FACULTY POSITION IN TERRESTRIAL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

The Appalachian Laboratory (AL) of the University of Maryland Center for
Environmental Science (UMCES) invites applications for a full-time faculty
position in terrestrial biogeochemistry at open rank.  We seek to hire an
outstanding researcher with interests in the following:  carbon
sequestration by soils, forest nutrient transformations, and effects of land
use change and ecosystem disturbances on elemental cycles in multi-use
landscapes.  The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. and bring a
vigorous, sustainable research program with a strong empirical component in
an area of terrestrial biogeochemistry that complements current AL strengths
in terrestrial and aquatic ecology, landscape and watershed ecology, and
remote sensing.  AL has excellent research facilities, including plant/soil
laboratories with state-of-the-art analytical instrumentation, growth
chambers, and a greenhouse.  Collaborative interdisciplinary and synthesis
activities with clear management and policy relevance are strongly
encouraged within AL and among the three UMCES laboratories.  The main
responsibility of this position is research.  UMCES faculty participate in
graduate education, outreach, and application of basic science to regional
(e.g., restoration of Chesapeake Bay) and global (e.g., land use and climate
change) environmental problems.

Applicants should send a curriculum vitae; statement of research interests,
including a brief discussion of how the applicant‚s research could
complement ongoing research at AL/UMCES; selected reprints; and list of four
references (name, title, mailing address, telephone, FAX, and e-mail
address) to:  Terrestrial Biogeochemistry Search Committee, Appalachian
Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, 301
Braddock Road, Frostburg, MD 21532.  Review of applications will begin on
February 1, 2008.  Information about AL and UMCES can be found at:
http://www.al.umces.edu/ and http://www.umces.edu/.  UMCES is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.  Women and minorities are strongly
encouraged to apply.