Assistant or Associate Professor of Silviculture
Full-Time
Job Description: The Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Tech invites applications for a 12-month, tenure-track, teaching and research position in the area of intensive silviculture. The faculty member will also serve as the co-director of the Forest Productivity Cooperative (FPC), an industry-university partnership that integrates research, technology transfer, and continuing education in the southeastern US and Latin America. FPC co-directorship represents a partnership between Virginia Tech, North Carolina State University, Universidad de Concepción (Chile), and Universidad de Santa Catarina (Brazil).
Qualifications Required:
• Ph.D. with emphasis in silviculture, with strong promise for developing an outstanding program of teaching, research, and outreach. For Associate Professor Rank, appropriate candidate experience and accomplishments required.
• Forest management experience/training.
Preferred:
• Undergraduate degree in forestry
• Experience in plantation forests
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain relationships with industry and/or agency partners.
To apply:
Online application is required at www.jobs.vt.edu posting #TR0170151 . The following supporting documents are also required: (1) letter of interest, (2) curriculum vitae, (3) teaching and research statement (4) university transcripts*, and (5) names and contact information of three professional references.
*Official transcript for highest degree earned will be required prior to the start of employment
Review will begin 11/13/2017
