

Location of Vacancy Athens Area

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Classification

Title:

Assistant Professor

FLSA Faculty Rank:
Assistant Professor

Contract Type:
Academic (9 mo.)

Tenure Status:
Tenure Track

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Ecology or a related field.

The Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia invites applications for four tenure-track positions in Ecosystem Ecology at the Assistant Professor level. These are academic year, 9‑month appointments that would begin on either August 1, 2026 or August 1, 2027. We seek to hire two colleagues with expertise in aquatic ecosystems (i.e., freshwater, marine, or wetland), and two with expertise in terrestrial ecosystems.

We are willing to consider one hire at the Associate Professor level for an exceptional candidate who is a recognized leader in their field. Successful candidates will build on the long‑standing legacy of ecosystem ecology in the school and will have opportunities to forge collaborations with faculty in other units on campus, such as Forestry and Natural Resources, Marine Sciences, Crop and Soil Sciences, Plant Biology, Entomology, and Geography.

Appointees will have the opportunity to utilize UGA‑affiliated field sites (such as Horseshoe Bend, The Jones Center at Ichauway, Coweeta Hydrologic Lab, Savannah River Ecology Lab, the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, UGA Marine Institute, and Whitehall Forest), as well as analytical and computational facilities on campus (such as the Georgia Genomics and Bioinformatics Core, the Center for Applied Isotope Studies, the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and the Georgia Advanced Computing Resource Center).

Successful candidates will be expected to engage in synergistic collaborations, share instrumentation, and leverage existing strengths within the school.

Applicants must have a Ph.D. in Ecology or a related field, with a demonstrated record of scholarship, synergistic activities, and the potential…